This week, we begin our study of the British colonies (finally!) and begin the novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Class time will be used for reading and doing research. You will have homework every night, so make note of the assignments below. Your spelling words are taken from WOBBP and your test will be on Monday, February 7. There will be no book report for this novel because we will be doing so much other reading for history. You will have to write in a Reader’s Journal after every chapter of WOBBP, which will count as a project grade for that book.
SPELLING/VOCABULARY List for Test on Monday, February 7—you will have to be able to recognize the definitions on a matching spelling test.
1. placating = calming or pacifying someone
2. aghast = showing sudden dismay or amazement
3. indulgent = kind or lenient often to the point of spoiling someone
4. timorous = fearful or timid
5. tactless = to be without manners, or say something that might offend others
6. condescend = to look down upon others, to patronize
7. conspicuous = easy to see, obvious
8. hypocrite = a person who pretends to be what he or she is not
9. dubious = causing or feeling doubt about something
10. auspicious = of good omen, favorable
11. inexorable = cannot be influenced or persuaded
12. sepulcher = a vault for burial, a grave or a tomb
