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Read Works: Passages: Abraham Unit PlanRead Works: Passages: Abraham Unit Plan
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Read Works: Passages: Abraham

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a literary text about an elephant who escaped captivity to go back into the wild and answer questions on comprehension, dynamic characterization, textual evidence, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions are provided.

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