A Gift From Nature

Which words from paragraph 14 best help the reader understand what cradled means?

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The details in paragraph 1 are important to the plot of the story because they help the reader understand that Layla_

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What is the main message of the story?

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which of these events leads to Layla finding the geode?

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Read this sentence from paragraph 10.

But Layla could not ignore the heavy feeling that had settled in her heart.

The imagery in this sentence suggests that Layla feels_

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read paragraph 11.

Take only pictures. Leave only footprints. The tour guide's words played over and over in Layla's mind.

What do these sentences show about Layla?

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What is the most likely reason Layla decides against taking the geode home?

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What can the reader tell about how Layla feels toward the tour guide?

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The imagery in the first sentence of the story helps the reader understand that Layla is_

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Read this sentence from paragraph 13.

She smiled when the sunlight bounced off the crystals, sending the rays in a thousand directions at once.

The author uses this description to suggest that-

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5