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This is the chapter's funny, tender heart. Surrounded by girls who all have puffed sleeves, Anne feels that a small thing — fashionable sleeves — is the whole world. Copying it lets a young writer feel how big a little wish can grow when you long to look like everyone else, and notice how Montgomery makes us smile and ache for Anne at the same time.
Anne felt that life was really not worth living without puffed sleeves.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell what happened in this chapter in order. Slow down at the part where Anne goes to Sunday School alone, and tell what she saw, how the other girls treated her, and how she felt in her plain dress.
Discussion Questions
- Anne wants a dress with puffed sleeves more than almost anything, even though her plain dresses are new and clean. Why do the puffed sleeves mean so much to Anne? Tell what part of the chapter helps you understand, and why you think so.
- On the way to church, Anne stops to cover her plain hat with a wreath of buttercups and wild roses. What does the flower wreath show about what Anne loves? Tell what part of the story shows it, and why it matters.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Being too proud of how you look.
Item 2
Frightened or discouraged.
Item 3
Dressed in clothes.
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