Reading Group - Week 4 _Bound for Oregon_

_ Bound For Oregon_ by Jean Van Leeuwen
Week 4: Read pages 103-135


Vocabulary:

gradual (103)
crevice (104)
papoose (108)
adobe (114)
breeches (115)
linchpin (115)
delirium (119)
gruel (124)
goaded (130)


Questions:

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

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

3. Where is the Continental Divide and what is it? (1-2 sentences)

4. Write about some of the challenges the pioneers encounter in this section of reading. (paragraph form)