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This passage marks the quiet moment when Charlotte's thinking becomes action — the patient spider has had her idea and now begins the work of the rescue. Copying it teaches a young reader that plans are made alive by steady, unwatched labor.
Astride her web, Charlotte sat moodily eating a horsefly and thinking about the future. After a while she bestirred herself. She descended to the center of the web and there she began to cut some of h...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 10 in four beats: first Charlotte waits and gets her idea, then Avery and Fern play on the swing, then Avery tries to catch Charlotte and the rotten egg explodes, and finally Charlotte begins weaving her plan at night.
Discussion Questions
- Charlotte tells herself, 'People are not as smart as bugs.' What in the chapter shows you Charlotte believes this, and how will her experience with bugs shape the way she fools Zuckerman?
- When Avery climbs into the pigpen with his candy box and stick, Fern shouts, 'You stop it, Avery!' How do you know from the chapter that Fern has come to understand the barn in a way Avery has not?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Gave your word that you would do a certain thing.
Item 2
Able to wait calmly for something without getting upset.
Item 3
Easily tricked because you believe things too quickly.
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