Mouseketeer Annette

Mouseketeer Annette

Mouseketeer Annette
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.59

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		presentation, recital, recording, original, boomers, icons, pin-up, generation, soft-spoken, series, presented, dark-eyed, public, natural, record, singer
	content words:		Clara Bow, World War II, Betty Grable, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Annette Joanne Funicello, New York, Swan Queen, Swan Lake, Walt Disney

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Mouseketeer Annette
By Jane Runyon

¹     It seems like every generation has a "pin-up girl" that they admire. In the early days of motion pictures, Clara Bow was the "It" girl. Soldiers during World War II kept pictures of Betty Grable taped to their lockers. During the 1950s and early 1960s, Marilyn Monroe's picture graced the walls of many rooms. Today, pictures of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera can be found everywhere. In the middle 1950s and into the 1960s, preteen baby boomers had their own "It" girl. Her name was Annette. All you had to say was that one name and young people knew whom you were talking about.

²     Annette Joanne Funicello was born in Utica, New York, on October 22, 1942. Her family was a loving Italian-American family. Annette was very shy as a young girl. Her mother decided to enroll her in dancing classes. She was attempting to give Annette some confidence in herself. These dancing lessons were to take her to places she had never even dreamed of.

³     When Annette was just four, her father decided to move the family from New York to the sunshine of southern California. When she was twelve, her dance class gave a recital. A very famous man was sitting in the audience for her performance. As she danced the part of the Swan Queen in her class presentation of the ballet Swan Lake, this man watched the dark-haired, dark-eyed little girl spin and twirl. He was fascinated with her looks and her talent. The man's name was Walt Disney.

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