Wood Stork Swamp

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Emerald (Levels 25-26)
Year: Three
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Animals birds and insects, Change over time, Environment, Life science
Genre: Historical fiction
Strategy/Skills: Exploring text structure, Comparing and contrasting, Distinguishing fact from opinion
Page Count: 16
Reading Level: 26
Item Code: 200167
High Frequency Words:
Curriculum Codes: ACELA1479, ACELT1594, ACELT1599, ACELT1600, ACELY1678, ACELY1679, ACELY1680, ACELA1489, ACELA1490, ACELT1602, ACELT1604, ACELT1605, ACELY1690, ACELY1691, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELT1795, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703

Reader Description

Wood Stork Swamp is special to Sam, so when developers want to build a new hotel and golf course there, Sam is worried. The developers are offering big money for people's land. Will his mother have the heart to leave?

After you have completed the Reader

Imagine you are the boy's mother. What would you have done if the lawyer sent you the letter? Write a short letter to the lawyer explaining why you would or would not sell your land. Show the letter to your family. Do they agree with you?

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