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Teaching The Difficult Path

The Difficult Path

A story about a young servant girl whose life is changed by being able to read.

Grace Lin
FLYING LESSONS & OTHER STORIES: The Difficult Path. Text copyright © 2001 by Grace Lin. Reprinted by permission of Writers House LLC acting as agent for the author.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do authors use foreshadowing to make a story interesting for readers?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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