Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar for this Lesson

Read:

  • 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 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.

  • porthole
  • blundering
  • discreetly
  • luxurious
  • prosperous
  • scuttled
  • flustered
  • morsel
  • depredations
  • bewildered
  • bewuthered - this is a made- up word by Tolkien, but what do you think it means from the context of the sentence?
  • flummoxed
  • confusticate
  • bebother
  • sorcerous
  • conspirator
  • audacious
  • counsellor
  • ingenious
  • estimable
  • obstinately
  • prudent
  • remuneration
  • defrayed
  • repose
  • requisite
  • ambling
  • inquisitive
  • cavalcade
  • purloined

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.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

  • 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 we will be learning about types of punctuation. This quotation uses a colon. Watch the video to learn how to use colons. Which way is the colon used above?

Share your favorite passage so far in the comments below.

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