Good afternoon, students,
We have been without power most of today, so I am getting this blog post made later than I would like. I am sorry about that!
I had to change my plans when I realized how little time we have left this year! If we are going to be able to read The Swiss Family Robinson then we need to begin Johnny Tremain right away instead of waiting another week. I think you will like this novel--it is so filled with real people and events from the pre-Revolutionary War times that you begin to think that Johnny himself must have been a real person, too. But alas, he is a fictional character. I will hand out your books tomorrow, (after the spelling test), and we will discuss the charts that you will be keeping track of the story on. Your spelling words for next Monday's test, April 23, are from the first five chapters of JT as we will refer to it from now on.
Here are your reading assignments for this week--I'll be giving you more class time than usual to read.
MONDAY: HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 1 and complete charts
TUESDAY: Discussion of Chapter 1 and three charts. HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 2 and complete charts
WEDNESDAY: Discussion of Chapter 2 and charts. HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 3 and complete charts
THURSDAY: Discussion of Chapter 3 and charts. HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 4 and complete charts
FRIDAY: Discussion of Chapter 4 and charts. HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 5 and complete charts for Monday.
SPELLING WORDS for Test on Monday, April 23: (you must be able to match the word to its definition)
1. wharf = a pier or boat dock
2. autocratic = like a dictator
3. politely = with manners
4. apprentice = one who is learning a trade or skill from a master craftsman
5. venerable = worthy of respect
6. haughty = someone who is full of pride and looks down on others
7. consequence = as "a person of consequence"--someone notable
8. lamentable = grievous, mournful
9. belligerent = war-like, argumentative and quarrelsome
10. maimed = a deformity caused by an injury
