Tattoos

**Tattoos: Fad, Fashion, or Folly?**
Today, we read "Tattoos: Fad, Fashion, or Folly" on page 390 (Unit Three: Reading Workshop 4). At the end of the story, we answered questions #1-8, 11 on pages 396-397 (Using complete sentences).

1. What are some of the prices people pay for getting tattoos? Think about the dollar cost of tattoos and also about intangible costs, such as the pain and permanence of tattoos.

2. How long has tattooing been around?

3. What physical problems or illnesses are related to getting and living with tattoos?

4. Many people get tattoos to decorate their bodies or to identify themselves as part of a group. What other ways do people in your school and community identify themselves as part of a group?

5. Why do you think tattooing has been around for so long? Do you think people will stop using tattoos some day? Explain your answer.

6. Did this article sway you to be in favor of tattoos or against them? Explain your response.

7. What is the author's main idea about tattoos?

8. List three supporting details from the article that support the main idea you wrote for question 7.

11. What can you infer about the writer's attitude toward tattoos? Is she in favor of people getting tattoos? Is she against it? Or, is she neutral, not caring either way? Use evidence from the article to support your inference.