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This passage shows how Stanley gets through a very hard day of digging. He does not look at the whole job — he does one scoop, and then the next, and then the next. Copying it teaches a young reader the feeling of pacing through a job that is too big to think about all at once.
He took it one shovelful at a time, and tried not to think of the awesome task that lay ahead of him. After an hour or so, his sore muscles seemed to loosen up a little bit.
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 10 in your own words. Begin with Stanley's sore body in the morning, go through his second day of digging, his finding of the fish fossil, his hope for a day off, and the boys' water-line order.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that Stanley's body is even more sore on his second day than on his first?
- What in the story tells you that Stanley thinks the fish fossil is something very special when he first finds it?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Hurting or tender from using a part of the body too much.
Item 2
A unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
Item 3
A job or piece of work that needs to be done.
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