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About This Passage
This is the opening of Chapter 6. E.B. White starts with smells, sights, and the passing of flowers instead of with the plot. The sentences are short and sweet, like the summer they describe.
The early summer days on a farm are the happiest and fairest days of the year. Lilacs bloom and make the air sweet, and then fade. Apple blossoms come with the lilacs, and the bees visit around among ...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 6 in the order it happens: the sights and sounds of early summer, Fern's daily visits, the hay-making, the birds, and finally the hatching of the goslings. Which part was your favorite and why?
Discussion Questions
- E.B. White begins Chapter 6 with a long paragraph about lilacs, bees, and apple blossoms before the story moves on to Wilbur and the goslings. What makes you think the author chose to slow down and describe summer so carefully first?
- When the goslings hatch, Charlotte makes a very fancy announcement using big words like 'gratified' and 'unremitting.' How can you tell from the text that Charlotte is being kind and funny at the same time?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
When a flower opens up.
Item 2
To slowly lose color or strength.
Item 3
Having a nice taste or smell, like sugar or flowers.
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