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READ REFLECT RESPOND Comprehension Skill-Boosters D by JANICE GREENE READ REFLECT RESPOND Comprehension Skill-Boosters ➜ A B C D Development and Production: Laurel Associates, Inc. Cover Design: Image Quest, Inc. Three Watson Irvine, CA 92618-2767 Website: www.sdlback.com Copyright © 2006 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN 1-59905-006-4 Printed in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS A Note to the Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 LESSON 1: Emergency Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 LESSON 2: Plants That Detect Land Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 LESSON 3: Ty Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 LESSON 4: Nanotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 LESSON 5: Sakena Yacoobi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 LESSON 6: A Day in Ancient Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 LESSON 7: Political Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 LESSON 8: The Loyalists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 LESSON 9: The Sport of Kings—and Queens! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 LESSON 10: Sound