WRITING PROMPT Create a R. A.C. E. response to this writing prompt. Remember that this stands for restate, answer, cite evidence and explain.

The majority of this book takes place during the Yukon in the late 1800s. In what ways would Buck’s life be different if he was kidnapped during our time period? Would he enjoy the outdoors like he does in this story? What would be the motive for the kidnapping? Would he end up in an animal shelter? Use facts and examples from the novel as well as your own life to support your answer.

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.