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About This Passage
This short passage shows the smallest hope in a very hot place — one cloud that might block the sun. Copying it helps a young reader feel how much a little shade would mean to a tired boy, and how all the boys watch the same cloud together because they all want the same thing.
As he drank from his canteen he looked up at the sky. A cloud had appeared earlier in the day. It was the first cloud he could remember seeing since coming to Camp Green Lake. He and the other boys ha...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 13 in your own words. Begin with Stanley digging many more holes and losing track of the days, then the first cloud in the sky, then what Stanley sees shining in the dirt, what he finds when he picks it up, what he decides to do with it, and where he ends up standing in the water line at the end of the chapter.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that Stanley has been digging holes for many, many days?
- What in the story tells you that the boys really wanted the cloud to cover the sun?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A white or gray shape in the sky made of tiny water drops.
Item 2
A tool with a long handle used to dig or to move earth.
Item 3
A long, narrow, hollow shape, like a small pipe.
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