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This is chosen because it is the quick end of Stanley's first day at camp. Three things happen — a shower, a dinner, and a bed — but Sachar uses the phrase 'if you could call it that' three times in a row. It teaches children that these words (shower, dinner, bed) usually mean nice things, but at the camp they do not. The passage also teaches the word 'scarcity,' which means there is not enough of something. There is not enough water, so each boy gets only four minutes in a cold shower — and Stanley uses most of those minutes just getting used to how cold it is.
Stanley took a shower—if you could call it that, ate dinner—if you could call it that, and went to bed—if you could call his smelly and scratchy cot a bed. Because of the scarcity of water, each campe...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell about Chapter 6 in three sentences. Say what Stanley tells the boys he did, why nobody believes him, and what really happened when the sneakers fell from the sky.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you Stanley is a boy who had a hero he loved a lot? What was Clyde Livingston's nickname, and where did Stanley keep his poster?
- What in the story tells you the shoes really did fall from the sky — and that Stanley did not steal them? How did they land on Stanley's head?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A way of washing yourself by standing under water that sprays down — at the camp each boy is only allowed four minutes of this, and only in cold water.
Item 2
The big meal in the evening — at the camp it is brown meat and vegetables that all taste the same.
Item 3
A small, narrow bed that folds up — Stanley has to sleep on one that smells like sour milk and is too small for him.
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