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About This Passage
This short sentence introduces Miss Maudie and explains why she is always in her garden. It contains four vocabulary words (HATED, HOUSE, INDOORS, WASTED) and practices a colon.
Miss Maudie hated her house: time spent indoors was time wasted.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 5 in your own words. Be sure to include Miss Maudie, the note on the fishing pole, and what Atticus says when he catches Jem, Scout, and Dill.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows that Scout feels safer and happier with Miss Maudie than with Jem and Dill this summer? Name at least two things Miss Maudie does or says.
- How do you know that Atticus really wants Jem, Scout, and Dill to stop bothering Mr. Radley? What does he say, and what makes you think he means it?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Did not like something at all; felt a strong dislike for it.
Item 2
A building where a person or family lives.
Item 3
Inside a building, not outside.
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