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Spring Semester Week 8 + Exam Scope Notice

  "Letters Home from Yosemite" Story Summary   This story is an expository text that explains the history, geography, and scenery of Yosemite National Park which is located in California, USA.  Yosemite is America's third national park and it is not too far from San Francisco, California. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant which deeded the land to California. It became a national park in 1890. One of the first Americans to visit Yosemite was a Scottish-American scientist (naturalist) named John Muir. He wanted Yosemite to become a national park. American explorers and settlers had been visiting the Yosemite area since the 1830s and 1840s, but Native Americans had been living in the area for about 10,000 years. The Miwok Indians were still living there when American explorers visited in the 1830s. Yosemite National Park has several key areas such as Yosemite Valley, Badger Pass, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, and Tenaya Can...
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Spring Semester Week 7

 "Letters Home from Yosemite" Story Summary   This story is an expository text that explains the history, geography, and scenery of Yosemite National Park which is located in California, USA.  Yosemite is America's third national park and it is not too far from San Francisco, California. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant which deeded the land to California. It became a national park in 1890. One of the first Americans to visit Yosemite was a Scottish-American scientist (naturalist) named John Muir. He wanted Yosemite to become a national park. American explorers and settlers had been visiting the Yosemite area since the 1830s and 1840s, but Native Americans had been living in the area for about 10,000 years. The Miwok Indians were still living there when American explorers visited in the 1830s. Yosemite National Park has several key areas such as Yosemite Valley, Badger Pass, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, and Tenaya Cany...
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Spring Semester Week 6

   "The Horned Toad Prince" Story Summary      Reba Jo was a young girl who liked to play guitar, race her horse, and play with her lasso on the prairie. One blustery morning, as she was looking for something to lasso, she came upon a dry riverbed. She wanted to lasso a sassy looking vulture near the riverbed before going home, but a gust of wind blew her new cowgirl hat away. A big fat horned toad asked her, “"Que pasa, señorita?” The toad then looked up and asked, "What's the matter,  señorita?" She told him about her hat and made a deal with him to get her sombrero back.  The horned toad would later come to her home, but Reba Jo didn't want to help him. Reba's father reminded her that a deal is a deal so the horned toad asked for some chili, to listen to her guitar,  and for a kiss which would turn him back into a nobleman. He tells Reba that he is Prince Maximillian, and that magic turned him into a toad. Reba asks him if they will be hitched,...
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Spring Semester Week 5

 "The Horned Toad Prince" Story Summary      Reba Jo was a young girl who liked to play guitar, race her horse, and play with her lasso on the prairie. One blustery morning, as she was looking for something to lasso, she came upon a dry riverbed. She wanted to lasso a sassy looking vulture near the riverbed before going home, but a gust of wind blew her new cowgirl hat away. A big fat horned toad asked her, “"Que pasa, señorita?” The toad then looked up and asked, "What's the matter,  señorita?" She told him about her hat and made a deal with him to get her sombrero back.  The horned toad would later come to her home, but Reba Jo didn't want to help him. Reba's father reminded her that a deal is a deal so the horned toad asked for some chili, to listen to her guitar,  and for a kiss which would turn him back into a nobleman. He tells Reba that he is Prince Maximillian, and that magic turned him into a toad. Reba asks him if they will be hitc...
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