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The Clockmaker's Predicament — Aldric Favre has spent twenty-two years making clocks in Geneva, and the one he installed in the tower of the Rue de Rive in March of 1720 is accurate to within four seconds per month — the finest timekeeping he has ever achieved. The problem is that the city runs on older, less accurate time, and his clock is not agreeing with anyone else's, and the merchants' association that commissioned it wants to know why their accurate clock is wrong.
Each packet includes:
Original classical short story (complete text)
Notes on historical setting and literary tradition
Narration prompts (oral and written)
Comprehension questions — literal and inferential
Vocabulary exercises
Character Constellation graphic organizer (including Character Change Axis)
Story Arc study (five movements, with attention to subtler turning points)
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