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Copywork
About This Passage
This is the opening sentence of Chapter 6. Collodi uses short strong words — night, wind, dust — that a young reader can see and feel. Copying these sentences teaches a Scout how a writer paints a stormy night with only a few plain words.
It was a horrible night. It thundered very heavily and it lightened as if the heavens would take fire, while an ugly wind whistled savagely and raised an immense cloud of dust.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
In your own words, retell what happens to Pinocchio on this stormy night — from the time he runs to the town to the moment a voice knocks at the door in the morning.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story makes you think Pinocchio was very brave to go out on this night? Point to what the story says about the thunder and the wind.
- How do you know from the text that the old man in the nightcap was not really kind to Pinocchio? What did he pour down instead of bread?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The dark part of the day when the sun has gone down and most people sleep.
Item 2
Moving air that you can feel on your face and that can whistle and howl.
Item 3
Tiny bits of dirt that float in the air or settle on things.
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