8th 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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 "Raymond's Run"
  1. Describe Squeaky and her brother. Two specific details each. 38 
  2. Why do people call her Mercury? 38
  3. Who is Gretchen? What does Squeaky think about her? 40
  4. Give two details that show Squeaky is serious about running. 38-40
  5. What do you think Squeaky means when she says "girls never really smile at each other"? 41
  6. How does Squeaky feel about the May Pole Dance? Why? 42
  7. What does Mr. Pearson suggest Squeaky do in the race? 43
  8. How does Squeaky focus right before the race? Used two specific details. 44-45
  9. What makes Squeaky  "sort of like [Gretchen] a little for the first time"? 45
  10. What plan does Squeaky make for Raymond after the race? 45
  11. Why do you think Gretchen and Squeaky have real smiles for each other at the end? 46
  12. How does this story show Squeaky's identity?

"Educating Sons"/"The First Americans"
  1. Why did the English colonists offer to allow Iroquois boys to go to the University of Virginia? 1023 Background
  2. Why did the Grand Council Fire write to the mayor? 1023 Background
  3. How did Chief Canasatego feel about the colonists' offer? 1024
  4. List three things young people who went to these colleges could not do when they returned. 1024
  5. What did Chief Canasatego offer in the closing of his speech? 1024
  6. What problem did the Council have with the way history was taught? Give one specific detail. 1026
  7. List two reasons "Indians killed white men." 1026
  8. List three cultural aspects of American Indians that the Council wanted to be taught in school. 1026 - 7
  9. Why did they want this to be taught? 1027
  10. How does the saying "History is written by the victors" apply to this letter?

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