Read the following informative text. The African elephant is the largest mammal on land. It takes nearly two years for a baby elephant to grow inside the mother elephant before it is born. Most elephants live to be between 50 and 70 years of age. The oldest recorded age of an elephant was 82 years old. What is the main topic of this text?
Baby elephants

Elephants

Elephants are large.

Elephants live between 50 and 70 years.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine