Manfish

As a child, Jacques loved

• The way water felt on his face.

• Gardening in the backyard.

• Plants that could live in deserts.

• Rain and lightning during storms.

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How was Jacques able to buy his first movie camera?

• Jacques sold newspapers and was a store clerk.

• Jacques saved his allowance to buy a camera.

• Jacques sold his favorite bicycle to buy a camera.

• Jacques saved his salary from the movie theater.

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Jacques bought a movie camera

• To impress his parents.

• From his neighbor’s cousin.

• By saving up his allowance.

• After working at the bookstore.

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Jacques discovered plants and fish he’d never seen before when he

• Took plant samples from waterfalls.

• Spent a summer staying in a lake house.

• Was on a sailing trip around the continents.

• Took a swim wearing his friend’s goggles.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Jacques made a waterproof _______ to help him film underwater.

• Case for his camera.
• watch to tell time

• Pair of boat socks

• Spray for his hair

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Jacques spent a year transforming the Calypso

• Into the first floating hospital for soldiers.

• From a navy warship to an exploring ship.

• Into the largest floating bookstore.

• From a restaurant to a bookstore.

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Jacques took apart _______ to see how it worked.

• A movie camera and put it back together.
• A radio he took from his sister

• His father's favorite wristwatch

• The refrigerator and broke it into pieces

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Jacques tried breathing with a tube sticking out of the water

• To find his missing fishing line.

• After seeing his father do it.

• To try to find his dropped watch so he wouldn’t get in trouble.

• After he read a story about someone who did the same thing.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Jacques used his movie camera to

• Film everything around him.

• Create his own music videos.

• Get a job at a local TV station.

• Take photographs of trees.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Jacques went swimming in the Mediterranean Sea to

• Break the swim record.

• Test out his aqua-lung.

• Become a certified diver.

• Find gold on a sunken ship.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4