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In the story, Grandpa was a young explorer and a steamboat pilot.. List the words in column 1, tell the part or parts of speech they are in column 2, and write a sentence for each word

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by Peggy Bresnick Kendler illustrated by Pamela M Anzalotti

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Genre Comprehension

Skills and Strategy

Historical

Fiction

• Sequence

• Character

• Graphic Organizers

Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA, ™

Lexile, ® and Reading Recovery ™ are provided

in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide.

ISBN 0-328-13418-X ì<(sk$m)=bdebic< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U

Scott Foresman Reading Street 4.1.3

Genre Comprehension

Skills and Strategy

Historical

Fiction

• Sequence

• Character

• Graphic Organizers

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Reader Response

1 In the story, Grandpa was a young explorer and a

steamboat pilot Which came first and which came second in his life?

2 Look at the pictures on page 13 Tell about the

locations shown in the first two pictures in the scrapbook What clues help you figure this out?

3 Three of the vocabulary words in this book are

amazed, bewildered and yearned Put them in

a three-column chart like the one below List the words in column 1, tell the part or parts of speech they are in column 2, and write a sentence for each word in column 3.

4 Two of the vocabulary words, homeland and sculptures, are nouns Look up definitions for both

words Write a sentence using each word properly

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“Grandpa, tell us a story!” Elizabeth said to her grandfather Elizabeth and her brother Jesse were visiting their grandfather

“Yes, Grandpa! Please tell us a story!” Jesse said

“I’ll do better than that,” their grandfather said “I’ll show you a story!”

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Elizabeth and Jesse were lucky Their

grandfather was Mark Twain He was one of

America’s favorite writers

Not only did he write the best stories, but he

told the best stories too They were all about his

childhood in his homeland of Missouri

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“How are you going to show us a story, Grandpa?” Jesse asked

Grandpa pulled a big, worn book out of a tall bookcase “This is my special scrapbook It has pictures of the places I loved when I was your age It’s a book full of wonderful adventures.”

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Jesse and Elizabeth sat on the floor next

to their grandfather His scrapbook was set

out in front of them Grandpa was a tall man

Even when they were all sitting down, he was

towering over them

“Let’s begin,” Grandpa said The children sat

as quietly as sculptures

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“My hometown is Hannibal, Missouri,”

Grandpa said “There is a big river there It is called the Mississippi River, and it is about a mile wide!” Twain used some of his own childhood adventures in his famous books about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Grandpa showed them a picture of three boys playing by the river “That’s me and my friends,”

Grandpa said “We always pretended we were pirates! We longed for adventure.”

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“That river amazed me We swam in it all

summer,” Grandpa said “In winter, we would

sneak out of our houses late at night to go

skating!”

Grandpa showed the children a picture of

himself at home in bed “This is me after I fell

through some thin ice into the river,” Grandpa

said “I was sick in bed for three weeks.”

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“We loved to explore the caves along the river,” Grandpa said

He pointed to a drawing of a girl “This is Laura Hawkins We bewildered her, but she still sometimes went on adventures with us in the caves outside of town and on the river,” he said

In his books about Hannibal, Laura Hawkins was the model for one of the main characters, Becky Thatcher

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Jesse and Elizabeth looked up at Grandpa in

awe “Show us more!” said Elizabeth She tried

to still herself so she could listen

“This part of the scrapbook is full of pictures

from later in my life,” Grandpa said “It’s from

the time when I was a steamboat pilot.”

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“A steamboat pilot? You drove a steamboat, Grandpa?” Jesse asked

“Yes, Jesse I couldn’t imagine anything more fun than to drive a steamboat.” Grandpa pointed

to a steamboat ticket he had pasted on the page

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“When I was 22 years old, I became a cub pilot

on Mississippi River steamboats,” Grandpa said

“A cub is someone who is just learning I trained

for 18 months.”

Grandpa showed the children a picture of

himself as a young steamboat pilot “I got my

license in 1859!” Grandpa said proudly

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“Where did you go?” Jesse asked

Grandpa pointed to pictures in the scrapbook

“I went up and down the Mississippi River I saw New Orleans, Louisiana, and St Louis, Missouri, over the next three years We hauled cotton, tobacco, and other goods to be sold We carried travelers from port to port Steamboats were very important to life on both sides of the Mississippi River.”

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Grandpa closed the scrapbook and smiled at

the children “That’s enough for today,” he said

“No, Grandpa!” Elizabeth and Jesse said at the

same time “Show us some more stories!”

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Just then, the children’s parents came into the house “I know what that means,” their mother

said, pointing to the big scrapbook “When I was young, your grandpa used to show me stories too.”

“Next time,” said the children’s father,

“I want to be here to see them too!”

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Samuel Clemens

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Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne

Clemens in 1835 Mark Twain was Samuel’s pen

name A pen name is not a real name It’s a name

people use when writing books The name “Mark

Twain” comes from a riverboat term meaning

two fathoms A fathom is a unit of measure equal

to six feet The term is used most often to talk

about the depth of water Can you think of why

Clemens chose this for his pen name?

Mark Twain was one of America’s best-known

writers He wrote many books for children

and adults In addition to writing books and

working as a riverboat pilot, Twain held many

other jobs He worked in print shops and wrote

for newspapers

He prospected

for gold and

traveled to foreign

countries He

married Olivia

Langdon in 1876

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