Abe Lincoln Ch. 10

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Across
  1. 3. Sam loves to write. He writes in the dust, dirt, snow, etc. He says he even writes on wooden shovels with _________. P. 89
  2. 4. Pa brought a new wife, Sam’s new Ma and her three children from _________. P. 91
  3. 7. Jack and Annie went outside and hid in the shed so they wouldn’t have to ______ where they came from. P. 93
  4. 9. Sam loves books. He says that he’ll walk miles to ________ a book. P. 89
  5. 10. This word is a synonym for lumberjack. John told Sam that he was a good ______. P. 91
  6. 14. This word means, “the main wing or tail feathers of a bird, or the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog.” P. 89
  7. 15. This word means, “The Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.” P. 88
  8. 17. This word means “a part of speech that joins words and sentences together -- such as and, but and because.” P. 87
  9. 18. This word means “short stories, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.” Examples are The Ant and the Grasshopper and The Tortoise and the Hare. P. 88
  10. 19. Sam was famous for playing _________ on folks. This word means practical jokes. P. 90
Down
  1. 1. Jack forgot about Abraham _________ for the moment when he and Sam talked about making up their own stories. P. 89
  2. 2. This word means “an informal discussion or dialogue between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.” P. 95
  3. 5. Sam gave Jack and Annie the quill from the ________ of a goose and the ink from a blackberry bush’s roots. P. 96
  4. 6. Modern day _____________ include: Ouch! Yuck! Oh, dear! Oh! Ooops! P. 88
  5. 8. Annie said that she will carry Sam’s _________ and put them in her apron pocket. P. 97
  6. 11. In grammar, a part of _____________ is a category of words that have similar grammatical properties such as nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, etc. P. 87
  7. 12. Sam made ink from the juice of a ____________. P. 89
  8. 13. This word refers to the space between the imperfect joints of logs. It needs to be filled to seal out rain, snow and sleet and to eliminate heat loss. P. 95
  9. 16. This word describes Pa’s wagon and means “unsteady, rattling, broken-down.” P. 90
  10. 18. Pa hugged Sarah and told her that he brought her a whole new _______. P. 94