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Respond
to the Text
Collaborative Discussion IT’S MORE
THAN JUST
RAIN OR
SNOW OR
Look back at what you wrote on page 108. Tell a partner two things you SPRINGTIME
learned from this text. Then work with a group to discuss the questions by Thomas C. Foster
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or Springtime to explain your answers. Take notes for your responses.
When you speak, use your notes.

1 Find two sentences that include the words “It’s never just . . .”
Why does the author repeat those words?
Listening Tip

Listen closely to the

speaker. Wait until
the speaker has
finished before you

share your ideas.
2 How can writers use rain in multiple ways and give it multiple
meanings? Use examples from the text to support your response.

Speaking Tip

Before you speak,
wait for your group’s
leader to call on you.
Then, speak clearly
3 On page 111, paragraph 8, the author says in an aside, “(He might

also have a cold, but that’s another matter.)” How can you tell that and make eye contact
this comment is intended to be funny? with everyone in
your group.

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