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fatuous – smugly and unconsciously foolish; unreal
p.103
wary – on guard; watchful
p.103
enigmatic - puzzling
p.103
abet – to approve, encourage, and support; urge and help on
p.107
imperturbable – unshakably calm and collected
p.110
obdurate – hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; hardhearted
p.118
inundate – to cover with water; to overwhelm
p.141
prodigious – impressively great in size, force or extent; extraordinary; marvelous
p.160
impudent – offensive boldness
p.165
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pique – a feeling of wounded pride
p.183
lucid – mentally sound; sane or rational; easily understood
p.186
garrulous – given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk
p.198
indolent – habitually lazy
p.198
malice – a desire to harm others or to see others suffer
p.198
get your dander up –
p.200 “His Majesty is real mad. Got his royal dander up.”
ardent – passionate; displaying strong enthusiasm or devotion
p.202
dilatory – tending to postpone or delay
p.209
lassitude – a state or feeling or weariness
p.210
ravenous – extremely hungry
p.211
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qualm – a sudden feeling of sickness; a sudden disturbing feeling
p.213
ardor – fiery intensity of feeling
p.215
queue – a line of waiting people or vehicles
p.215
sullen, glum – gloomy
p.219
homely – not attractive or good-looking; plain; simple
p.225
lanky – tall, thin and ungainly
p.225
dilapidated – having fallen into a state of disrepair, broken-down
p.225
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shrewd –
p.234 “It looked to him they were shrewder guessers than their elders who were trying
to believe that not a shot had been, or would be, fired.”
glib –
p.237 “And their faces were so bland and they reassured the people so glibly that not a
shot had been fired, not a person killed and begged all and sundry so smoothly to keep
calm and go to their shops or their homes, Johnny was confident that the British as well
as the inhabitants had heard now that the war had begun.”
bland –
p.237 see glib
sundry –
p.237 see glib
smug –
p.242 “’But they don’t want us around. Can’t bear the sight of us,’ Mrs. Bessie said
smugly.”
diffident –
p.243 “A little diffidently Isannah herself emerged from behind the lady’s great dark
skirts.”
tentative –
p.247 “He said it tentatively.”
invincible –
p.257 “He had seen so much of the British army he had come half to believe that they
were, even as they said, invincible.”
Look It Up!
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Here’s your line: “I think that I could do it.” Now say it… tentatively smugly diffidently invincibly blandly glibly shrewdly glumly ardently maliciously fatuously warily impudently
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I was just finishing up polishing the saddle for the Colonel when
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Lines per stanza:
Rhyme scheme:
My Revolution Poem
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Paul Revere’s Ride
LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five; Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year. The first stanza of Longfellow’s 1860 poem.
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Johnny Tremain
p. 101
Trees were turned to scarlet, gold,
beefy red: blueberry bushes to
crimson. Through one patch a
white cow was plodding, seemingly
up to her belly in blood. The cold,
wild air was like wine in the veins.
And across the vast, blue sky, white
clouds hurried before the wind like
sheep before the invisible wolves.
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Descriptive Words
Like a river of blood. p. 233
You could see the flash of musket fire, too far away to be
heard. Fireflies swarming, hardly more than that. p.241
Whatever could he do against this great scarlet dragon? p. 237
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How wide are these shelves in centimeters? Inches?
How high are these shelves in centimeters? Inches?
How deep is the unit in centimeters? Inches?
Now change those inches into feet.
Scale
Drawing
This drawing’s scale is 1 cm. = 6 in.
0 ft 6 in 1 ft
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Paul Revere took his
midnight ride from
Charlestown to
Lexington, about 10
miles. If he could ride
1 mile in 2 minutes,
how long did it take
him to take his ride?
The British had to
cover the same
distance. If they
could march one
mile every 25
minutes, how long
did their march
take?
Washington had
about 2400 troops
with him. If each
boat held 40 people,
how many times did
a boat have to cross
the Delaware to get
everyone to the
other side?
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The British had 700
soldiers at the
Battle of
Lexington. The
Patriots had 70.
How many more
(or what percent
more) soldiers did
the British have?
At the Battle of
Bunker Hill the
Patriots had 1,200
men and 30 were
taken prisoner.
What percentage
of their soldiers
were taken
captive? (divide)
By the end of the Battle of Bunker Hill 140 Patriots were
killed, 270 wounded and 30 taken prisoner. What was the
American’s total loss?
The British counted 2,400 wounded after the battle and
226 dead. What was Britain’s total loss?
How many more soldiers did the British lose than the
American’s?
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The Process of Melting Silver
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For You, O God, tested
us; You refined us like
silver. Psalm 66:10
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Directions/Answers to math
2-4 Vocabulary : Find the sentences with the word in it and copy it into
the space provided. If the sentence is too long, just copy the part
of the sentence containing the word. (One word has the sentence
filled in. You need to use context clues to write in the meaning.
Also, sometimes the word in the book looks a little different than the
word in the vocabulary list. For example diffident in the book may
be diffidently or maybe the word is plural in the book.
5 Look It Up : I provided the sentences from the book. You write in the
definitions.
6 Action! : Stand up in front of your audience (at least two people
please) and say your line (given on the page) all those different
ways. After if you are having too much fun try it with your own line.
This will help you learn your vocab too!
7 If I Were : If I were a character in Johnny Tremain I would be ______.
This is how you should start. Fill in the blank and explain why. Then
you could write, “If I were a soldier in Revolutionary times I would
be….” Would you be for the British or the Americans? Would you
be a deserter, a general? If there is room, you could then write, “If I
were a colonist in 1775 I would….” Would you write for the
Observer? Would you be a spy? (You can do one or all three, but
you must fill the page. Of course you could add more pages too!
There’s a blank page at the end you can print out as many as you
like and use wherever there’s a need.)
8 Finish the story and use at least 5 of the vocabulary words. Try for 10!
9 Paul Revere’s Ride : 5 lines per stanza; AABBA; write a poem about
something related to the Revolution, and use the same pattern (5
lines and AABBA rhyme scheme).
10 Copy book quote in your best cursive writing onto the lines. The
next several pages are based on this quote.
11-12 Sponge painting : Sponge paint leaves on the tree, cloud(s) in the
sky and blueberries on the bush. See the description on page 10.
Cut sponge into some different size small pieces but make sure you
have a place to hold it away from the paint. Put down newspaper
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to prevent a mess. Dip in paint (acrylic, tempra). Dip on paper
towel. Push straight down on paper and lift straight up.
13 Shades of Red : Fill in the shapes each with a different shade of red.
Write a label on the left for what color you think you have made
(fire-engine red, scarlet, etc.) You can find ideas online if you need
help. You can see again the description from the book on page 10.
14 Descriptive Writing : Reread the quote from Johnny Tremain (on
page 10). You can tell that it is fall by the description. The author
didn’t need to tell us. Answer the question about each picture
using description only.
15 Descriptive Words : Copy descriptive sentences from the book.
16 My Descriptive Words : Pick a noun (something you could write
about). Write three adjectives that describe that noun. Write three
similes, one using each adjective. Now write a short paragraph
telling about your noun and use all of your similes. See example
below.
apple; red, crispy, tasty; red as blushing cheeks, crispy as burnt
toast; tasty as Thanksgiving; I’m saving my apple for an afternoon
snack. It’s hard to wait staring at its skin, red as blushing cheeks.
Just thinking about it I can hear it as I bite, crispy as burnt toast.
How can I wait to eat something as tasty as Thanksgiving? Chomp!
17 Scale Drawing : A map making skill! Wide: 10 cm. 60 in or 5 ft; 8 ½
cm. 51 in or 4 ¼ ft; 3 cm. 18 in or 1 ½ ft
(multiply number of centimeters by 6 inches – or add the number of
centimeters together 6 times)
18 Drawing to Scale : Measure in feet something big in your home with
an easy shape (a window, table, etc.). Use the scale give on the
page (one inch equals one foot) and draw a scale drawing of the
object.
19 If 1 mile = 2 minutes, then 10 miles = 20 minutes.
Older students can use the formula
distance = rate x time.
1 mile = rate x 2 minutes. Rate = ½.
10 miles = ½ x time. Time = 20 minutes (multiply each side by 2)
If 1 mile = 25 minutes, then 10 miles = 250 minutes, 4 hours 10 minutes
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2400 troops/40 boats = 60 trips across the river
20 630 soldiers or 90%
(700 – 70 = 630, 70 is 10% of 700 so 100% - 10% = 90%)
2.5 % (1200/30 = .025; to make a number into a percent you move
the decimal point over to the right two places)
American loss = 140 + 270 + 30 = 440; British loss = 2400 + 226 = 2626;
Difference is 2626 – 440 = 2,186 soldiers
21 Science : Write about the process of melting silver. How hot does it
need to get to melt? What chemical is released? What does it
mean to refine silver? You can also write about the process of
molding silver after it is melted. (You can always add pages or write
on the back.)
22 Fire Safety : Write in things you can do to prevent fires (never play
with fire, etc.). Write in things you can do to prepare for fires (fire
detectors, etc.) Write out your family’s evacuation plan including
where you will meet and practice it.
23 Healing from a bad burn : How is a bad burn treated? What does
the body do to heal itself? How is the picture on the page different
from how Johnny’s hand was wrapped? What was wrong with how
Johnny’s hand was treated? How was Dr. Warren able to help?
(Learn about scar tissue and if you like scar tissue operations.)
24 Learn about hylas, or hawk moths. There isn’t a lot out there so you
will need to learn about moths in general to learn some general
ideas about the hawk moth. You can read at this link (working
8/09) about the sound the hylas make.
http://www.mothcount.brc.ac.uk/downloads/Livesofmoths.pdf
25 Blank page of lines to use as you please.