Nature's Fiery Force/Embers Worksheets

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Nature's Fiery Force/Embers For Google Apps

These are two 5th grade stories with similarities and differences. Students will build knowledge and find connections between this fiction and non fiction paired paragraph.

In a remote part of Russia, near the Curonian Spit, there’s a forest unlike any other. The trees don’t grow straight—they twist, loop, and spiral like ribbons. Some bend into circles, while others zigzag across the ground. Locals call it the Dancing Forest.
1. What makes the Dancing Forest unusual?
2. What are three possible causes of the twisted trees?
3. Why do some people think the forest feels magical?
4. What insect might be connected to the mystery?
5. Why is the forest still considered a mystery?

David, Mike, and James were helping clean out the attic of their school when they found a box labeled *Timekeepers.* Inside were old clocks—some broken, some ticking, and all slightly crooked. *Why are they bent like this?* Mike asked, holding one with a twisted frame. James noticed something odd. *Look—each clock is set to a different time. And they’re all off by exactly 17 minutes.*
1. What did the boys find in the attic?
2. What was strange about the clocks?
3. What clue did the notebook give them?
4. Where did the map lead them?
5. What did the clocks do at the end of the story?