There have been some adjustments to the assignment. You already wrote a paragraph for "The Magic Prison," so this assignment will focus on "Kaddo's Wall." Write a paragraph that states a theme from the story and explains how that theme is developed.

Identify the theme of the story in your topic sentence.

Include several supporting details from the text.

Explain how those details develop or support a theme of the stories.

End your paragraphs with strong concluding sentences.

and you can google the textbook

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

c. there are many strengths