The Ickabog
Daisy drew back her hand, and smacked Bert right around the face because.
He called her silly for after Daisy openly called the King names.
The Day of Petition
a special day held once a year, when the subjects of Cornucopia were permitted an audience with the king.
The handkerchiefs of the ladies of the court fluttered in farewell, like doves.
Simile
Set up a colony called New France
Samuel de Champlain
Arthur the _______________
&
King Fred the _____________
righteous and fearless
Both Flapoon and Spittleworth were rather sore after a long day on horseback. How is this so if they go hunting five times a week?
The truth was that they generally sneaked off to sit behind a tree after half an hour’s hunting, where they ate sandwiches and drank wine until it was time to go back to the palace
‘My lords,’ said the king, turning to the stunned Spittleworth and Flapoon, ‘pray change into your riding gear and follow me to the stables. There is a new hunt afoot!’
-Why are Spittleworth and Flapoon stunned?
They are stunned because the king promised to help the shepherd. This is unusual since he typically spends his day eating and hunting with his pals.
"Huge, it is, with eyes like lanterns and a mouth as wide as that there throne..."
simile
Define indigenous
originating from a particular place
Sumptuous
splendid and expensive-looking
The 3 adjectives Daisy Dovetail used to describe the king.
selfish, vain, and cruel
King Fred agreed to see the shepherd even though he just wanted his lunch and to get rid of the old man.
Why?
The new car refused to start. Why did I pick the laziest car in the lot?
personification
Name 2 other political parties in Canada (not the Liberals)
Conservative, Green Party, New Democratic Party
a kerfuffle
"‘Lunchtime!’ boomed Flapoon, but just as the guards were attempting to close the doors, a kerfuffle was heard, and the doors flew open once more."
a commotion or fuss
A marshteazle
bald rat-like things what lives in the marsh; sometimes consumed in pies
Chief Advisor Herringbone sent word throughout the City-Within-The-City that the king was setting off on a tour of the country, but made no mention of the Ickabog.
Why?
Because he wanted to prevent the king from looking foolish, if he could...
His face was made of stone.
Metaphor
The Abenaki and Montagnais sided with Samuel de Champlain to defeat the __________ for more to control the trade routes along the ___________.
Haudenosaunee ; St. Lawrence River
petty
"The two lords on either side of Fred were becoming bored. They’d much rather have been left to loll in their bedrooms until lunchtime than sit here listening to peasants talking about their petty troubles."
of little importance; trivial
... battledress, which he’d never had the chance to wear before. The tunic was scarlet, with buttons of gold, a purple sash, and lots of medals that Fred was allowed to wear because he was king... As his valet lowered the king’s plumed helmet onto his golden curls, Fred imagined himself painted wearing it, seated on his favourite milk-white charger and spearing a serpentlike monster with his lance.
DRAWING WITH AT-LEAST 4:
- red tunic (shirt) with gold buttons
-purple sash with lots of medals
-plumed helmet over golden curls
- white charger (horse)
- spear (lance) in a serpentlike monster
1. (250 pts) Flapoon and Spittleworth are bitter towards King Fred. How do we know?
2. (200 pts) Flapoon and Spittleworth prove they are not loyal to the king. How do we know?
1. As the king and his men visit the different cities, Flapoon and Spittleworth are not treated to the same luxury as the kings. They do not like this.
2. They do not help King Fred when he is pleading for his friends to help him, as he sinks into the marsh. Only Major Beamish and Roach come to his aid.
We had been stranded on the island for so many months before we built a raft. This raft was our ticket home.
metaphor
Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald wanted the removal of indigenous peoples from their land and onto reserves. For MacDonald, the goal was not just to remove individuals but to assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture.
Explain assimilation and give an example.
The first Prime Minister of Canada wanted to remove all Inuit, Métis and First Nations people from their land, in order to make them confirm to what he and other descendants of Europe, thought was "Canadian" culture. Assimilate is when a dominant group forces a minority group to drop its own culture to join the dominant one's.
A popinjay
Example:
"Of course I’m well,’ snapped Fred. ‘But I’m a man, not a frivolling popinjay.
a vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly.