Chapter 9

Guiding Questions

• How did Laura feel about Mary's golden curls? How do you know?
• What happened when Laura was greedy with the stones?

Figurative Language

Identify the types of figurative language used in the following passages:

• The soft grass made a green carpet for them.
• The green leaves were the roofs...
• It was blue as the sky and it went to the edge of the world.

Vocabulary

Explore chapter vocabulary with the visual dictionary.

Extensions

• Laura and Mary had to show their manners to the shopkeeper. Try this yourself.
• The general store was important to pioneers. Use a Venn Diagram to compare a general store in the 1800s to a large store today.