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About This Passage
Stanley is in the desert with lizards on his skin, but his mind goes somewhere warm and safe. Copywork here practices how a memory can be a kind of shelter. The passage is full of gentle pairs — hand in hand, mitten in mitten — and it shows how two people can hold on to each other when everything is hard.
His brain took him back to a time when he was very little, all bundled up in a snowsuit. He and his mother were walking, hand in hand, mitten in mitten, when they both slipped on some ice and fell and...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 46 in your own words. Who screamed first? What did Mr. Sir shoot? What did Stanley think about to feel less afraid? What did Zero do with his thumb?
Discussion Questions
- When Mr. Pendanski screamed, Mr. Sir shot the lizard in the air. How can you tell that Mr. Sir was scared too, even though he is a grown-up with a gun?
- Stanley’s brain took him back to a snowy day with his mother, sliding down a hill. What in the story shows that Stanley was choosing where his mind would go?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Tiny white flakes of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather.
Item 2
A small, raised piece of land that is not as tall as a mountain.
Item 3
A warm covering for the hand with a separate place only for the thumb.
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