Prairie Life Then:
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Activating Strategy:
Write a few brief sentences to the teacher describing how life has changed since the setting of the novel took place based off of looking at illustrations and viewing the brief clips from above.
Pioneer Life Article
While working in small groups, use the following article about Pioneer life to determine the main idea and supporting details. When your groups is finished, you will share what you found with the class.
Sarah Plain and Tall
Vocabulary:
Chapters 1-5:
dusk, troublesome, homely, wretched, suddenly, pesky, grin, damp, insult, prefer, depend, peer, hitch, nip, fetch, paddock, scatter, rustle, coarse, drift
Chapters 6-9:
rein, blame, chant, collapse, tread, flee, squawk, overall, weary, squall, pungent, huddle, eerie, hail, gleaming, damaged, complain, stern, pesky, wail
dusk, troublesome, homely, wretched, suddenly, pesky, grin, damp, insult, prefer, depend, peer, hitch, nip, fetch, paddock, scatter, rustle, coarse, drift
Chapters 6-9:
rein, blame, chant, collapse, tread, flee, squawk, overall, weary, squall, pungent, huddle, eerie, hail, gleaming, damaged, complain, stern, pesky, wail
Book Reviews:
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Online Book:
Little House in the Big Woods
Vocabulary:
trundle, howled, fierce, venison, hinges, smoldered, panes, thimble, grated, churned, dodging, hearth, ravines, briars, temptingly, eaves, crescent, veil, gaiters, pity, solemn, catechism, quivered, bargain, faint,
knelt, pitted, trough, mending, basque, spacious, severely, jig, clasping, snarls, dreadfully, curried, hems, kindle, sulked,
heaping, deceiving, shock, whetstone, blubbered, herbs, hull, thresher, clucked, shirk
knelt, pitted, trough, mending, basque, spacious, severely, jig, clasping, snarls, dreadfully, curried, hems, kindle, sulked,
heaping, deceiving, shock, whetstone, blubbered, herbs, hull, thresher, clucked, shirk
Book Review:
Online Book: