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Time Travel with a Letter: A Message to Your Future Self
Imagine talking to your older self. Sounds cool, right? You can, with a letter! Just write down your dreams, favorite things, and questions. Then, keep it safe. When you're older, open it. It will be like time travel! It's fun to guess how you'll change. Maybe you'll have new favorite things. Maybe your dreams will be bigger. And you'll have answers to your questions. You can ask yourself, did I achieve my goals in school. Maybe you would become a teacher with your own classroom or a pilot providing air travel to your customers. Maybe you would shine as a public speaker for everyone to hear your voice. These are the messages you can write to your future self and see later the dreams that you did achieve with success.
Question 1
What can you do with a letter to your older self?
Throw it away
Eat it
Use it for time travel
Explanation. In the context of the text, using a letter to your older self as a form of 'time travel' means to see how much you've changed over time when you read it in the future.
Burn it
Use it as a bookmark
Question 2
What might change when you're older?
Your hair color
Your height
Your favorite things
Explanation. The text suggests that your favorite things might change as you grow older.
Your shoe size
Your pet
Question 3
What does it mean to 'keep it safe' in the context of the letter?
To put it in a safe
To hold it tightly
To keep it from getting lost or destroyed
Explanation. In this context, to 'keep it safe' means to store the letter in a place where it won't get lost or destroyed, so you can read it when you're older.
To mail it to yourself
To keep it in your pocket
Question 4
What is the purpose of writing down your dreams?
To be able to remember them
To tell them to your friends
To make them come true
To have something to do
To see how they change when you're older
Explanation. In this context, the text suggests that you write down your dreams so you can compare them when you're older and see if they have changed.
Question 5
What does the term 'time travel' mean in this context?
To physically travel back in time
To keep a record of the time
To see your future self
To remember past events
To see how much you've changed over time
Explanation. In this context, 'time travel' is a metaphor for comparing your current self to your future self by reading a letter you wrote in the past.
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