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Notes b. He moved to America where he fell in love and was married.

c. Soon afterwards he began having bad luck, and he felt he was cursed.
d. Walking under a ladder, black cats, and spilling salt are bad luck.
Elya Yelnats’ wife decided to name her son Stanley
because she noticed that Yelnats spelled backwards
was Stanley. Words that are spelled the same backwards
or forwards are known as palindromes. Naming the
first son Stanley became a family tradition in the Yelnats
family. The Stanley of Camp Green Lake was actually
Stanley Yelnets IV.

2. Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph?
a. Elya Yelnats’ wife decided to name her son Stanley because she noticed that Yelnats
spelled backwards was Stanley.

b. Words that are spelled the same backwards or forwards are known as palindromes.
c. Naming the first son Stanley became a family tradition in the Yelnats family.
d. The Stanley of Camp Green Lake was actually Stanley Yelnets IV.
The shovel felt heavy in Stanley’s soft, fleshy hands.
The boys at Camp Green Lake have been told that if
they find anything interesting or unusual to report it
to Mr. Pendanski or Mr. Sir. The warden promised a
day off if she likes what the boys find. While digging
his second hole, Stanley finds a fish fossil. When he
shows the fossil to Mr. Pendanski, he tells Stanley
that the fossil is not the kind of thing the Warden
finds interesting. Stanley does not get the day off.
3. Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph?
a. The shovel felt heavy in Stanley’s soft, fleshy hands.
b. The boys at Camp Green Lake have been told that if they find anything interesting or
unusual to report it to Mr. Pendanski or Mr. Sir.
c. When he shows the fossil to Mr. Pendanski, he tells Stanley that the fossil is not the kind
of thing the Warden finds interesting.
d. Stanley does not get the day off.
Stanley finds a gold tube engraved with the initials
“KB”. He gives the tube to X-Ray who decides to wait
until the next day to give it to the Warden. Although
he is small and cannot see well, X-Ray manages to
take charge and have the other boys follow his orders.
Once the warden sees the tube she takes control of the
diggers and organizes a new digging routine. Stanley
realizes they are searching for something specific but
in the wrong place. Since the campers are now digging
in a different place from where the tube was actually
found, the warden is not likely to find the missing
treasure.

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