Thursday, February 13, 2014

Chapter 1 and 2 Questions

Answer a vocab word and a question!

Words/Phrases to talk about and try to define:

1. southpaw -
2. walloping -
3. threshing machine -
4. "red-letter day"

Questions:
1. What is Russell's goal? Why doesn't he like school?
2. Is this community similar or different from yours?  How do you know? Is it rural or urban?
3. Is there any humor in these first two chapters?  What is funny?
4. Why were the boys working so hard?

6 comments:

  1. 1~southpaw means a left handed person ~Ryan

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  2. word 2. walloping means a beating. -max

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  3. 2~ their community is different than mine because because it is a lot of farm land. it is rural. ~max

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  4. 4~they were working in the field and they fear that dad would keep them in the field~Ryan

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  5. #3. a power driven machine for separating grains from plants.
    Dejuan

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