Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Clara put on the skates and was linked with a scarf to one of the boys. Faster and faster they skated, until they hit a patch of jagged ice and down she went!She tried for days to hide the cuts on her knees, but was eventually found out by her mother. Her mother soothed her as she cleaned and dressed the wounds, telling her,"I once persisted in riding a high mettled unbroken horse in opposition to my father’s commands, and was thrown from the horse.”
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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.
Based on the words used to characterize Clara in this excerpt, what does the author reveal about her? Select three answers.
Why did the author choose to provide this fictional account of Clara Barton, who was a real person? Select four answers.
Luka is writing a fictionalized story about a physicist. What would be the best choice for source material to use for his story?
Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Stephen Barton, or Captain Barton as he was called, was a man of marked military tastes. In the evening, after dinner, the family would gather near the fireplace, with its thick hand-cut mantel and river rock surround. With mother in her rocking chair, knitting, and her sister Sally on the sofa with a book, Clara would perch in the armchair on her father’s knee, next to the crackling fire, and listen as he regaled her with tales of his service."…surrounded by darkness, we sat quietly waiting for our orders to advance,” he would say.
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.”There was, directly in front of the house, a small, circular, natural pond, fed by springs in the bottom and surrounded by a circle of hills forming a basin in which the little pond basked and slept through the summer, welcoming visitors who wished to escape the summer heat. But in winter it became a thing of beauty and a joy forever to the skater. From its sheltered position it froze smooth, even, and dazzling, and had no danger spots.
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