Read the sentence below: This third grade class was filled with precocious children. One child had learned to read at two
and another could do algebra at age six.

In this sentence, "precocious" most likely means...

active
backward
ahead
There is not enough context to decide.

In comparing "minerva and arachne" and "niobe," can you establish a common theme running throughout both texts? how do you think this theme might change if the stories were written in first-person point of view? write a journal entry explaining the theme of both "minerva and arachne" and "nirobe." then, consider how the theme might change if the tales were written using a first-person point of view. use examples and evidence from both texts to support your analysis.