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Chapter VII: “Of Corporal Rufus Smith and His Coming to Cloomber”
The Mystery of Cloomber
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Abstract: Jack meets Corporal Rufus Smith. They visit the General. Rufus reminds the General that they are acquaintances and asks to be his gardener. Source: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Mystery of Cloomber (London: Ward and Downey, 1889)
Lexile Level: TBD
Origin: British
Genre: Fiction, Mystery/SuspenseReading Level: 9.5 Language: English File Name: 1210 Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.1.4: The student uses the reading process effectively.LA.D.2.4: The student understands the power of language.
LA.E.2.4: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
Theme: MysteryReading Strategy: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read) Download Support Material Download MP3 View text as webpage Download PDF Mp3 Length: 0:21:28 Word count: 3566 Use PDF for printing
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