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 Class Schedule Test on last lesson’s vocabulary (15 mins)Opening Activity (10 mins) Read extract (10 mins) Comprehension questions (15 mins) Read through new vocab (10 mins) Refresh Test Spot check on definitions, antonyms and synonyms of last week’s words (use the words in sentences)Opening Activity Match the word to the definition! Government Evidence Arrange Distance PersuadeOpinion Cause Perhaps RegionDisplay A fact or piece of information to support a belief An area or part of a country Something that gives rise to an action or condition A view or judgement about something, not usually based on factPut things in a neat or attractive order Put something in a prominent place so that it may be seenUsed to express uncertainty or possibility A group of people with the authority to govern a countryGet someone to do something through argument or reasoningThe length of space between two points Anne of Green Gables by L. M. MontgomeryMrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.There are plenty of people, in Avonlea and out of it, who can attend closely to their neighbors business by dint of neglecting their own; but Mrs. Rachel Lynde was one of those capable creatures who can manage their own concerns and those of other folks into the bargain. She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done; she "ran" the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sunday-school, and was the strongest prop of the, Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary. Yet with all this Mrs. Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting "cotton warp" quilts--she had, knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices-and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond. Since Avonlea occupied a little triangular peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with water on two sides of it, anybody who went out of it or into it had to pass over that hill road and so run the unseen gauntlet of Mrs. Rachel's all-seeing eye.She was sitting there one afternoon in early June. The sun was coming in at the window warm and bright; the orchard on the slope below the house was in a bridal flush of pinky-white bloom, hummed over by a myriad of bees. Thomas Lynde-a meek little man whom Avonlea people called "Rachel Lynde's husband"-was sowing his late turnip seed on the hill field beyond the barn; and Matthew Cuthbert ought to have been sowing his on the big red brook field away over by Green Gables. Mrs. Rachel knew that he ought because she had heard him tell Peter Morrison the evening before in William J. Blaire's store over at Carmody that he meant to sow his turnip seed the next afternoon. Peter had asked him, of course, for Matthew Cuthbert had never been known to volunteer information about anything in his whole prehension Questions Find four facts about Mrs Rachel Lynde. What kind of place is Avonlea? Find evidence to show how it is described. How does the author use language to describe the setting? Look at the final paragraph – what kind of community do we think Avonlea is? What kind of book do we think this is? Who is the audience? Make five predictions about what you think will happen in the rest of the book. Vocabulary Define each word, put it into one of four categories (noun, adjective, verb or adverb) and, where applicable, note down a synonym or antonym.Hollow – adj. empty inside; n. a hole or depression in somethingFringed – v. to form a border around something Alder – n. a kind of tree from the birch family Traverse – v. to travel across or through Brook – n. a small stream Reputed – v. to be generally regarded as having done something Intricate – adj. very complicated or detailed Headlong – adj. moving with the head first Cascade – n. a small waterfall with several stages; v. to fall slowly or elegantlyDue – adj. expected or planned for a certain time Regard – v. consider or think in a specific way Decorum – n. behaviour in keeping with good taste Conscious – adj. aware of one’s surroundings Ferreted – v. to rummage about in a place in search of something Wherefore – adv. For what reasonThereof – adv. of thatDint – n. a dent or hollow; a blow or stroke Neglect – v. to fail to care for something Capable – adj. having the ability to do a specific thingConcern – n. anxiety or worry Notable – adj. worthy of attention or note Prop – n. something that holds up a structure Abundant – adj. existing in large quantities Awe – n. a feeling of respect, mixed with fear or wonder Triangular – adj. resembling a trianglePeninsula – n. a piece of land almost surrounded by water (almost an island)Gauntlet – n. a strong or armoured glove Myriad – n. a countless or extremely great number or variety of thingsSow – v. to plant a seed Ought – adv. Used to indicate duty or correctness Homework Revise the vocabulary we have learned today. Write a piece of descriptive writing about a place that is the opposite of Avonlea. Include at least five antonyms for the words we have learned today. ................
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