Dear Fourth Graders,
Due to the new schedule, we have less time in class than before. I am therefore posting the vocabulary and notes for the first few lessons below. These must be copied neatly in your ELA notebook so you can study for the next quiz. The pages refer to where these words and idioms are located in The Hope Chest.
Vocabulary 4-27
1. alleged- claimed to be true without having proof'
2. deny- to refused to give or allow something; to decline
3. committed- did or performed
4. banks (p.4) - sides of a river or stream
5. defeated (p.14) - caused something to fail
6. disloyal (p.16) - unfaithful
7. imposing (p.2)- overwhelming; impressive
8. opposition party- (p.4) - a group of people against another
9. ratification- (p.14)- approved in a formal way
10. reconvenes- (p.13) - comes together again
11. seldom- (p.3) - not often, rarely
Examples of idioms (figurative language) and their meanings used in The Hope Chest
12. It will make your head spin (p.3) - It makes you dazed and confused
13. gave her a jolt (p. 6) - surprised her
14. made Violet snap (p.17) - made her lose her temper
15. neither here nor there (p.15) - not important
16. baptism by fire (p, 13)- any experience that tests one's courage for first time
17. threatening tower of authority (pp.3-4)- tall and scary
Aim: To describe book The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach
The Hope Chest is a novel. It is historical fiction set in the 1920's during the passage of the nineteenth amendment which gave women the right to vote. The book deals with womens' suffrage. Suffrage means the right to vote in political elections.
