Passage Picker:
1. Page # 5, Paragraph 1.
a. ìAbeís grandfather hadÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ..never
have been born.î
b. I choose this passage
because it showed how much history could have been changed if something
would have happened to Abeís father and Abe would have never been born.
Freeing the slaves could have taken a much longer time, or maybe never
happened.
c. Authorís purpose: to
inform and entertain.
d. What do you think the world might be like if
Abe Lincoln was never born?
2. Page # 15, Paragraph 2.
a. ìHe began to visitÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ.documents
in the courtroom.î
b. I choose this passage
because this the when young Abe started to become interested in law, and
that would have a big impact on the rest of the world later on in his life.
c. Authors purpose: to inform
d. What kind of job do you
think Abe would have if he wouldnít have became a lawyer and President