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About This Passage
Chosen because in these two lovely sentences Charlotte paints for Wilbur all the spring days he will live to see, and because the passage holds three of our vocabulary words — winter, frogs, and warm — in a single gentle promise.
Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 21 to a grown-up. What does Charlotte tell Wilbur about her own health? How does Wilbur feel when he hears it? Who helps Wilbur save the egg sac, and what does Wilbur have to promise?
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows you that Charlotte knows she is going to die very soon, even though Wilbur has not noticed?
- How do you know from the story that Wilbur truly loves Charlotte, not just because she helped him, but because she is his friend?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Not making much noise; still and calm
Item 2
Feeling like you need rest or sleep
Item 3
The coldest season of the year, when snow often falls
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