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A bird! He sat up and shook his friend. "Goemon-chan!" he said. "A bird!"
Goemon opened one eye. "It's a bird, that is true:"
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Two small boats moved toward the island.
Manjiro’s heart beat deep in his stomach. His already weak limbs felt numb. The world
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Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
The shape of the island—a tall, flat-topped mountain—became distinct. And yet not
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Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
But no sooner had he said this than the wind began to roar like a dragon. The sail
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Goemon jumped up. “Agreed,” he said, jamming his “knife” into his sash and
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Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
[Manjiro] took one last glance behind them and noticed something strange. Dark streaks
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Read the sentence from Heart of a Samurai.
The fishermen hurried to cast their lines into the water, then pulled them in, each
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Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
But the wind beat it against the mast until it was torn into shreds. The wind pushed
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Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
But no sooner had he said this than the wind began to roar like a dragon. The sail
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Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
A bird! He sat up and shook his friend. "Goemon-chan!" he said. "A bird!" Goemon opened
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For each line from Heart of a Samurai, choose the adjective that best describes Manjiro.
That night, lying in his bunk, Manjiro
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They found themselves seated on benches before a table, with their legs swinging under them.
"You see," Goemon whispered to
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All Manjiro could think of were all the questions he wanted to ask. But he could not speak their strange tongue, and even if he
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All Manjiro could think of were all the questions he wanted to ask. But he could not speak their strange tongue, and even if he
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Manjiro tried to put his heart in order. He said a sutra – a prayer – for his ancestors, his family, his friends, and for
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Each of them was also given a metal stick, with four prongs on one end.
“Fork,” the sailor said – and showed them they
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Manjiro tried to put his heart in order. He said a sutra – a prayer – for his ancestors, his family, his friends, and for
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Manjiro wondered why the foreigners didn’t just carry their small things in separate pouches, the way it was done in Japan.
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[Manjiro] was brought back to the present moment when a bowl of steaming rice was set before him. A real bowl. Of real rice. It
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The strangers leaped out of their boats and pulled them up on the small beach. By signs, they made it clear the castaways should
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News of the machine had spread to the villages, and people were starting to arrive. The traders spotted it from their stalls and
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Based on Kamkwamba’s memoir, what is one trait that best makes him a hero?
independence caution perseverance trustworthiness
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No more skipping breakfast; no more dropping out of school. With a windmill, we'd finally release ourselves from the troubles of
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After two more weeks of reading this book, I found the most fascinating chapter – the discussion of magnets. I knew about
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The wind would spin the blades of the windmill, rotate the magnets in a dynamo, and create electricity. Attach a wire to the
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I continued to climb, slowly and assuredly, until I was facing the machine's crude frame. Its plastic arms were burned and
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Why does the filmmaker decide to make a documentary about Kamkwamba’s story?
Kamkwamba is a hero who improved living conditions
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Why does the filmmaker decide to make a documentary about Kamkwamba’s story?
A. Kamkwamba is a hero who improved living
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I could get money by working ganyu. At the time, guys were making one hundred kwacha unloading trucks at CHiPiKU store, so I
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A documentary is a film that
tells a nonfictional story about a person, topic, or event. tells a fictional story about a person,
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The wind would spin the blades of the windmill, rotate the magnets in a dynamo, and create electricity. Attach a wire to the
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Look at this diagram from Into the Unknown.
Describe an important idea from the text that this visual helps you understand.
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Kingsley was now entering what she called the "raw Africa” that she liked best. As no passenger boats ventured farther up the
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On his return, he wrote a best-selling book, Missionary Travels, in which he described a country quite different from that which
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On his return, he wrote a best-selling book, Missionary Travels, in which he described a country quite different from that which
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Among the earliest Europeans to show an interest in Africa beyond its shores was Joseph Banks, the botanist who had sailed with
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A clear tube containing a fish with a tag on its tailfin.
Which excerpt from Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross is best supported
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A diagram is a different from an illustration because
a diagram is a visual text feature. a diagram adds information to the text.
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A diagram is a different from an illustration because
A. a diagram is a visual text feature. B. a diagram adds information to the
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Look at the text feature.
A cross sectional view of a head and neck with each body part labeled. The text feature can best be
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What is the most important information the reader learns about Achilles from this part of his backstory?
how Achilles was trained
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Read this summary of a myth.
An evil warrior wants to take over a village, and he has a plan to make the villagers abandon their
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Read this excerpt from “The Myth of Hercules.”
Hercules was the son of the great god Zeus and a human woman named Alcmene.
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Read this excerpt from “The Myth of Hercules.”
Hercules was the son of the great god Zeus and a human woman named Alcmene.
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When Rodney was a child, he was smaller than all the other kids his age. He was always left out of sports and games, because the
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Why is a backstory important in a myth?
It gives clues about the theme of the story. It introduces all the characters in the
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Which best explains why myths are created?
to compare the ideas of different cultures to show the problems with having an
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Which character would most likely be a mythical hero in a culture that values taking risks?
a scientist who uses thorough
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Which detail from “The Myth of Hercules” is a part of Hercules’s backstory?
Hercules strangles the snakes that Hera puts in
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Read each sentence and decide whether commas are used correctly.
Winter, spring summer and fall are all beautiful when you live
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