Tuesday, May 24, 2011


deffintion and questions

chapter 3
1. penrith on market day was extremely busy, it is full of shop kepers and alot of poeple bustling around 2.Peter learns that sir Phillip has alerted the magestrates of some of the towns on the way to scottland the peter may be coming

Chapter 2
1. Peter runs away from Sir Phillip through the mountians to the town of penrith. 2. The seeting begins at Peters and then he travels throught the mountians and it ends in the town of Penrith.3.Peter; he is couragous and he has a vast knowledge of the area around were he livesFather; there is no arguing with himMother; very imotionalSir phillip; has alot of power4, some person vs conflict is bettwen Peter and Sir Phillip5. Some person vs self conflict Peter fighting with himself about what he is going to after he is told Sir Phillip is looking for him.

chapter 1
1. This chapter is about farmers in keswick who destroy a wall of the sir that lives near them and as they are doing this sir phillip rides up .2.Tom; Is the big brother of peter father; Is a gental older manmother; is caringsister ;are caring and youngerpeter; youngphillip; is selfish and rude3. It is in cumberland england and is in the country 4. The conflict is bettween the people of keswick and sir phillip5.Is when sir phillip and his men ride up and Peter throws a rock you wonder what will happen next.6.the lawThe sirs seem to rule and they are above the law

Deffinitions
Vouch; to take responsibility or to express confidence in a person or thing
Berth; a fix bunk on a ship
Tapestry; a thick textile fabric that is woven in patterns to form pictures
Chapter 15
Wisp ;a small bundle ei, straw or hair
Novelty; a new thing
Prophesied; to tell the future
Conformation; to confirm
Abrupt; short and quickly
Muddle; to find your way through

defiinitions
Chapter 1
Granite; a type of rock used to make counter tops
Inherited; something left to you by an elder
Strode; to walk off in a particular way
Beadle; is a type of bug
Peat; is a form of moss
Pike; a road toll
Precipice; Cliff
Livery; a distinctive badge that is given to someone to show rank
Rampart; A mound of earth
Shied; the past tense of shy
Chapter 2
Envied; to be jealous of
Defied; to do something wrong
Constable; a person who enforces the law
Canter; a term used to describe the way a horse runs at a certain speed
Moor; swamp
Mutton; flesh of sheep
Chapter 3
Cluster; A group
Tarn; a small mountain lake
Litter; garbage
Skewer; is a pointed stick
Squires; country gentlemen
Crag; A steep rugged rock cliff
Remedies; medicines
Dubiously; a doubtful quality
Insolent; boldly rude
Magistrate; A royal person in charge of a certain area
Despair; someone who has a lot of grief( they are in despair)
Chapter 4
Discontent; unhappy
Trodden; walked or stepped on
Pall; a cloth of velvet
Doublets; A close fitting outer garment
Charity; a not for profit organization that raises money for a cause
Poverty; people who are poor
Mourners; people who morning in the loss of someone
Chapter 5
Suffocated; suffocating to remove air from someone
Stammer; to stutter when talking
Interjected; to interject to but in
Tethered; to be tied to something
Emphatically; to say with sympathy
Troupe; a company or band
Thimbleful; amount a thimble holds
Bracken; A large fern
Vagabond; wandering from place to place
Motto; A phrase expressing spirit
Chapter 22
Amiably;
Ravenous; crazy
Gape; to stare
Yarn; a type of thread
Veer; to turn quickly
Bogs; swamps or marshes
Spouse; a wife
Unkempt; neglected
Inaudible; not able to be heard
Colliery; A coal mine
Morass; low soft wet ground
Floundered; to flop around
Gamely; to play gamely
Wrangle; to argue

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