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I am reading “The Bass, The River, and Shelia Mant” by W.D. Wetherell and I am on page 6. This book is about a boy who likes a girl next to their cabin and he has watched knows all her moods and he’s also showed off to her. He finally asks her out to the fair and he decides to canoe up to the fair he catches a big bass in fact the biggest one he has ever had but he soon finds out she dosent like fishing so he cuts his fishing line. In this paper I will be___ Active Reading Strategy ____and ______ Active Reading Strategy ___

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G- Will the boy choose the girl or the fish Y- Girl R- She gots money other fish he’s already showed off to her pretty Remember – 3 –
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The boy really likes the girl and thinks she is pretty, he knows she has money, and he also knows there are other fish. The boy also really wants the fish and he knows that it is the biggest fish he’s ever had, he’s been fishing all his life and is very passionate about it, and he doesn’t want to just give up and dump his gear in the river. He knows she gots money but the things her family has but the fish is the biggest fish he’s ever had. He knows she is pretty by the look of her when she came out that night in the beautiful white dress but he has fished is whole life it is a passion for …show more content…
mono line so the fish broke my line right as it came up to the boat.
I have had to cut my line when I had a bass on my line but it buried itself in weeds and my lure was stuck

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I can relate to the author when I lost my fish and when he lost his fish. We also can relate because we both have had to cut the line. We both love fishing and stick lots of money into to. We have both gotten distracted while we where fishing and lost a big fish. I would have to give myself __7_/## because I think I did everything right but i got confused so I think that not all of it is

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