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Copywork
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This short passage is a perfect first copywork for young scholars: Harper Lee shows Scout learning to notice quiet gifts — wood, then nuts — left at the back of the Finch house. It teaches the child-writer to attend to small, patient action.
We watched. One morning Jem and I found a load of stovewood in the back yard. Later, a sack of hickory nuts appeared on the back steps.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Scout's first day of school back to a parent: what Miss Caroline told Scout, what Scout said about Walter Cunningham, and what Jem told Scout about the Dewey Decimal System at recess.
Discussion Questions
- Miss Caroline tells Scout that Atticus should stop teaching her to read — how do you know from the story that Scout has actually loved reading for a long time, and what in the chapter shows that Atticus did not set out to teach Scout on purpose?
- Scout tells Miss Caroline that Walter Cunningham cannot take the quarter because he is a Cunningham — what in the story shows you that Walter's family is poor, and how do you know from the chapter that the Cunninghams are proud about paying people back?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Looked at something for a while to see what would happen.
Item 2
A big pile or heap of things gathered in one place.
Item 3
A bag made of cloth or paper used to hold things.
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