Noun
Verb
Adjective
Reading
Playing with words
200

Moonsilver lurched up awkwardly, stumbling against his mother. page 35

Moonsilver and mother

200

Avamir shook her mane and made a low, whickering sound.

What is shook? / made

200

Heart caught a distant glimpse of the Derrytown road through the swaying branches. page 18

What is swaying?

200

Name all the characters in the story.

What are Heart, Avamir, Moonsilver, Ruth Oakes, Simon Pratt, Tin Blackaby, and Kip?

200

How many syllables is shiver?

shiv/er

two syllables

400

Simon Pratt had thought the story was foolishness.

Simon Pratt and story

400

Moonsilver galloped in wild circles.

What is galloped?

400

The chilly nights came and went. page 8

What is chilly?

400

What genre does this book belong in?

What is Fairytale/ Fantasy?

400

A sharp bark outside the door made Heart look up?

page 49  What kind of word is outside?

compound word

600

It was growing fast now.  The colt rubbed his forehead on trees constantly, trying to ease the itching and stinging.

The colt / forehead / trees/ itching / stinging

600

Heart flinched at the sound of the low, furious voice.

p.33

What is flinched?

600

Using sharp sticks and a knife, she had taken from Simon's house, she dug deep, narrow holes.

What is sharp or deep and narrow?

600

How did Moonsilver hurt? At the cave, what did Heart put on Moonsilver's wound to prevent it from bleeding more?

He was shot by a poisonous arrow.   Heart placed the wound with her sack or the cloth of her sack.

600

Which words are spelled incorrectly in the following sentence? page 30

They waked close to the Derrytown road, but strange out of sit.


What is waked for walked and strange for stayed and sit for sight?

800

Storytellers said a unicorn had touched the Blue River with her horn. p. 4

Storytellers / unicorn / Blue River / horn

800

Moonsilver snorted, ducking his head to arch his neck.

What is snorted and ducking?

800

Silent and careful, she found a tall tree to climb.

page 21

What is silent and careful or tall?

800

Who has the remedy for Moonsilver's wound?  What did Ruth Oakes give so that Moonsilver's wound will heal? p. 51

What is Ruth Oakes and She sealed the wound with meadowsweet salve and made feverfew tea with a dark powder of cohosh and spikenard?

800

Spell the following word.

Student will spell word.

1000

The unicorn mare looked into Heart's eyes. p. 35

unicorn mare / Heart

1000

Heart kicked at a loose rock and listened to rattle its way down the slope.

What is kicked? / listened

1000

"Eat all you can." Heart whispered to the mare, piling dried grass beside her. page 29

What is dried?

1000

What did Ruth Oakes give to Heart before she left her house? p.54 What was inside the pouch?

What is a tiny silk pouch?  Inside was a silvery thread coiled into a circle.

1000

Spell the following word.

Student will spell word