Read:

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5

Write:

• As you are reading, write down any sentences or paragraphs that you like or have special meaning to you in your journal.
• Pay attention to any words or phrases that you don't understand and write them in your journal. Look up the meanings of these words.

Vocabulary:

While you are reading, look for the following words. Write them in your notebook and use a dictionary to find the definitions.

• Garret
• Cyclone
• Whirlwinds
• Anxiously
• Wail
• Shriek
• Pressure
• Resolved
• Severe
• Whined
• Amazement
• Marvelous
• Greensward
• Stately
• Luscious
• Gorgeous
• Plumage
• Queerest
• Bondage
• Hesitation
• Evidently
• Dismay
• Gracious
• Civilized
• Amongst
• Slate
• Pleaded
• Straightway
• Gingham
• Soberly
• Briskly
• Whisked
• Abundance
• Gravely
• Dangerous
• Perched
• Tedious
• Obliged
• Confidentially
• Mishap
• Dismal
• Reproachfully
• Deserted
• Flock
• Declared
• Inconvenient
• Scarcely
• Comrade
• Enchanted
• Misfortune
• Fastening
• Undergo

Spelling and Grammar:

You may choose a passage from the reading that you think is important and use it as your copywork, or you can use the selection below.

"It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole."

• Write it in your journal neatly.
• Be careful to punctuate and capitalize the way the author did, and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.
• Study this passage this week until you are asked to dictate it to your teacher.
• This month, our grammar will be about prepositions. Watch the video below about prepositions, and then find the prepositions in the passage you just copied.

Share your favorite passage so far in the comments below.