Chapter 13

Vocabulary to preview - caucused, audacity, ascend, metronome, concoct

Predictions and SOS

Follow-up Discussion Questions:
1. What was the test that the crew assigned to Charlotte?
2. Why did the author have Charlotte meet a physical challenge to prove herself to the crew?
3. What did you feel as Charlotte climbed?
4. Look closely at the first incident in Part II. What is symbolic about Charlotte's climb? Can you connect it to other incidents in the story? Is this a paradigm for learning?
5. Reread the last sentence of this chapter.  Why did the author choose to end it this way?