Read:

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2

Write:

• As you are reading, write down in your journal any sentences or paragraphs that you like or have special meaning for you.
• Pay attention to any words or phrases that you don't understand and write them in your journal. Look up the meanings of these words.

Vocabulary:

While you are reading, look for the following words. Write them in your notebook and use a dictionary to find the definitions.

• dreadful
• expedition
• disgusted
• occasional
• scuttled
• intensely
• distorted
• cautiously
• frenzied
• triumphantly
• reliable
  

Spelling and Grammar:

You may choose a passage from the reading that you think is important and use it as your copywork, or you can use the selection below.

"Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house."

• Write it in your journal neatly.
• Be careful to punctuate and capitalize the way the author did, and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.
• Study this passage this week until you are asked to dictate it to your teacher.
• This month, our grammar will be about sentences. Watch the video below about simple sentences, and then decide if the sentence you just copied is a simple sentence.

Share your favorite passage so far in the comments below.