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Read Stories & Write About Them

Read the page, then answer in your own words.
The bridge towers rising above the river while men dig inside the caisson sunk on the riverbed below The towers rise above; the caisson sits on the riverbed below
Men digging by candlelight inside the caisson, water pouring down the walls and the air lock above Digging by candlelight, under the pressed air
Washington Roebling watching the towers through a telescope from his window while Emily stands beside him with drawings Roebling watched through a telescope; Emily carried his instructions
Story 1 · New York, 1872

The Men Under the River

The question
Use three of these words in one sentence 0 of 3
0 words 0 of 2 paragraphs Aim for four or five sentences, and point to something the page says.

Batch 1 · ten words

Write a sentence for each word. One sentence using three of them counts for all three. 0 of 10 covered

What the words mean

Read these before you write. Hover a word anywhere in the room to see it again.

Name the parts

Pick a label, then tap the word it belongs to.

Your work, marked

— Understanding –/5 Evidence –/5 Writing –/5 – / 15

What worked

Evidence from the page

The reading

The word bank

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