Vocabulary activity for Chapter 37-38 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
"So Laura brought the _____ and Pa pulled off his boots and drew another pair of socks over those he already wore."
bootjack
startle
homesteader
"The clock struck twelve. Laura watched its _____ wagging."
thimble
pendulum
jumper
"Laura's eyes _____ to the window."
strayed
startled
jeered
"Ma looked up from her mending, _____."
coaxed
whickered
startled
"The wind shrieked and howled and _____ around the house."
bootjacked
startled
jeered
"Now Sam and David turned their heads and _____ to Ma."
pitied
whickered
jumped
"The cow _____, 'Moo-oo,' and the big calf cried, 'Baw!'"
jeered
pitied
coaxed
"They burned all the furniture and froze _____ stiff."
stark
startle
pendulum
"'For _____ sake, Jack, hush,' she begged him."
coax's
stray's
pity's
"She put on Pa's boots and _____, and wrapped herself in the big shawl."
bootjack
jumper
thimble
"'Down below the pond lived two _____, each in a little tent, because they had not built their houses yet.'"
whickers
homesteaders
pendulums
"She gave her _____ to Laura, and Mary's _____ to Carrie, and she showed them that pressing the two into the frost on the windows made perfect circles."