From Valley Forge to Yorktown (YELLOW group)

On page 40 paragraph 1, what is the meaning of model company?

• A military company deserving to be copied by others.

• A business that only focuses on profit margins.
• A company that is struggling to stay afloat.
• A startup with no established practices.

Which sentence from the text best helps the reader determine the meaning of the term model company? (page 49 paragraph 1)

• A sentence that discusses the company's financial performance.
• Von Steuben taught the Continental soldiers how to march and stand in formation.

• Then, the members of this model company trained other companies.

• He also taught them how to use the bayonets attached to their muskets.

Explain in your own words how one man, Fredrich Wilhelm von Steuben, was able to train so many men for battle in such a short amount of time. (page 49 paragraph 1) Use the RACE strategy to answer the question.

On page 51 paragraph 1, what is the meaning of the word reinforced?

• enforced new laws again

• strengthened with new supplies or more people

• outpowered

• angered

Which sentence from the text best helps the reader determine the meaning of the word reinforced?

• The sentence that talks about the color of the structure.
• That was when Cornwallis knew he was in trouble.

• The French navy arrived as well, and one of the first things they did was drive away a convoy of British ships that were carrying supplies for Cornwallis and his men.

• In late September, Washington arrived at Yorktown with 4,000 French soldiers and 3,000 Continental soldiers.