Reading, writing, ‘rithmatic and more!

Johnny

Tremain

by Esther Forbes

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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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Scarlet Crimson Shades of Red

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Descriptive Writing

What time of day is it?

What time of year is it?

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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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My Descriptive Words

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Adjectives ________________

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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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Drawing

to Scale

0 ft 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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Fire Prevention

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Fire Preparedness

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Our home evacuation plan:

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‘Yankee Doodle’ filled the darkness

as the eerie shrilling of the hylas fill black swamps in spring. p.252

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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.