BOOK B UNIT 1 READING 1 "PROJECT MULBERRY"

"PROJECT MULBERRY"

This story is from the novel Project Mulberry. It tells about a young girl named Julia and her friend Patrick. They want to win a prize at the state fair by doing a project on the life cycle of silkworms. Over a period of three days they care for the caterpillars and film them as they spin their silk cocoons. On the third day, Julia tells Patrick about an idea she has for their project. She will make an embroidery showing the life cycle of the silkworm from egg to worm to cocoon and, finally, to a moth. She wants to use the silk thread they make from their
silkworms to show the cocoon stage. Patrick likes her idea but points out
something that Julia finds shocking. They will have to kill the silkworms.




Literary Words:
• imagery: descriptive language that creates picture words for readers
• sensory details: the details of sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste, used to create imagery




Academic Words

cycle = a set of events that happen again
and again ➡ 
The life cycle of a moth is egg, worm,
cocoon, and finally moth.

dramatic = sudden and noticeable
➡In a few days the change to the caterpillars was dramatic. They were covered in layers of silk.

percent = an amount out of every hundred 
➡ I answered 100 percent of the questions correctly on my science test!

project = a plan to do something ➡
The class is working on a project to learn about the life cycle of a frog.

• Prefi xes in-, re-, over-, un-

A prefix is a group of letters that is added to the front of a base word
and changes the meaning of that word. Some common prefixes are:

in-, re-, over-, and un-.