Chapter 5
Sundays
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Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions
- What had changed from the time of Laura's grandpa to Laura's time?
- What has changed from Laura's time to ours?
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Identify the types of figurative language used in the following passage:
- There was no sound except the little whirr of the runners on the snow, and the wind rushing past.
When someone tans a hide, it means turning the skin of an animal into leather. People also use "tanned their hides" to mean something else. Here, Pa changes the term a little. What does "tanned their jackets" mean?
- But when the sun went down and the Sabbath was over, their father took them out to the woodshed and tanned their jackets, first James, then George, then Grandpa.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Explore chapter vocabulary with the visual dictionary.
Extensions
Extensions
- Watch this video (2:56) to see how to cross-stitch.
- Try cross-stitching on a sampler - or make a cross-stitch pattern by marking different colors of x's on graph paper.
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