Read the excerpt from "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood where a tinker approaches Robin Hood with a warrant for his arrest.""There stands a tinker," quoth Robin, "that would fain take me to Nottingham, there to hang upon the gallows tree.""Then shall he himself hang forthwith," cried Little John, and he and the others made at the Tinker, to seize him."Nay, touch him not," said Robin, "for a right stout man is he. A metal man he is by trade, and a mettled man by nature; moreover, he doth sing a lovely ballad. Say, good fellow, wilt thou join my merry men all? Three suits of Lincoln green shalt thou have a year, besides forty marks in fee; thou shalt share all with us and lead a right merry life in the greenwood; for cares have we not, and misfortune cometh not upon us within the sweet shades of Sherwood, where we shoot the dun deer and feed upon venison and sweet oaten cakes, and curds and honey. Wilt thou come with me?"
Read the excerpt from "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.”"Ay, marry, will I join with you all," quoth the Tinker, "for I love a merry life, and I love thee, good master, though thou didst thwack my ribs and cheat me into the bargain. Fain am I to own thou art both a stouter and a slyer man than I; so I will obey thee and be thine own true servant."So all turned their steps to the forest depths, where the Tinker was to live henceforth.
Read the passage from "The Willow-Wren and the Bear."When the fox felt the first sting, he started so that he lifted one leg, from pain, but he bore it, and still kept his tail high in the air; at the second sting, he was forced to put it down for a moment; at the third, he could hold out no longer, screamed, and put his tail between his legs. When the animals saw that, they thought all was lost, and began to flee, each into his hole, and the birds had won the battle.Then the King and Queen flew home to their children and cried: "Children, rejoice, eat and drink to your heart's content, we have won the battle!” But the young wrens said: "We will not eat yet, the bear must come to the nest, and beg for pardon and say that we are honourable children, before we will do that.” Then the willow-wren flew to the bear's hole and cried: "Growler, you are to come to the nest to my children, and beg their pardon, or else every rib of your body shall be broken.” So the bear crept thither in the greatest fear, and begged their pardon. And now at last the young wrens were satisfied, and sat down together and ate and drank, and made merry till quite late into the night.
Read the passage from "The Goatherd and the Wild Goats."A goatherd, driving his flock from their pasture at eventide, found some Wild Goats mingled among them, and shut them up together with his own for the night.The next day it snowed very hard, so that he could not take the herd to their usual feeding places, but was obliged to keep them in the fold.He gave his own goats just sufficient food to keep them alive, but fed the strangers more abundantly in the hope of enticing them to stay with him and of making them his own.When the thaw set in, he led them all out to feed, and the Wild Goats scampered away as fast as they could to the mountains.The Goatherd scolded them for their ingratitude in leaving him, when during the storm he had taken more care of them than of his own herd.One of them, turning about, said to him: "That is the very reason why we are so cautious; for if you yesterday treated us better than the Goats you have had so long, it is plain also that if others came after us, you would in the same manner prefer them to ourselves.”
Ilsa is writing a research paper about the benefits of including Indigenous people's perspectives on natural resources and land management in present-day community-planning discussions. Which text would best help Ilsa add facts to her research paper?
Which genre would most likely help you make a decision about an issue?
Read the passage from "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor.”In the times of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid there lived in Bagdad a poor porter named Hindbad, who on a very hot day was sent to carry a heavy load from one end of the city to the other. Before he had accomplished half the distance he was so tired that, finding himself in a quiet street where the pavement was sprinkled with rose water, and a cool breeze was blowing, he set his burden upon the ground, and sat down to rest in the shade of a grand house. Very soon he decided that he could not have chosen a pleasanter place; a delicious perfume of aloes wood and pastilles came from the open windows and mingled with the scent of the rose water which steamed up from the hot pavement. Within the palace he heard some music, as of many instruments cunningly played, and the melodious warble of nightingales and other birds, and by this, and the appetizing smell of many dainty dishes of which he presently became aware, he judged that feasting and merry making were going on. He wondered who lived in this magnificent house which he had never seen before, the street in which it stood being one which he seldom had occasion to pass.
Which type of text is the best choice if you want to read about an Indigenous tribe's history?
Luis has learned that there are 19 Pueblo tribes in New Mexico and that each is a sovereign nation. What is the most likely reason Luis would choose to read Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History by Jemez Pueblo author Joe S. Sando?
Myrna is preparing for a debate about changing bus routes in her city. Which text should Myrna read to help ensure she has thought about potential consequences?
Which genre should you choose if you want to be informed about current events?
Which statement best describes the resolution of "Sleeping Beauty"?
What is the most likely reason someone would read Code Talker Stories by Laura Tohe, a collection of personal reflections by Navajo World War II veterans about how their language, Diné, helped win the war?
Read the passage.The man at the gas station gave me directions and then kept on chatting, telling me about the weather to come and places to stay nearby. His laconic wife simply nodded her head, occasionally correcting him on his lefts and rights and finally telling me I'd best be on my way if I wanted to reach town by sunset.Based on context clues in the passage, what is the most likely meaning of laconic? Select two options.
Read the passage from The Arabian Nights Entertainments.Sire, there was once upon a time a fisherman so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to support his wife and three children. He went every day to fish very early, and each day he made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times. He started out one morning by moonlight and came to the sea-shore. He undressed and threw his nets, and as he was drawing them towards the bank he felt a great weight. He thought he had caught a large fish, and he felt very pleased. But a moment afterwards, seeing that instead of a fish he only had in his nets the carcase of an ass, he was much disappointed.Vexed with having such a bad haul, when he had mended his nets, which the carcase of the ass had broken in several places, he threw them a second time. In drawing them in he again felt a great weight, so that he thought they were full of fish. But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. He was much annoyed."O Fortune," he cried, "do not trifle thus with me, a poor fisherman, who can hardly support his family!"So saying, he threw away the rubbish, and after having washed his nets clean of the dirt, he threw them for the third time. But he only drew in stones, shells, and mud. He was almost in despair.
Which statement best describes the rebel archetype?
How does character motivation affect a story's plot?
Read the passage from Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Princess and the Pea.”Then [the Queen] took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept."Oh, very badly!” said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It’s horrible!”Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.There, that is a true story.
Jack will be visiting cousins in Guadalajara, Mexico. Which text would best help him improve his language skills?
Read the sentence.The clouds gathering on the horizon were an inauspicious sign for the outdoor class, so rather than risk getting caught in a downpour, Dara decided to bring the class indoors.Based on context clues in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of inauspicious?
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