1. January 6, 2011 • Idiom – “Long row to hoe “ – lots of work to do; a hard task - “When I said I was going to organize all the pictures into an album, my sister said that was a long row to hoe.” • Analogies – grove : forest :: pond : _____ ditch : ravine :: crevice : _____ Vocab for “House of Dies Drear” – Begin reading book together

2. House of Dies Drear Vocab • Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush forth • Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers • Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects beyond the walls • Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two slopes of a roof • Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building • Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly from side to side or forward. • Abolitionist – one who wants to get • rid of slavery • Desolate – having few or no inhabitants, deserted

3. Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush forth

4. Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly forward or to one side; to stagger

5. Desolate – having few or no inhabitants - deserted

6. Abolitionist – one in favor of putting an end to slavery

7. Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building

8. Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two slopes of a roof

9. Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects beyond the walls

10. calamity • disaster

11. pathetic • Sorrowful; inviting pity

12. percolating • Seeping; filtering; brewing

13. plunder • To rob and destroy

14. specter • A ghost or spirit

15. lapse • To slip; to fall or expire

16. y Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers

17. agitated • Uneasy, upset

18. calamity • disaster