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About This Passage
We chose this sentence because it shows Anne walking home with Marilla and pretending she is the wind. The sentence travels from trees to ferns to a garden to a field to the lake — each thing leading into the next, with em-dashes that feel like the wind moving from place to place. It lets the child practice copying one long, joyful sentence with many small pictures inside it.
When I get tired of the trees I’ll imagine I’m gently waving down here in the ferns—and then I’ll fly over to Mrs. Lynde’s garden and set the flowers dancing—and then I’ll go with one great swoop over...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell back the story of Anne's apology: how Matthew tiptoed upstairs to whisper to Anne, how Anne went down on her knees before Mrs. Rachel Lynde, and what Anne said to Marilla on the walk home to Green Gables.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells us that Matthew was scared Marilla would catch him sneaking upstairs to talk to Anne?
- How do you know that Anne started to enjoy giving her big apology speech to Mrs. Rachel?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Air that is moving and that you can feel on your skin.
Item 2
Green plants with feathery leaves that grow in cool, shady places.
Item 3
Tall plants with wooden trunks and many branches.
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