Bell work:
What is the significance of Crusoe calling his main house a ‘castle’ and a ‘plantation’?
Vocab:
- Vestige
- (noun) a trace of something that is disappearing
- Probable
- (adverb) likely to happen
- Impassable
- (adj) not able to be passed
- Foresaw
- (verb) predict something
Reading Question:
- What does Crusoe see on the beach that surprises him?
- What do you think of Crusoe’s reaction?
- What questions does Crusoe ask himself after?
- What does Crusoe rule out?
- What does Crusoe finally convince himself that he later learns to be wrong?
- How many years has he now been on the island, and what does he find strange about that?
- What does Crusoe do to enhance his house?
- What does Crusoe admit is the reason he has done so much work on his house?
Homework:
Finish reading ch. 8