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Copywork
About This Passage
Mary Pope Osborne uses three short sentences to show how the moonlight saves Jack and Annie. Each sentence does one thing — the clouds part, the moon shines, the light spreads. Students will practice copying short sentences that build a picture step by step.
The clouds parted. A full moon was shining in the sky. A pool of light spread through the mist.
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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
- Jack thinks he hears a crocodile splashing behind him in the moat. But it is really Annie. Why does his mind tell him crocodile and not Annie? What in the story makes you think so?
- Jack tries the flashlight when they get to the grass and it does not work. Mary Pope Osborne told us in chapter 7 that the batteries were dying. Why did she warn us they would die before they actually died? What does that do for the story?
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