Sarah Plain and Tall
Sarah Plain and Tall Reflection Blog.
VOCABULARY QUIZZESand information
(Quizzes and pages are compliments of Ms. Nesbitt's website)
CHAPTER 1
| | Pg. 1 "It was dusk, and the dogs lay beside him.... Pg. 4 "I would have named you Troublesome," I said, making Caleb smile." (Anna) Pg. 6 & 7 "Then the door opened and wind blew in with Papa, and I went to stir the stew." I spooned up the stew and lighted the oil lamp. Pg. 8 "She snored in a high whistle at night, like a teakettle, and let the fire go out." (Anna) Pg. 8 "Her hair was the color of turnips and she laughed." Pg. 9 "But I am not mild mannered". (Sarah) |
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Pictures
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| | Pg. 5 "I wiped my hands on my apron and went to the window." (Anna) Pg. 5 "Outside, the prairie,reached out and touched the places where the sky came down." Pg. 5 "They had come for her in a wagon,and taken her away to be buried." Pg. 7 "I spooned up the stew and lighted the oil lamp. (Anna) Pg. 8 "I've placed an advertisement in the newspapers. For help." (Jacob) |
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CHAPTER 2
VocabularyClick on the underlined vocabulary word that you want to learn.
| | Pg. 11 "Caleb and Papa and I wrote letters to Sarah, and before the ice and snow had melted from the fields, we all received answers." (Anna) Pg. 11 "Yes, I can braid hair..." (Sarah) Pg. 11 "My brother, William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is the color for which there is no name." (Sarah) Pg. 12 "What if she thinks we are loud and pesky ?" (Caleb) Pg. 12 "Hush, Caleb. Hush." (Anna) Pg. 15 "I am plain and tall." (Sarah) |
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Pictures
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| | Pg. 11 "He catches flounder and sea bass and bluefish. (Sarah) Pg. 13 "My house is tall and the shingles are gray because of the salt from the sea." Pg. 14 "One morning, early, Papa and Caleb and I were cleaning out the horse stalls and putting down new bedding." Pg. 14 "Papa stopped suddenly and leaned on his pitchfork." (Anna) Pg. 14 "Three lambs were born, one with a black face. "(Anna) Pg. 15 "I will wear a yellow bonnet." (Sarah) |
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CHAPTER 3
VocabularyClick on the underlined vocabulary word that you want to learn.
| | Pg. 16 "He fed and watered the horses, talking to them as he hitched them up to the wagon." (Anna) Pg. 17 "And then Papa drove off along the dirt road to fetch Sarah." (Anna) Pg. 17 "Far off in the field a woodchuck ate and listened." (Anna) Pg. 19 "Lottie lay down, her head on her paws staring." (Anna) Pg. 20 "Sarah was already lonely ." (Anna) Pg. 20 "In a month's time the preacher might come to marry Sarah and Papa." (Anna) |
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| | Pg. 16 "She came with green grass fields that bloomed with Indian paintbrush ... (Anna) Pg. 16 "He wore a clean blue shirt, and a belt instead of suspenders ." (Anna) Pg. 18 "I watched a marsh hawk wheel down behind the barn."(Anna) Pg. 18 "I rocked on the porch and ... "(Anna) Pg. 18 "It rounded the windmill and the barn ... ." (Anna) Pg. 19 "She gave Caleb a shell-- a moon snail ...." (Anna) Pg. 20 "The gulls fly high and drop the shells on the rocks below, ..." (Sarah) Pg. 210 "...her room was ready with a quilt on the bed and blue flax dried in a vase on the night table." (Anna) |
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Harry's made honorary Bradford City Fan (Keep it Simple Silly 
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On November 13, 2001 Harry Potter was made an honorary member of Bradford City's football team supporter club. Harry's Gryffindor house scarf is the same colour as Bradford City's team colours.
Short video from Youtube.