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Close Reading of informational/literary nonfiction Texts (continued)
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ACTIvITy 1
Guided Practice
You will read the text in this activity at least three times, focusing on a different purpose for each reading.
First Reading: First Impressions
Read the following passage silently. Your focus for this first reading is on understanding the meaning of the passage. As you read, mark the text by diffusing the words you may not know, replacing unfamiliar words with synonyms or definitions for the underlined words. Use the definitions and synonyms to annotate the paragraphs to help your understanding.
prosecute: to pursue until completion
2 That this House welcomes the formation of a Government representing the united and inflexible resolve of the nation to prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion.
3 On Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It was the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties, both those who supported the late Government and also the parties of the Opposition. I have completed the most important part of this task. A War Cabinet has been formed of five Members, representing, with the Opposition Liberals, the unity of the nation. The three party Leaders have agreed to serve, either in the War Cabinet or in high executive office. The three Fighting Services have been filled. It was necessary that this should
Blood, Toil,
and Tears,
Sweat
by Winston Churchill
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