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Use after reading Chapter 10, Skill Lesson, pages 354–355. Homework and Practice Book ■ 99

Skills: Tell Fact from Fiction Read the two selections below.

Then answer the questions.

Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn David Crockett: An American Hero

Davy Crockett was a smart and brave American who lived a long time ago. When he was only three years old, he saved his family by wrestling a bear to the ground.

Davy Crockett did so many brave things in his life that he was elected to Congress.

Davy was smart, too. One winter, it was so cold that the dawn froze solid. The ice made Earth stop spinning. Davy figured out how to melt the ice and make Earth spin again.

David Crockett was an American legend and hero. He was born on August 17, 1786, in a small cabin near the mouth of Limestone Creek, in Tennessee. Crockett only went to school for six months as a child. However, he served as a member of the Tennessee legislature from 1821 to 1824. He then served as a member of the United States Congress. Crockett died a hero’s death in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

1 Which of these readings is fiction?

2 What is a clue that tells it is fiction?

3 Which of these readings is fact?

4 What is a clue that tells it is fact?

5 In which reading did you learn more about the work Crockett did during his life?