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Copywork
About This Passage
This sentence shows how scared Brian is and uses three of this week's vocabulary words: LAKE, PLANE, and TREES. Paulsen's words 'green death trees' give the child a strong image to picture.
He desperately needed a lake right in front of the plane and all he saw through the windshield were trees, green death trees.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 3 in your own words, as if you were telling a friend who has not read the book.
Discussion Questions
- Brian keeps thinking the words 'Going to die' over and over. What in the story makes Brian think he is going to die?
- Brian sees a moose standing near a pond, and the picture looks very still and calm right before the crash. How can you tell that Paulsen wants this quiet picture to feel different from the rest of the chapter? Think about Brian and the words the author uses.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A large area of water with land around it.
Item 2
A machine with wings that flies in the sky.
Item 3
Tall plants with a trunk and branches.
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Critical Thinking
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