Directions: Let’s practice writing an objective summary! Choose one of the reading selections in this lesson. Read the text carefully to gain a clear understanding of the central ideas and key details of the text. Then use the skills you learned earlier in this unit to write a 3- to 5-sentence objective summary of the text.

Prompt:

Write a 3- to 5-sentence objective summary of one reading selection from this lesson.

The Princess and the Goblin, Chapters 5 and 6, Part 1, by George MacDonald
“The Lost Boys” by Sara Corbett
“Comprehending the Calamity” by Emma M. Burke

Directions:
Let’s practice writing an objective summary! Choose one of the reading selections in this lesson. Read the text carefully to gain a clear understanding of the central ideas and key details of the text. Then use the skills you learned earlier in this unit to write a 3- to 5-sentence objective summary of the text.

Prompt:

Write a 3- to 5-sentence objective summary of one reading selection from this lesson.

The Princess and the Goblin, Chapters 5 and 6, Part 1, by George MacDonald
“The Lost Boys” by Sara Corbett
“Comprehending the Calamity” by Emma M. Burke

Directions:
Let’s practice writing an objective summary! Choose one of the reading selections in this lesson. Read the text carefully to gain a clear understanding of the central ideas and key details of the text. Then use the skills you learned earlier in this unit to write a 3- to 5-sentence objective summary of the text.

Prompt:

Write a 3- to 5-sentence objective summary of one reading selection from this lesson.

The Princess and the Goblin, Chapters 5 and 6, Part 1, by George MacDonald
“The Lost Boys” by Sara Corbett
“Comprehending the Calamity” by Emma M. Burke

{asap} select the correct text in the passage. which line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. lines highlighted: - there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, - they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather - i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, - i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.

The boy and the wolf by james baldwin one day word came that a savage wolf had been seen in the forest. "how i should like to meet that wolf," said little gilbert. he was only seven years old, but now all his thoughts were about the savage beast. "shall we take a walk this morning? " asked his mother. "oh, yes! " said gilbert. "perhaps we may see that wolf among the trees. but don't be afraid." his mother smiled, for she felt quite sure that there was no danger. what point of view does the author use in this selection?

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?