What word did you say?
Searching for words....
It's all in the detail....
WHY ??WHY ??WHY????
Which month?
100
What is an open field without trees? page 253
What is a clearing?
100
What word on page 262 means to almost be straight up?
What is steep?
100
What is the setting of the story? Give 2 facts.
What is New England 1637?
100
Why did William have to make changes in his house?
What is he had to change it depending on the weather, climate?
100
When did the tree blow down?
What is August
200
What word would be used to describe food that you can't eat?
What is spoil?
200
What word on page 265 means a cup, pint of a liquid?
What is noggin?
200
What did they use for a bed in William's house? find the evidence on page 257
What are stuffed bags of corn husks
200
On page 257 it says William scraped an animal horn until it was translucent........what do you think that means?
What is so it's like glass you can see through it?
200
How do you know that this house was different from what Cousin Samuel expected? page 265
What is he asked, "What kind of house is this?"
300
If you are in an underground room you are in........
What is the cellar?
300
What 3 words on page 264 let you know that William was very happy and excited?
What is "face lit up."
300
What is the genre of the story?
What is historical fiction?
300
On page 258 how do you know they didn't have enough beds? find the evidence
What is the boys slept on the table?
300
Look for evidence on page 264 that warmer weather/spring was arriving....
What is "the sun was strong enough to melt the frozen crust on the newly formed buds."
400
What are wooden containers called?
What are barrels?
400
What word on page 261 means to begin to burn?
What is smolder?
400
Whose house did William use as an example to build for his family?
What is his father's home?
400
Why do you think they put the food in the cellar instead of in the house? look for evidence on page 259
What is to keep it in the cool earth?
400
What did William do to keep his family warm? Find evidence on page 263
What is "built a new fireplace, wider and taller, in the center of the wall."
500
What word on page 262 means to bend, curve?
What is sagged?
500
What word on page 256 means a wooden object used to hold something in place?
What is peg?
500
How did the author show the sequence of events in the story?
What is used names of the months to show the sequence
500
What words did the author use of page 261 to describe the changing of the season?
What is "the reds and oranges of autumn had turned to brown."
500
Which month was the worst month for the family?
What is January?
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