Reading Group - Week 1 _Letters From Rifka_

Lettters From Rifka by Karen Hesse
Week 1: Read Author's Note and pages 1-40



Vocabulary:

frail (ix)
resounded (ix)
taunted (x)
rucksack (3)
dimpled (4)
clutched (7)
herring (8)
hesitated (12)
influence (14)
fumigation (19)
wares (26)
commotion (27)
drafty (29)
sprawling (29)
bleakness (38)


Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Write them in your journal.

2. Choose another 2 vocabulary words and write meaningful sentences for each in your journal.

3. Where (on/in what) did Rifka write her letters? Why? (2-3 sentences)

4. What was missing from Rifka's rucksack after the inspection at the Polish border? (1-2 sentences)