Welcome back, Megan. Today's reading for Lesson 6 will cover FOUR chapters! I know, it sounds like a lot of reading, but the chapters are short and the action is FAST! Igraine is trying to take the Baroness' horse, Lancelot away from Darkrock Castle. Will she get caught? Read ahead and find out.Read the next chapter: "Escape from Darkrock" pp. 71 - 73 and then answer the following questions using complete sentences.
BEWARE!!! Read each question carefully, so you'll know how to answer it. Before you begin your answers. get the page you created on cardstock of the Nine Parts of Speech and put it on the opposite side of the new page for these answers in the Q & A section of your binder. You will need to refer to it when you answer the language questions.
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1. Alphabetize the following words. Using your dictionary, write the definitions of each in the dictionary section of your binder. Be sure to write the name of the chapterand today's date before you begin./1 Dictionary/Alphabetizing
beggars
destination
handsome
surrounding
crossbow
gallop
pursuer
stallion
2. Who stopped Igraine from leaving Darkrock Castle with Lancelot, the Baroness' favorite horse?/1 Comprehension
3. When the guards didn't believe Igraine's water hole story, what did she and Lancelot do?/1 Comprehension
4. What was their destination and what did they need to do? (include where they are going and what do they need to get, from whom and For whom? You can use more than one sentence.)/2 Inference
LANGUAGE:
5. Write the root words in a list, which have suffixes (a group of letters added to the end of a word), for the following that are included in this chapter: (hint, one of the
root words will need an "e" added to it)/3 suffixes
luckily
snorted
placed
soothing
looking
countless
stopped
shouted
thronging
posted
riding
roughly
taking
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YIKES! I guess they got away. Now they're heading into the dark hills to find Garleff, the Giant. Read the next chapter "The Giant Garleff" to discover if Igraine can get the hairs OR does Garleff give her to his children to play with.
6. In the dictionary section of your binder, define the following words AFTER you alphabetize them. These definitions will help you with your reading:/1 Dictionary
disappear
thorns
starry
undergrowth
bewitch
7. Igraine saw two types of animals on her way to find Garleff. What were they and what were they doing? Where would YOU see these animals? Use at least two complete sentences to answer this question./2 Listing/reality/fantasy
8. Igraine's brother gave her something to help track the Giant Garleff. What was it and describe how it worked. Write at least two complete sentences./2 Descriptive Writing
9. When Garleff looked at the stars at night, his huge body would disappear.Where would it go?/1 Inference/rephrase
10. Look at the illustration of Garleff with Igraine and Lancelot on pp. 76-77. Measure Igraine and Lancelot with your thumb. How many times higher is Garleff than Lancelot and Igraine?/1 Illustration
11. Garleff told Igraine that he didn't usually help humans. Why? List at least three reasons in one or two sentences./2 Listing/Comprehension
12. What three steps did Igraine take to remove Garleff's hairs?/1 Listing, sequence
13. Did Garleff like Igraine riding home alone? Why or why not? Tell his reasons in one complete sentence./1 Inference
14. Does Garleff want to help Igraine and her family with their problem with Osmund the Greedy? Why. Write your answer and explanation in one or two complete sentences./2 Inference
15. What do you think Garleff is going to do next?/1 prediction
LANGUAGE:
16. VERBS tell of something being done;
To read, count, sing, laugh, jump, or run.Change the following verbs by adding ed to the end of each to make them past tense:To make some verbs past tense, the root word takes another form. Say each of the following root words aloud and then write the past tense form: (something that has already happened)/3 Past Tense
drink
fall
dig
meet
say
forget
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Garleff might be more help to Igraine and her family than just giving her his hairs. The pressure is mounting and Igraine needs to get some outside help. Read the next chapter to find out if and how it will work out. "The Sorrowful Knight" pp. 81
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17. Garleff introduces Igraine to someone who was a great knight. What is his name and why was he a great knight? Write at least 2 sentences which describes the knight./2 Descriptive writing
18. Look the word sorrowful up in your dictionary and write the definition in the dictionary section of your binder.Then in a complete sentence, explain Why the knight is sorrowful?/1 Explanation
19. Why did the Sorrowful Knight decide to help Igraine?/1 inference
LANGUAGE:
20.ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun;
As great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
List 5 adjectives that you find on page 84:/2 Adjectives
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Read "The Rules of Chivalry" again at the beginning of the book on p. xi. Then read the final chapter for today "The Rules of Chivalry" pp. 86 - 92 to find out how the knight feels about magic.
21. What did Igraine practice with the knight?1 Comprehension
22. The knight told Igraine two rules of chivalry. What are they?/1 Comprehension
23. Igraine calls the Spiky Knight an Iron Hedgehog. What name does the Sorrowful Knight know him by and what did the Spiky Knight take from him?/1 Comprehension
24. How does the Sorrowful Knight feel about magic?/1 comprehension
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Ummm, the story is HEATING UP! No SNEAK READING!
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 59
