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Copywork
About This Passage
This is the moment the chapter is named for: how Dorothy saved the Scarecrow. Baum joins two ideas with a semicolon, the lifting, and the reason it is easy, so the child copies a sentence that both shows kindness and explains itself. Copying it gives practice with the semicolon and with a clear, gentle action.
Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the figure off the pole; for, being stuffed with straw, it was quite light.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of this chapter in order. Start when Dorothy gets ready and sets off on the yellow brick road, then tell where she stays the night, and end with how she meets and frees the Scarecrow.
Discussion Questions
- When Dorothy sees the Scarecrow stuck high on a pole, she does not have to stop for him, yet she climbs down and lifts him free. Think about what Dorothy does in this scene: why do you think she stops to help a stranger she has only just met?
- The Scarecrow says that being poked or stepped on does not hurt him at all, but he is unhappy that his head is stuffed with straw instead of brains. Think about what the Scarecrow says about his straw head and the words he uses to describe his longing: why do you think he cares so much about having brains when he cannot feel any pain?
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Vocabulary
Item 1
Small, pretty, and delicate.
Item 2
In a quick, lively, and energetic way.
Item 3
Large, full, and very satisfying.
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