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May I Borrow Your Pen?

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May I Borrow Your Pen?
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 2 to 3
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	1.96

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		ball-point, Frawley, no-smear, Papermate, patent, teacher, pointy, quill, pens, scribble, brothers, messy, story, copy, fountain, sell
	content words:		John Loud, On October, South America, World War II, Patrick J., Frawley Jr, Marcel Bich

May I Borrow Your Pen? By Jody Williams 1     The teacher said to write a story. Jane said, "May we use a pen?" The teacher said to use a pencil first. Then she could use a pen for the final copy.   2     Pens have been around for a long time. The first pens were called quill pens. A quill is a long feather. The end was dipped in ink. Then it was used to write. It was sometimes messy. Next was the fountain pen. It had to be filled with ink. It was hard to fill. It had a pointy tip. It was messy, too.   3     John Loud invented a pen. It had a roller-ball tip. It had a place that held ink. It was used to write on leather. On October 30, 1888, he got a patent for his idea. A patent is like a license. He had invented the first ball-point pen. Paragraphs 4 to 7: For the complete story with questions: click here for printable Reading Comprehension      English Reading Comprehension: May I Borrow Your Pen?      French Reading Comprehension: Tu peux me prêter ton stylo      Spanish Reading Comprehension: ¿Puedo usar tu pluma?      German Reading Comprehension: Darf ich mir deinen Tintenstift ausleihen? Feedback on May I Borrow Your Pen?      Leave your feedback on May I Borrow Your Pen?  (use this link if you found an error in the story) Weekly Reading Books           Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once! More Lessons              October Worksheets and Workbooks | edHelper.com More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets Back to School Graphic Organizers Alphabet Worksheets Sight Words Math Worksheets Mazes 50 States Education Teaching Monthly Themes January February March April May June July August September October November December Fractions Place Value Time and Calendar Money Earth Day Solar System Analogies Nouns Following Directions Listening Capitalization Cursive Writing Patterns and Sequencing Dinosaurs All About Me Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Multiplication Division Main Idea Cause and Effect Measurement Decimals Rounding Order of Operations Verbs Community Helpers Adjectives Plants Grammar Addition and Subtraction Contractions Bulletin Board Ideas Word Searches Crossword Puzzles Printable Puzzles Reading Comprehension Reading Skills English Language Arts