Estimated Time: 1 hour

Read:

• Prologue
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2

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.

Learn:

• At the end of our month, we will be writing a short essay about the setting. You can use the worksheet found in the [Weekly Lesson Plans and Worksheets] to help you make notes about the setting of our book.

Vocabulary:

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

• burrowing
• dehydration
• diagnosis
• illuminate
• summoning
• ruckus
• ferocious
• mangled
• skepticism
  

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.

Finally, it came, a tiny flicker in my palm, and then a magnificent glow. The crowd gasped, and the children pushed for a better look.

• 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 subject-verb agreement. Watch the video below about subject-verb agreement, and then find all the subjects and verbs in the passage you just copied.

Share your favorite passage so far in the comments below.