Read:

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2

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 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.

• porthole
• blundering
• discreetly
• luxurious
• prosperous
• scuttled
• flustered
• morsel
• depredations
• bewildered
• bewuthered - this is a made- up word by Tolkien, but what do you think it means from the context of the sentence?
• flummoxed
• confusticate
• bebother
• sorcerous
• conspirator
• audacious
• counsellor
• ingenious
• estimable
• obstinately
• prudent
• remuneration
• defrayed
• repose
• requisite
• ambling
• inquisitive
• cavalcade
• purloined

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.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

• 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 we will be learning about types of punctuation. This quotation uses a colon. Watch the video to learn how to use colons. Which way is the colon used above?

Share your favorite passage so far in the comments below.