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Chester tells Tucker about the moment his life changed. The passage names four real foods the picnic family had — hard-boiled eggs, cold roast chicken, roast beef, liverwurst sandwiches — so the young reader can almost smell the grass and the food at the edge of Chester's meadow. The passage teaches young readers to write with specific details instead of general words.
It was coming from a picnic basket. A couple of tuffets away from my stump the meadow begins, and there was a whole bunch of people having a picnic. They had hard-boiled eggs, and cold roast chicken, ...
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Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the story of Chapter 3. Who visits Mario's newsstand? Who do they meet? What story does Chester tell? What happens at the very end of the chapter?
Discussion Questions
- Tucker Mouse runs home to his drain pipe and brings back a big piece of liverwurst for Chester, even though he had saved the liverwurst for his own breakfast. What in the story tells you that Tucker wants to be friends with Chester right away?
- Chester says he had 'a little chocolate before, but besides that, nothing for three days.' How do you know where that little piece of chocolate came from?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The short, thick bottom part of a tree that is left in the ground after the tree is cut or broken.
Item 2
A small furry animal with a long tail that eats seeds and bits of food.
Item 3
A small, cozy home built by an animal to sleep in or to keep babies safe.
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