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About This Passage
This is how Chapter 29 begins. The weather is changing, but not for the better. Sachar says the air is 'sweating,' which is a fun way to describe how wet and sticky the air feels. You can almost feel how uncomfortable Stanley is just by reading it.
There was a change in the weather. For the worse. The air became unbearably humid. Stanley was drenched in sweat. Beads of moisture ran down the handle of his shovel. It was almost as if the temperatu...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 29 to a grown-up. Talk about the lightning storm, the boys joking about Noah's ark, and the special mountain Stanley sees. At the end, remember to say what Stanley's great-grandfather said a long time ago about 'God's thumb.'
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that the boys are hoping the storm will come to Camp Green Lake, even though storms can be scary?
- What in the story tells you that Stanley is not completely sure the mountain he saw really looks like a fist with a thumb? Why might he not be sure?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
To become different, or a thing becoming different from how it was before.
Item 2
What the air outside is doing — sunny, rainy, windy, hot, or cold.
Item 3
Not as good as before; more bad.
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