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A BRAVE DAUGHTER-I
Activities
Activity 1
Word Meaning:
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Prisoner | A person kept confined. |
| Refuge | A place that provides protection. |
| Dreary | Dull and repetitive. |
| Broth | A thickened soup made of meat or vegetables. |
| Bark | Dog’s call. |
Activity 2
Make sentence:
| 1. Lap - | A child is sitting on its mother’s lap. |
| 2. Dinner - | Mother has cooked dinner for us. |
| 3. Midnight - | We finally got home at midnight. |
| 4. Scare - | The girl is scared of dogs. |
| 5. Peace - | We are a peaceful nation. |
Activity 4
Matching sentence:
1. Sir Patrick was fond of
1. eaten up the whole sheep's head!
2. While we have been taking our broth she has
2. where Sir Patrick was hiding.
3. Only Grizel and her mother, Lady Hume, knew
3. sheep’s head.
4. 'Why, last night at midnight they barked wildly
4. make her midnight visit to her father in peace
5. So the dogs were sent away that very day and after that Grizel was able to
5. for no reason at all.
Activity 5
Spelling:
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Activity 6
Dictation:
Activity 7
Learn the following Q/A:
1. Why did Grizel’s father hide? Where did he hide?
Answer: Grizel’s father had to hide from the king's men who wanted to take him prisoner. He hid in a cellar below a church which was about a mile from his home.
2. How did he get food?
Answer: He got food from his daughter Grizel who every night at midnight made her way quietly through the churchyard and carried food to him in his cellar.