This week, we will continue reading The Light in the Forest. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been for True Son to learn to live like his family of origin? Don’t you feel sad for his family, who has missed him so much all of these years only to be faced with a child they have never known? These terrible dilemmas happened in real life to many colonial children who had survived being kidnapped by Indians, later to be returned to their colonial families. They were out of place in both worlds. Does anything like this happen in the world today?
Your reading assignments are below. Our goal is to finish reading The Light in the Forest by next Thursday just before our Easter weekend break. Your spelling and vocabulary words are below. Your test will be on Monday, April 2.
TUESDAY: HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 6, pages 44-56, and fill in Chapter 6 on chart for discussion and quiz.
WEDNESDAY: Discussion and short quiz over Chapter 6. HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 7, pages 57-70; keep notes on chart; be ready to discuss and take quiz tomorrow.
THURSDAY: Discussion and short quiz over Chapter 7. HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 8, pages 71-84; keep notes on chart; be ready to discuss and take short quiz over Chapters 8-10 on Monday. Spelling test on Monday.
FRIDAY: HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 9-10 ,pages 85-106; keep notes on chart; be ready to discuss on Monday along with Chapter 8. There will be a short quiz on Monday over Chapters 8-10, as well as spelling/vocabulary test.
SPELLING/VOCABULARY for Test on Monday, April 2
You need to be able to figure out the meaning of the word as it is used in the sentence (context).
1. everlasting = ______________________ Del was tired of trampling through the everlasting forest.
2. industry = ________________________ The barns and sheds were evidence of the white man’s industry.
3. sycamore = ________________________ The sycamores grew near the bank of the river.
4. tethered = _________________________ The gray horse was firmly tethered between two men.
5. recollect = ________________________ True Son could not recollect his Aunt Kate.
6. tongue = __________________________ John’s mother thought it was important for him to know his native English tongue.
7. pantaloons = _______________________ When John awoke, he saw the pantaloons hanging from a peg on his wall.
8. revulsion = ________________________ John’s revulsion grew as he had to wear the new garments.
9. condone = _________________________ The parson didn’t condone the way the Indians had been treated by the white traders who sold them rum.
10. hospitable = ______________________ Mr. Owens had been very kind and hospitable.
