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How do authors surprise us?

Grade 3, Literary Text

In this pack, students read scripts in which the author surprises the reader as the story unfolds. Students must read closely to understand the story and to locate evidence to support their answer to the Key Question.

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Meeting Miss Grimm

Lexile: 580L

The Money Trick

Lexile: 620L

The Disappearance

Lexile: 720L

Animal Tricks

Lexile: 740L

Connecting Passage

The Disguise

Lexile: 610L

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