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Atlantis (Jack Howard Series Book 1)
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Atlantis (Jack Howard Series Book 1)

Archaeologist Jack Howard is a brave but cautious man. When he embarked on a new search for buried treasure in the Mediterranean, he knew it was a long shot. When he uncovered a golden disc that spoke of a lost civilization more advanced than any in the ancient world, he started to get excited. But when Jack Howard and his intrepid crew finally got close to uncovering the secrets the sea had held for thousands of years, nothing could have prepared them for what they would find ...
 
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Informational Passages for Text Marking & Close Reading: Grade 5
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Informational Passages for Text Marking & Close Reading: Grade 5Informational Passages for Text Marking & Close Reading: Grade 5

Informational Passages for Text Marking & Close Reading: Grade 5: 20 Reproducible Passages With Text-Marking Activities That Guide Students to Read Strategically for Deep Comprehension
 
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A Close Shave (Level 2)
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A Close Shave (Level 2)A Close Shave (Level 2)

When Wallace the inventor meets Wendolene in her wool shop, he falls in love with her at once. But why does her dog, Preston, hate Wallace's dog, Gromit?

Then, after Wallace's new sheep-shaving and pullover-making machine falls into the wrong hands, things start to go very wrong.

Can Gromit save Wallace from the danger of a 'close shave'?

Dominoes: Level 2: 700 Headwords

 
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Tags: Wallace, Gromit, wrong, falls, danger, Level, Close
Practice Makes Perfect: English Articles and Determiners Up Close
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Practice Makes Perfect: English Articles and Determiners Up ClosePractice Makes Perfect: English Articles and Determiners Up Close

Learn to master the useful but tricky skill of how to choose the right article or determiner
As a non-native speaker of English, you may have trouble with determiners because, unlike true adjectives, the choice of which article, demonstrative, or quantifier to use is dependent on both the meaning and the grammatical form of the particular noun they modify. Practice Makes Perfect: English Articles and Determiners Up Close helps you untangle this grammar puzzle with clear explanations of how they should be treated and used. And of course you will get hundreds of exercise opportunities to practice, practice, practice your new skills.
 
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Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It
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Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It

Everyone knows the fifty nifty united states—but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? Lost States is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, Rough and Ready, and Yazoo. Some of these states came remarkably close to joining the Union. Others never had a chance. Many are still trying.
 
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