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📖 Reading Literature: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter (Grade 4)

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The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

Every night for twenty years, Mira’s father had climbed the 112 steps of the lighthouse to light the great lamp. Tonight he lay in bed with a broken ankle, and a storm was rolling in from the sea.

"The fishing boats are still out," he said, wincing as he tried to stand. Mira had watched him a thousand times, but she had never done it alone.

She grabbed the lantern and began to climb. The wind screamed against the windows and the stairs seemed to stretch forever. Her legs burned, but she kept counting: one hundred ten, one hundred eleven, one hundred twelve.

With trembling hands she lit the wick and cranked the great lens. A beam of gold swept across the black water. Far out, a horn sounded twice — the signal that the boats had seen the light and were turning for home.

1. Why couldn’t Mira’s father light the lamp?
2. Why was it important to light the lamp that night?
3. What details show the climb was difficult?
4. What does the horn sounding twice mean?
Theme: What lesson or message does the story share? Use a detail.
Answer key: 1) he had a broken ankle · 2) a storm was coming and the fishing boats were still out · 3) wind screamed, stairs seemed to stretch forever, her legs burned · 4) the boats saw the light and were heading home · Theme: Courage means doing what is needed even when you are afraid.
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Free Grade 4 English worksheet (Common Core RL.4.1): read "The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter" and answer questions about key details, characters and theme. Skill: Key ideas and details in literature. Level: Grade 4 — also suits Year 5 (UK).

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