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Magic Squares for Cyrano de Bergerac Act II

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There is some tricky vocabulary in Act II of Cyrano de Bergerac! Front-load these words with this magic squares activity. Sixteen new words are listed, along with their definitions. Kids must match each word to its definition, completing a square. The trick is that sum for each row and column should be equal! How cool!

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