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About This Passage
This short passage is the quiet turning point of the chapter. The sentences get shorter and shorter as Stanley slowly understands that the other boys dug his hole while he was gone. Copying it lets young readers feel how careful writing can show careful thinking.
He went over to his hole, and to his surprise it was nearly finished. He stared at it, amazed. It didn't make sense. Or perhaps it did. He smiled.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 21 in your own words, from Stanley's long walk back to the moment he smiles at his finished hole.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that the other boys at Camp Green Lake are starting to treat Stanley differently than they did before?
- What in the story tells you that a warning can be a kind of help, even when it comes from something dangerous like a rattlesnake?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Moved from one place to another at a time in the past.
Item 2
Moving across or above something to reach the other side.
Item 3
An opening that has been dug into the ground.
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