Saturday, February 1, 2014

Chapter 9 & 10

Chapter 9 "In the Barber Shop"


Vocabulary -
Lather – suds formed by soap 

Unwearyingly – tiredly

Comprehension Questions –
1. Was Captain Cook a welcomed guest at the barbershop? Why or why not? 

2. What did Captain Cook do on the steps?
3. Why was Mr. Popper all untidy by the time he got home? 


Chapter 10 "Shadows"



Vocabulary –
Curator – a person in charge of a museum or institution
Rotogravure – the process of printing photographs from cylinders etched from plates and run through a rotary press
Mopey - gloomy
Sympathetic – feeling for another’s sufferings
Stupor – when your senses or faculties are greatly dulled


Comprehension Questions
1. What were Captain Cook’s symptoms of illness?
2. What did the curator of the aquarium think might be the cause? 

3. Who is Greta? 

1 comment:

  1. No, Captain Cook was not a welcomed guest in the shop because he is a penguin. Captain Cook slid down the steps. Mr. Popper was untidy because Captain Cook took him around town.

    Captain Cook symptoms of illness was that he was lonely. The curator of the aquarium thought Captain Cook was lonely and needed a friend. Greta is the new penguin that the curator gave Mr. Popper to be C. Cook's friend.

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