Sleepy Hollow Part 1

Sleepy Hollow

Using Context Clues to find word meaning

​Read around the word and look for clues!

His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room, constructed of logs. It stood in a rather lonely but pleasant place, just at the foot of a woody hill, with a brook running nearby. From here, the low murmur of his pupils' voices might be heard on a summer's day, interrupted now and then by the voice of the schoolmaster.

Multiple Choice

The word pupils refers to-

• black dots in your eyes

• the students

• the people in the town

• the water running nearby

Inferences-Use the clues and read between the lines!

​What can you infer about Ichabod's feelings when he walks home?

But if there was a pleasure in all this, it came at the cost of the terrors on his walk home. What fearful shapes and shadows appeared on his path, in the dim of a snowy night! With what longing did he eye every ray of light from a distant window! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which appeared like a specter! How often did he shrink with awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet! And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some howling among the trees, thinking it was the headless horseman!

Open Ended

Short constructed Response

What can you infer about Ichabod's feelings as he walks home?

Fill in the blanks in your response-

Ichabod feels____________. In the text, the author states ___________________________________________. These details prove he feels_________ because_____________________________.

Your........ or............you're?

Your- it belongs to you- your ball, your dinner
You're- contraction- means you are. you are dinner?!

Fanboys~ For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

For- I deliver lessons, for a I am a teacher.
You complete your work, for you are a student.

And- Puts two like ideas together.
When you study for your test and get good rest, you make good grades.

But- two opposing statements
I want to keep teaching, but it is always time to go!

Or- Gives choices.
I can ignore the bell, or stop so you aren't late to your next classes.

Multiple Choice

The Kansas City Chiefs won the superbowl, ____ they played the hardest last year.

• and

• or

• for

• yet

Dictionary Entries

All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness. Though he had seen many specters in his time, daylight always put an end to these evils. He would have lived a pleasant life if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more confusion to man than ghosts, goblins and all the witches put together. This being was — a woman.

Multiple Choice

Which dictionary definition best fits the word specter as it is used in the last paragraph?

• definition 1

• definition 2

Open Ended

RACE Practice

Short Constructed Response:

What can you infer about the women's feelings about Ichabod Crane?

Use evidence from the article to support your answer. Use the lexile level we read on in our small group.