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About This Passage
This sentence paints the quiet late-night moment when Scout is watching for Jem to come back from the Radley yard. It practices a compound sentence (“was setting and... were fading”) and holds five vocabulary words: MOON, SETTING, SHADOWS, FADING, FUZZY.
The moon was setting and the lattice-work shadows were fading into fuzzy nothingness.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 6 in your own words. Be sure to include Dill’s last night in Maycomb, the plan to peep in the Radley window, the shotgun, Jem losing his pants in the fence, and why Jem sneaks back in the middle of the night.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows that Jem feels bad about what they did at the Radley house? Name two things he says or does that make you think so.
- How do you know Atticus has never had to whip Jem for misbehaving? What does Jem tell Scout that makes you believe that is true?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The round shape in the night sky that shines with light reflected from the sun.
Item 2
Slowly going down; sinking out of sight, as the sun or moon does at the edge of the sky.
Item 3
Dark shapes on the ground made when something blocks the light.
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