TPS The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz – Flashcards
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What kind of genre is this story? ___
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historical fiction
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Who is the author? __
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Jean Fritz
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What is the setting? ___
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Hamilton, PA
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Who are the main characters? ____, a ___ year old girl; her brothers __, her dad and mom, ___ and ___.
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Ann Hamilton, a 10 year old girl. Brothers David and Daniles. Andy McPhale and Arthur Scott.
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How does the author know about Ann Hamilton? ___ was Jean Fritz's ___!
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Ann Hamilton was Jean Fritz's great, great grandmother.
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What was "The Rule?" Anyone who finds ___ with ___ gets a bucket of ___ poured over his/her ___.
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fault. west. Cold water over her head.
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Where did Ann's family moved from? They moved from ___.
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Gettysburg, PA.
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What type of children lived in the cabins? How did Ann feel about this? All of the children were ___ or ___. Ann missed having a ___, and she missed her ___.
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Babies or boys. Girl friend. Cousin Margaret.
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Of all the places on her father's hill, where did Ann like it best? She liked the ___ the best.
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road
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What was Ann's dearest possession? Her ___
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Diary.
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Who was Semanthie? Semanthie was the ___ that Ann's father had ___ for her while they were at ___.
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wooden doll. Carved. Gettysburg.
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What two words did Ann come to hate? ___
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some day
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Why did Daniel say the cows were cooperating and obedient when they really were not? Daniel said the ___ of what he meant because he did not want to get caught in a ____.
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Opposite. Cold water?
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Who was the only other child Ann's age near Hamilton Hill
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Andy McPhale
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What did Ann forget to do? She forgot to ___ (the most important job of all).
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tend the fire
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How did Ann describe the roads? Roads have ___, ___, and __ to tell and ___ to make around every corner.
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Moods. mysteries and secrets. Promises.
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Whom did Ann meet while walking to Aunt Mary and Uncle John's house? She met a man named ___.
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Arthur Scott of Lancaster County
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Why did this man come to this side of the mountain to settle? He came because there was ___ then he could ever afford in the east.
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more land
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He wanted a ___ in the new part of the country.
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steak
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19. What did it mean if someone asked to have his name put in a pot? It meant he'd like ___.
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To stay for dinner
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What part of the dinner conversation caught Ann's attention? The topic of ___ caught her attention.
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Valley Forge.
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Why did David pour cold water on Daniel? He broke ___. He had complained about ____ and their ____.
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The rule. Western ladies and their manners.
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When did Arthur Scott say he would be back? In the ___.
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Spring.
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What did Ann teach Andy to do? What did they use to do this with? ___; she spelled Andy's name with pea pods and scratched ____ in the ___.
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Write. Words in the dirt.
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What was missing from the shelf? Who did Ann think took it? Her ___ was missing. She thought her brother ___ took it.
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Diary. David.
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25. What did Ann plan to use for her tea party on the hill? She planned to use her mother's ___.
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Linen tablecloth.
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What did Father announce at every sunup? The ___
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weather.
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Where did Andy want Ann to go with him and his family? They were going to ___ for the ___. He suggested that she ___ and ___ with her cousin Margaret.
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To the mountain for the winter. Should come and stay.
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What happen during the storm? Ann gathered as many ___ as she could, but her plants were ___. The late crop was __, but ___ was still standing.
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Peas pods. Destroyed. Hamilton Hill.
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After the storm, what did Mr. Hamilton recite? His favorite _____.
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Psalm
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Why did Andy's family end up staying at Ann's house? The ____ blew in part of the ____ house.
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Storm. McPhales's
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Who actually rook Ann's dairy? What did he do to it? ____ took it when he was mad. He made a new ____ for it.
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Andy. A new deer skin cover.
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What startled Ann along the road while she was picking grapes? ___ was on Hamilton Hill.
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hoofbeats
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How did Ann and her mother welcome General Washington to their house? They set the table with the ___, they used the ___, and they made plenty of ___. .
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Linen tablecloth. lavender flowered plates
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What did George Washington help Ann to finally realize? She had begun to ___ Hamilton Hill. She understood that she was ____ to the ___ of the west.
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Love. important to the settlement.
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What good news did Ann finally receive? ___ was coming to visit and stay awhile in the ___.
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Margaret. Spring.
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A figure of speech that gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea ___
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Personification
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A sequence of related events in a story ___.
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plot
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The outcome of the plot or how things are settled in the end ___.
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Resolution
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A struggle between characters or an event that causes concern __.
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Conflict
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The events that occur after the climax ___.
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Falling action
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Information about the setting and characters ___.
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Exposition
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The moment of greatest interest or emotion ___.
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Climax
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Where and when a story takes place ____.
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Setting
