Write a short narrative including EACH of the following words.
chicken * palm tree * phone * movie * school *
principle *ELA
Directions: Please remember to use capital letters at the beginning of the sentence and a
punctuation at the end. YOU MUST have 7 sentences.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Which if the following can you infer about maggie?

Which best describes the author’s purpose in the excerpt you read from free the children?