Read:

• Part 1: Father's Ponytails
• Part 1: Waste is a Great Crime
• Part 1: Bartering with Commander Li

Write:

• As you are reading, write down any sentences or paragraphs that you like or have special meaning to you in your journal.
• 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 definition.

• complained
• secured
• antiseptics
• disinfect
• criticized
• disapproved
• scolded
• political
• hardship
• revolutionary

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.

Carefully, I drew together a tuft of his hair, twisted it into a ponytail, and secured it with a red elastic band from my wrist.

• Write it in neatly your journal.
• 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 we will be studying parallel structure in our grammar lessons. Watch the video below about parallel structure and then identify the words or phrases that are parallel in the passage you just copied.

Share your favorite passage so far in the comments below.