Thank you, students, for your
alacrity in getting Johnny Tremain
read! But you’ll feel like you’re riding
the bullet train once we begin The Swiss
Family Robinson! First, though, you
will have a few days to read and enjoy some of the best American poets and
short-story writers of our early country:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
As soon as our book reports
on Johnny Tremain have been given on
Wednesday, we will listen to the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere’s Ride. This poem, even though it is not historically
accurate, is what made Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride famous in
American history! Just imagine—without HW
Longfellow, we probably wouldn’t even know who Paul Revere was!
Your spelling words this week
are a mixture of words from the end of Johnny
Tremain and the poem, Paul Revere’s
Ride. Your test will be on Monday,
May 7.
Your reading assignments for
this week are below. Please don’t forget
to be filling in your Reading Logs, and once you’ve finished Johnny Tremain, you may read anything
you’d like until we begin Swiss Family
Robinson. Just be sure and read at
least 30 minutes every night.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
for Week of April 30-May 4
For MONDAY, you should have read Chapter
10 in Johnny Tremain
For TUESDAY, read Chapter 11 and fill
out study guide for test on Wednesday.
For WEDNESDAY, read Chapter 12 and be
ready to take test over Chapters 7-12.
Your
BOOK REPORT projects are also DUE and to be presented on Wednesday.
You won’t have any reading homework
the rest of the week, but we will be reading in class.
SPELLING WORDS for Test on May 7
(you will need to be
able to write the definition of these words)
1. phantom = a ghost-like illusion
2.
stealthy = done in a secretive manner
3.
pigeon = a type of dove-like
bird
4. impetuous = impulsive
5.
belfry = bell tower
6.
grenadier = a
type of British infantry soldier
7.
provincial = of the
provinces (local areas)
8.
campaign = a
military operation
9.
disguise = something
worn to hide one’s identity
10.
surfeit = excess
(in food or drink)
