Reproductive System Worksheet 6 (Sam)

Reproductive System Worksheet 6 is a piece of Samantha Greenbriar's health class schoolwork. The worksheet instructs students to rearrange the given sentences into a "story" about male and female reproductive systems. Sam takes the story aspect and runs with it, writing about a pregnant German woman and her lover during World War II.

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Reproductive System Worksheet 6

NAME Samantha Greenbriar    DATE 9/9/94 

''DIRECTIONS: Below are two stories. The events are all out of order. Get a sheet of lined paper. Write "Reproductive System Worksheet #6" at the top. Then choose ONE of the two stories (A or B) and rewrite it. Begin with the title and your name. Find a topic sentence to begin your paragraph. Put the sentences in chronological order. Make sure the last sentence is a good concluding statement.''

A) The Menstrual Cycle

It travels through the fallopian tube.

The ovary releases the ovum.

About two weeks later, since the lining of the uterus is not needed for a pregnancy, it comes out through the vagina.

It is incredible how the female body knows how to prepare for pregnancy!

If the egg doesn't meet a sperm, it dissolves.

While the ovum is developing, the lining of the uterus is getting thick and soft.

Another ovum starts to develop in one of the ovaries and the process begins again.

An ovum starts to develop.

B) I am produced in the testicles

I go from the vas deferens to the urethra.

The Life of a Sperm Cell

I go through the cervix and the uterus and into the fallopian tubes, in search of an egg cell.

I develop for two or three months in the epididymis.

When the penis becomes erect, I leave the epididymis and travel up into the body through the vas deferens.

As I pass the prostate gland, the seminal vesicles, and the Cowper's glands, fluids are added so that I can live longer and swim more easily.

Without me, an egg couldn't begin the amazing process of reproduction.

The urethra carries me (along with about 200 million other sperm) our of the penis in a process called ejaculation.

If I can find the ovum before the other sperm do, I will be the winner: part of a fertilized egg!

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Samantha Greenbriar

Period 4 HEALTH CLASS Mrs Meyers

Reproductive System Worksheet 6

The Menstrual Cycle: A Novella

''The early morning of September 1st, 1939. Essa Glatz stares out the window of the train as it travels from Vienna back to her home village of Weilun in Poland. As the train numbers along and the sun rises over the countryside, she can only think of her dear Borislav, the boy she is engages to wed. Meanwhile, deep within her guts, an ovum starts to develop. Essa's train approaches its destination. Her heart races. The lining of her uterus is getting thick and soft.''

''As Essa steps off the train, her eyes dart quickly across the gathered crowd. Then, there! Her dear Boris. Still in his baker's smock, he must have dropped his early morning duties at his father's shop to come meet her. Her heart skips a beat. The ovary releases the ovum. It travels through the fallopian tube.''

''Over the wheezing of the steam engines, a deep hum grows. It's coming from the sky. Dark shadows pass over the station. A whisting sound. Essa, her thoughts only a second faster than the bombs, reaches out toward her dear Boris accross the crowd. Their eyes lock and the moment freezes. The flash and smoke envelopes him almost instantly.''

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''In the assault by German forces, almost 75% of the people in her hometown are killed. The rest, including Essa and, for atime, Borislav, huddle in a half-destroyed church. He is blind; his legs are missing, bandaged with torn bedsheets. Essa's egg will not be meeting a sperm. It dissolves.''

''About two weeks later, Boris loses his grip on life. Essa has given up her rations to keep Boris alive, but in the end nothing can save him. Since the lining of the uterus is not needed for a pregnancy, it comes out through the vagina.''

''Essa vows to survive. She sets off to join the Polish resistance as a daring spy and saboteur. Another ovum starts to develop in one of the ovaries and the process begins again. It is incredible how the female body knows how to prepare for pregnancy!''

See me! [teacher's note]

Location
The worksheet and accompanying notes are found in a folder on a table at the back of the Music Room. The table is next to a chair and has a lamp and World History textbook on it.