APPENDIX 3

Rearrange the sentences in each box in the correct order to form a paragraph. Then,
rearrange the paragraphs to form a story. The first has been done for you.
( 1 ) One day, the military posted scrolls in the village saying that each family had to send one
man to the army.
( 3 ) Mulans brother was brave but he was too young to be selected.
( 2 ) Mulans father was too old to fight.
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) In Han times, there lived a young girl named Mulan.

) Boys were taught to fight and ride, not girls.

) He taught her how to use a sword and ride a horse.

) Her father was a retired and famous general.

) Mulan thought of going to the war.

) That day, she bought a horse.

) Mulan had to because she know if her father went to the war again he would die.

) When the war ended, Mulan was called before the emperor to receive an award for her

courage.
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) But Mulan wished to return to her family. She asked for a good horse instead.

) The emperor offered Mulan a job that would make her rich.

) Mulan fought for many years. In all that time, no one knew that Mulan was a woman.

) The next morning, Mulan stole her fathers armor and crept silently from home.

) Disguised as a man, she reported for duty to the military leader.

) When she joined her family to watch the sun set, Mulan had transformed into a beautiful

young woman.
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) Her family was happy to see her.

) Her brother had grown into a fine young man. Mulan gave him her warriors clothes. She

dressed herself in womans clothes.