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Copywork
About This Passage
Mary Pope Osborne shows how a strange thing can happen by surprise. The first sentence builds the strangeness slowly. The second sentence finishes it in two short words. Students will practice copying sentences that move from slow to sudden.
The closer they got to the parade, the harder it was to see it. Then suddenly, it was gone.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- Annie thinks the parade was made of ghosts. Jack says it was a mirage from the desert sun. Both Annie and Jack are trying to explain the same thing in different ways. Who is more likely right? What in the story makes you think so?
- The black cat is still there even after the parade vanishes. Why does the cat stay when everything else disappears?
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