1. Comprehension: Complete the graphic organizer
below for "Back of the Bus".
WATCH
Authors describe characters by telling about the
characters' traits, motivations, and feelings. Complete
the graphic organizer below to describe the boy's
feelings. The first row is done for you as an example.
Character Chart: Boy
Details from Text
Character Page
Trait
numbers
Happy
66-69
The first thing I see in the
illustration is a smiling boy.
This tells me he's happy

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” the old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. what are readers most likely to infer from the phrase "leaping, live drops of rain”? a the toads are all hurt. b the toads are still alive. c the toads are in shock. d the toads are not moving.

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.

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