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About This Passage
This passage opens Chapter 7 by giving young students a rhythmic, repeating list — cows hated, horses detested, sheep loathed — that teaches them how writers use three parallel sentences to build a small chorus. It also introduces the idea of a campaign, a word that will matter to the whole chapter once Charlotte begins her campaign to save Wilbur.
Her campaign against insects seemed sensible and useful. Hardly anybody around the farm had a good word to say for a fly. Flies spent their time pestering others. The cows hated them. The horses detes...
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Narration Prompt
Retell the story of Chapter 7 in order. Begin with Wilbur liking Charlotte more each day, tell how the old sheep gives him terrible news, and end with Charlotte's promise.
Discussion Questions
- When the old sheep tells Wilbur they are going to kill him, Wilbur cries out and runs up and down. How do you know from the text that Wilbur is truly frightened, and not just upset in a small way?
- Charlotte says, You shall not die, before she even knows how she will save Wilbur. What makes you think she means this promise, and what does it show about the kind of friend Charlotte is?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Small animals with six legs, like flies, bees, and ants.
Item 2
Felt a very strong dislike for something.
Item 3
Felt a deep and heavy dislike for something.
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