ELA8_DearDiary_Lesson Activity_Reading

How many days of writing do Dorothy Wordsworth's diary entries consist of?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 14

Dorothy Wordsworth started her writing on January 21 1798 with "Walked on the hill-tops—a warm day."

Who walked?

• People on the hill-tops

• She herself

• I myself

What's the difference between day 21 and day 22 according to Dorothy's writings?

• Temperature

• Itinerary

• Both of the answers

"23rd. The sea perfectly calm blue, streaked with deeper colour by the clouds, ..."

The phrase in bold actually means ...

• The resemblance of the waves to the clouds

• The shadow of the clouds on the surface of the sea

• The clarity of the sky due to the absence of clouds

On what date did Dorothy have company?

• 28th

• 29th

• 30th

• Not Enough Data

In which century was Samuel Pepys living according to his excerpt?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

"Waking this morning out of my sleep on a sudden, I did with my elbow hit my wife a great blow over her face and nose, ..."

The phrase in bold means ...

• Unexpectedly

• Gently

• Loudly

"..., Mr. William Montagu and his Lady (but she seemed so far from the beauty that I expected her from my Lady's talk to be, that it put me into an ill humour all the day, ..."

The phrase in bold means ...

• Samuel was feeling sick

• Samuel tried to cheer someone up though he didn't really want to

• Samuel had some ideas for jokes but they might be offensive

In summary, the 3rd day in Samuel Pepys's diary entries ...

• was spent completely in bed.

• consists of a lot of visits by his friends to his house.

• consists of some visits to some of his friends

• was spent at Paul's school

How many people did Samuel Pepys spend time with throughout the 4th day according to the excerpt?

• At least 5 people

• 3 people

• 4 people

• 2 people