Excerpt from "The Little Mermaid"

Compare the ending of the Disney movie to the original fairy tale ending of "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Walk Two Moons, The Little Mermaid, …And Although the Little Mermaid Sacrificed Everything…, He Might Have Liked Me Better with My Tail, Travels with Charley, Saying Farewell to a Faithful Pal, Dogs Make Us Human, My Story, Temple Grandin
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  1. crimson
    a deep and vivid red color
    The little mermaid drew back the crimson curtain of the tent
  2. behold
    see with attention
    and beheld the fair bride with her head resting on the prince's chest
  3. brow
    the part of the face above the eyes
    She bent down and kissed his fair brow
  4. rosy
    of a pinkish color
    then looked at the sky on which the rosy dawn grew brighter and brighter
  5. glance
    take a brief look at
    then she glanced at the sharp knife
  6. tremble
    move quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
    the knife trembled in the hand of the little mermaid
  7. fling
    throw or cast away
    then she flung it far away from her into the waves
  8. spurt
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
    the water turned red where it fell, and the drops that spurted up looked like blood
  9. linger
    remain present although waning or gradually dying
    She cast one more lingering, half-fainting glance at the prince
  10. dissolve
    pass into a solution
    and then threw herself from the ship into the sea, and thought her body was dissolving into foam
Created on Wed Aug 13 11:13:32 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Aug 13 16:24:03 EDT 2014)

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