Reading Group - Week 1 _Bound for Oregon_

_Bound for Oregon_ by Jean Leeuwen

Week One: Read pages 1-35


Vocabulary:

solemn (2)
abruptly (3)
quinine (3)
ague (3)
Sabbath (6)
lye (4)
retorted (7)
fret (24)


Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definition in a dictionary. Then write them in your journal.

2. On page 2, a man says, "...that out in Oregon pigs run around under the acorn trees, round and fat and already cooked, with knives and forks sticking out of them so you can cut off a slice whenever you are hungry." What was the man trying to say? (paragraph form)

3. On page 10 we learn some of the reasons that folks went to Oregon country. What were some of those reasons? (1-2 sentences)

4. On pages 15-16 we read about some provisions the pioneers took with them. What were they? (1-2 sentences)