7th WR #1 and #2 / DUE MONDAY MARCH 23, MARCH 30

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Weekly Reading 
Due March 23, March 30
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"Echo and Narcissus"
  1. How does Echo anger Hera? 290
  2. What spell does Hera put on Echo? Why? 290
  3. Give three details about Narcissus. 290
  4. What does Echo want with Narcissus? 290 - 2
  5. What problem does Narcissus have? What does he do? 292
  6. What does Narcissus do when Echo tries to hug him? 292
  7. What curse does Aphrodite put on Narcissus? 292
  8. What does Narcissus do when he sees the pool of water? 292
  9. What does Narcissus see in the water? What does he do? 293
  10. What do you think "pine" means? Notice th7e sentence... "pining as Echo had pined" 293
  11. What lesson do you think this myth teaches?

"From Page to Film"
  1. According to page 882, what is the "basic difference" between fiction and most informational text? 882
  2. Which tip for Reading Informational Texts on page 82 is most important in your opinion? Why? 882
  3. What "sent movie producers to their kids bookshelves" to find movie ideas? 883
  4. Why is making movies from children's books not easy? 884
  5. How did screenwriters change "Tuck" for the movie? 885
  6. How did screenwriters change Harry Potter for the movie? 885
  7. How did screenwriters change Shrek for the movie? 885
  8. What people are all involved in taking a book to film? 886
  9. What is the purpose of the sidebar (green square) "A Few Recent…"? 886
  10. What is the purpose of the photos in the text? 886

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