Estimated Time: 30-40 minutes

Spelling

Dictate one of the passages you copied in your journal from Read, Write, Learn.

• Be careful to punctuate and capitalize correctly and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.

If you have never used dictation before:

• ​​Dictation just means the student writes the copywork from memory while the teacher reads it aloud. The student should be familiar enough with the passage to accurately spell, capitalize and punctuate the passage.

Literary Elements

What allusions did you find?

Here are a few examples:

• Letter 1 - Prometheus
• Chapter 2 - King Arthur
• Chapter 5 - Dante
• Chapter 5 - Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Grammar

• Quote your list of prepositions to your parent.
• Share your list of 5 sentences with prepositions with your parent.
• Here are some examples that you may have found:

1. I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. (Chapter 1)
2. Several months passed in this manner. (Chapter 1)
3. It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbons of wood. (Chapter 2)
4. The day of my departure at length arrived. (Chapter 3)
5. He also gave me the list of books which I had requested, and I took my leave. (Chapter 3)

Vocabulary

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