Make sure to make an entry in your plot summary Reading Journal after you read each chapter. A few sentences are sufficient.
Add vocabulary words to your vocabulary list as you read. You should have approximately 5-10 words on this list by the end of Chapter 5.
Chapter 5 is a transitional chapter that takes place in several locations. Please answer these questions on a separate document and mail them to me or hand them in on paper.
Chapter 5
The night David stays at the inn in Yarmouth, he has a conversation with the waiter. How does the waiter’s dialect and actions show the characterization of this man?
What does the narrator observe that most people do not like to confess to doing?
Describe what David imagines might happen to him as he sits waiting at the coach station. Explain various reasons why you think he would imagine this.
Describe David’s first impressions of the school and how his feelings begin to affect his experience there. In your answer, include this quotation: “Take care of him. He bites.”
Chapter 6
This chapter introduces several of the main characters at Salem House. Add the characters and details about their characterization thus far to your character list.
Make a prediction about these new characters’ impact in David’s life in the future either on their character lists or in your plot summary section.
Add a paragraph of details describing new characters traits and actions of David in his adventures on the way to London and now that he is starting his life at Salem House.
Chapter 7
Assume the character of Charles. Write a letter home to Clara, David’s mother. Post this letter on the Blog.
Maintain your Reading Journal.
Dear Mother,
ReplyDeleteI do hope that we can see each other soon, I miss you dearly. School is alright, though the teachers hate all of us. I have made some friends with the boys, like J. Steerforth, who is a kind man, possibly half-a-dozen years my senior. Mr. Creakle is constantly using the cane on us, thrashing us harshly. One boy, by the name of Traddles, broke a window with a balls ( the poor boy runs into so many accidents) and hit Mr, Creakle on the head. He got such a thrashing after that, I would swear he was caned every day of that half year. I look so forward to seeing you, but for my "new father" not so much.
Sincerely,
David
P.S. dont let Mr. Murdstone see this letter.
Continue reading David Copperfield and maintain your reading journal as you read. The reading journal helps. The character list keeps order of the complex array of characters, and a plot summary of each chapter works well because the chapters are vignettes that are build upon each other. Of course, also note literary devices and the chapter in which they occur, and interesting or difficult vocabulary. I will update specific questions for the chapters and post them here on the Blog. Enjoy your uninterrupted reading!
ReplyDeleteDear Mother,
ReplyDeleteI write home to you to tell you about school. Though the teachers hate all the students at the school, I made friends with a highly respected and wealthy student named James Steerforth. I dislike school to an extreme extent, teachers continually use the cane on us. Please come visit me, but leave Mr.Murdstone at home. The man is sinister mother you must somehow leave him! He will ruin the mother i have always known and cared for, please you must.
Sincerely,
Your Son,
David
P.s. Do not tell or show Mr.Murdstone this letter. Visit soon.
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ReplyDeleteDear Mother,
ReplyDeleteThe teachers here at school hate me, and they continue to use the cane on me, but I've made friends with a student named James Steerforth.There is a boy of the name Traddles that is constantly in trouble. I'm a good boy compared to him, but it is mostly misfortune that meets him nose to nose. I miss you mother; please visit me! I would rather not see Mr. Murdstone at the moment. I fear that he would cause a reaction in my emotions. If, in any way, you could visit and leave him home, I would love a visit from you darling mother!
Lots of love,
Your Son David
Dear Mother,
ReplyDeleteSchool here at Salem House is one of many hardships. Though I have befriended a boy named James Steerforth, the head master seems to only want to make our lives difficult. I do not get the cane used on me very much. Though Traddles does. I miss you mother! A visit from you would be wonderful! I would prefer you would leave Mr. Murdstone home for our relation is uneasy.
love,
David