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Wood Stork Swamp

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Emerald (Levels 25-26)
  • Year: d-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
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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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