Grade 6 – Study your Latin vocabulary. Read Chapters XXXV, “The Morrel Family”, and XXXVI, “Toxicology”, in The Count of Monte Cristo aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Chapter XXXV: How does the Count feel when he visits the Morrels?
2. Whom did M. Morrell declare on his deathbed to be the benefactor of the Morrel family?
3. Chapter XXXVI: Who is Valentine?
4. What evidence do we see that the Count’s plan has taken long to develop?
5. What connection might there be between the talk of poison and the health of the Villefort family?
Grade 7 - Study your Latin vocabulary. Finish the interview notes on your depression character and write an article about them that will appear in Friday’s edition of the Hooverville Times. Read 20 minutes aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log.
Grade 8 - Study your Latin vocabulary and endings. Read Chapters 4 and 5 in Vol. 3 in Pride and Prejudice aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Chapter 4: What is the news Elizabeth receives about Lydia?
2. Why is it thought that she might be in Scotland?
3. After further investigation, does it seem there is any intent to marry?
4. Who does Elizabeth turn to in her distress?
5. Chapter 5: Why does Elizabeth reproach herself?
6. Whom does Mrs. Bennett blame for Lydia’s folly?
7. Are Kitty and Mary upset over the situation?What is the tone of Lydia’s letter? What is her intention?
