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About This Passage
Mary Pope Osborne writes Jack as a small scientist. The sentences are short and clear, each one delivering one step of the discovery: open drawer, take out medallion, look at letter, recognize the M, name the new fact. Students will study how a writer can make a moment of discovery feel real by walking through it one step at a time.
Jack opened the drawer next to his bed. He took out the gold medallion. He looked at the letter on it. It was the same M. Now, this was an amazing new fact.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the story of this chapter. What were the most important moments? What made them important — and how do you know?
Discussion Questions
- Jack puts the bookmark and the medallion together and recognizes that the M is the same. Mary Pope Osborne calls his discovery 'an amazing new fact.' Why does Jack collect facts in his notebook instead of just remembering things in his head? What does writing facts down do for him? What in the story makes you think so?
- The two M's prove that the same person built the treehouse, filled it with books, AND dropped the medallion in the time of dinosaurs. What can we GUESS about this person from those facts? Use the chapter as evidence for your guess.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A flat, round piece of metal, usually worn on a chain around the neck, marked with a symbol, letter, or picture.
Item 2
A thin object placed in a book to mark a page; in this story, made of blue leather and stamped with a fancy M.
Item 3
A flexible material made from treated animal skin, valued for its strength and softness.
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