Why did the author choose to provide this fictional account of Clara Barton, who was a real person? Select four answers.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Meanwhile, her family whispered to each other."It’s not good for her to be locked away in that room so much,” her mother would say."I’ve tried to encourage her to leave, to ride the horses or visit the animals in the barn,” her father explained, "but she refuses to leave David’s side.”
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”From that time on, through long months, she was the member of the family whose entire thought and care was centered around her brother. David was very sick for such a long time that it seemed as if he could never rally.Hour after hour, and day after day, she sat by his bedside, his thin hand clasped in her strong one."Will I ever get better?” he would ask, sometimes several times a day.She practically shut herself up in that sick-room for two whole years.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”When she was eight years old, her father left his hill farm and moved down to the Learned house, a much bigger farm of three hundred acres, with the brook-like French river winding through its broad meadows, and three great barns standing in the lowlands between the hill and the house. Although her siblings remained to care for the smaller farm, Clara was not lonesome in the new home in the valley.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”When she was not listening to her father's stories or helping her mother with the housework, which, good housewife that Mrs. Barton was, she took great pains to teach her youngest daughter how to do well, Clara was as busy as possible in some other way. In that household there were no drones, and the little girl was not even allowed to waste time in playing with dolls, although she was given time to take care of her pets, of which she had an ever-increasing collection, including dogs, cats, geese, hens, turkeys, and even two heifers which she learned to milk.
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Read the story summary.While visiting a meteor crater, a teenager comes across a meteorite that inspires him to become an astronaut.
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Why did the author choose to provide this fictional account of Clara Barton, who was a real person? Select four answers.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Hiding her fear, the five-year-old took her first unsanctioned lesson on one of the beautiful colts which were a feature of her father's farm.Together in the pasture, the pair approached a couple of those beautiful grazing creatures, broken only to the halter and bit. David bridled both horses and, holding the reins of both bridles in one hand, threw Clara on the back of one colt.She nearly bounced off the horse. Already aloft on his colt, David swiftly reached down, catching her foot, and pushing her back into place."Hold the reins in one hand and twist your other hand in the mane!” he called, and with that advice, her lesson was complete. Horse and rider as one, they galloped away through the field, in and out among the other colts, in wild glee.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”When she was eight years old, her father left his hill farm and moved down to the Learned house, a much bigger farm of three hundred acres, with the brook-like French river winding through its broad meadows, and three great barns standing in the lowlands between the hill and the house. Although her siblings remained to care for the smaller farm, Clara was not lonesome in the new home in the valley.
Read the story summary.While visiting a meteor crater, a teenager comes across a meteorite that inspires him to become an astronaut.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Her warning was not heeded. Up went the sure-footed athlete until he had almost reached the topmost peak of the barn. Crash! a board gave way under his feet, and down to the ground he was hurled, landing on his back on a pile of heavy boards. Limp and lifeless he lay there, a strange contrast to the vigorous young man who had climbed up the building only a few moments earlier. The accident seemed to paralyze the faculties of those who saw it happen. It was not the builders or the older persons present who spoke first, but small, dark-eyed, determined Clara.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Hiding her fear, the five-year-old took her first unsanctioned lesson on one of the beautiful colts which were a feature of her father's farm.Together in the pasture, the pair approached a couple of those beautiful grazing creatures, broken only to the halter and bit. David bridled both horses and, holding the reins of both bridles in one hand, threw Clara on the back of one colt.She nearly bounced off the horse. Already aloft on his colt, David swiftly reached down, catching her foot, and pushing her back into place."Hold the reins in one hand and twist your other hand in the mane!” he called, and with that advice, her lesson was complete. Horse and rider as one, they galloped away through the field, in and out among the other colts, in wild glee.
Based on the words used to characterize Clara in this excerpt, what does the author reveal about her? Select three answers.
In order for a fictionalized story to be based on real events, the author should include
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”With the patience of a much older, wiser nurse, nothing was too hard for Clara to do well and quickly, if in any way it would make David more comfortable. She remained by his side through many new treatments and failed attempts. David’s cure finally came through a new treatment using a vapor bath, and Clara Barton fulfilled her earliest apprenticeship as a nurse.
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”When she was not listening to her father's stories or helping her mother with the housework, which, good housewife that Mrs. Barton was, she took great pains to teach her youngest daughter how to do well, Clara was as busy as possible in some other way. In that household there were no drones, and the little girl was not even allowed to waste time in playing with dolls, although she was given time to take care of her pets, of which she had an ever-increasing collection, including dogs, cats, geese, hens, turkeys, and even two heifers which she learned to milk.
An author fictionalizing a story should use which types of source materials to research the story’s elements? Select three answers.
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