Vocabulary - Chapter 5

Chapter 5:

 

Vocabulary:

Persisted

Aroused

Splayed

Unbeknown

Venture

Chapter 5

Students must complete chapter 5 of The Hobbit.  Inspired by Bilbo and Gollum's riddles, students must come up with a riddle for the class - Due Monday Nov 19.

Remembrance Day Prose and Poetry

Reminder Remembrance Day Prose and Poetry is due tomorrow, Friday Nov 9.

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Vocabulary - Chapters 3 and 4

Chapter 3:

Forded
Venerable
Kin
Provisions
Vexed
Homely
Folly

Chapter 4:

Uncanny
Prosperous
Infested
Deceptions
Gnashed
Alliances
Rummaged

Quiz and Assignment

We have a spelling test on Chapter 3 Hobbit vocabulary.  Also students have been writing their own chapter 5.  Final drafts should be typed up and complete, include 6 dress ups and 6 openers.  This assignment is due Monday November 5th.

Chapter 2 - The Hobbit

On Wednesday we will have a quiz on Chapter 1 Vocabulary/Spelling



Also, here are the tasks for Chapter 2:

1) Students will keep a running tab of new vocabulary from the book. They will have a duotang for this novel study and the first pages will be vocabulary.

- Define
- Write a new sentence with this word

Chapter 2:

Representatives
Defrayed
Esteemed
Inquisitive
Repose
Mutton

 2) Add new characters – 3 Trolls

 3) Take on the perspective of one of the characters so far and write a diary about part of the events that unfolded in chapter 2.  (Should be at least 3/4 of a page in length)

è  Focus on detail, perspective and emotion

STUDENTS will be handing in everything we have done on the Hobbit in a duotang on Wednesday OCT 17.

The Hobbit Novel Study

We have just begun our Hobbit Novel Study.  We have read through chapter 1, and I have asked students not to read ahead as we will be doing assignments throughout and will read the book many times together as a group.

Assignments:

1) Students will keep a running tab of new voacbulary from the book.  They will have a duotang for this novel study and the first pages will be vocabulary.
- Define
- Write a new sentence with this word

Chapter 1:
Flummoxed
Wretched
Audacious
Conspirator
Inclined
Discreetly

2) On another piece of paper make a list of all the characters introduced thus far.  Write the little bit that you know about them.

3) In the Introduction there is a picture of the map that Gandalf gives to Thorin. First copy down the dwarf runes, and second decode them using the decoding sheet.  (It is available on my website).