The Sign of the Beaver

13 year old Matt is left in charge of his family's new home in the Maine wilderness.  Read about his adventures in the wild, including an unexpected friendship with an Indian boy, Attean.  How will Matt survive if his family does not return before winter?

This novel is written by Elizabeth George Speare, who also wrote The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

CHAPTERS 1-4:

1.  blunderbuss = an old-fashioned gun, good at close range

2.  ruefully = feeling full of regret

3.  loon = a large, diving, fish-eating bird

4.  vaguely = not clear

5.  popish = having to do with the Catholic's church Pope

6.  burly = big, strong, and muscular

7.  deprived = to have something taken away from you

CHAPTERS 5-10:

1.  incomprehensible = impossible to understand

2.  wrenched = violently twisted or pulled

3.  heathen = an uncivilized or irreligious person

4.  defiance = the act of defying or resisting something

5.  glowered = to stare in amazement

6.  disdainfully = to look at with anger or disgust

7.  grudgingly = being unwilling to give or admit something

8.  nonchalantly = acting unconcerned

9.  contemptuous = feeling or expressing lack of respect

CHAPTERS 11-16:

1.  envious = wanting something that someone else has

2.  warily = cautiously and carefully

3.  disgruntled = in a bad mood

4.  boisterous = noisy and rowdy

5.  narrative = a story

6.  uproarious = very funny

7.  contortions = twisting the body into strange shapes

8.  pungent = sharp or strong tasting

CHAPTERS 17-18:

1.  indignant = filled with anger

2.  ferociously - fiercely; violently

3.  placid = peaceful

4.  menacing = showing intention to harm

5.  genial = friendly

CHAPTERS 19-25:

1.  resolved = decided

2.  wielded = handled

3.  aught = anything

4.  beseeching = begging for something

5.  prowess = ability

QUIZLET LINK:  SOTB Ch. 1-4 =

https://quizlet.com/86936335/sotb-ch-1-4-vocab-flash-cards/

QUIZLET LINK:  SOTB Ch. 5-10 =

https://quizlet.com/86936420/sotb-ch-5-10-vocab-flash-cards/

QUIZLET LINK:  SOTB Ch. 11-16 =

https://quizlet.com/86936541/sotb-ch-11-16-vocab-flash-cards/

QUIZLET LINK:  SOTB Ch. 17-18 =

https://quizlet.com/86936614/sotb-ch-17-18-vocab-flash-cards/

QUIZLET LINK:  SOTB Ch. 19-25 =

https://quizlet.com/86936667/sotb-ch-19-25-vocab-flash-cards/