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This passage is a small comic masterpiece: Wilbur is working hard to live up to Charlotte's word RADIANT. E. B. White shows the physical effort behind what looks effortless on the outside, which gives the student a model of how character (and writing) is built one small discipline at a time.
It is not easy to look radiant, but Wilbur threw himself into it with a will. He would turn his head slightly and blink his long eye-lashes. Then he would breathe deeply. And when his audience grew bo...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 15 in five or six sentences. Include the crickets' song, Wilbur's new fame, and Charlotte's surprising answer about the County Fair.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows that Wilbur has grown as a character, even as his fame grows, in Zuckerman's barn?
- How do you know Charlotte is being both honest and kind when she answers Wilbur's plea about coming to the Fair?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Shining or glowing brightly, as if lit from within.
Item 2
In a small degree; just a little.
Item 3
To take air in and let it out of the lungs.
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