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What evidence from the text shows that Grady didn't want to go camping with his family?
"This is going to be a really long week." / "Grady hated camping"
"...camping...was something his family insisted on every summer." Define the word "insisted".
You decide
How do you know the rest of Grady's family liked camping?
They insisted on going / dad like cooking over a fire and telling stories / mom and his brother liked to hike and take picture of animals
Why did Grady think his brother Jared was weird?
He liked bugs
What did Grady do while the rest of his family was setting up camp? Why?
He went to check out the stream / He had heard it was deep enough for swimming.
Grady's dad like to tell stories about how to survive things like bear attacks and swarms of bees. Define the word "survive".
You decide
What did the author compare the blue-green fir trees to? What is a spire?
You decide.
What caught Grady's eye when he approached the stream? What does "caught his eye" mean?
You decide.
Grady, at first, thought the black bear cub was adorable. Why did he then become worried?
He heard a rustling sound behind him and remembered a cub wouldn't be alone.
What do you think Grady did after the story ended? How might what happened to Grady affect his feeling about going camping with his family in the future?
You decide.
