◼︎ Chapter 1 / pages 16 - 27

How did Meg’s cheek get bruised?
What did Henderson’s mother tell Mrs. Murry?
Meg says she’s an “oddball.”
- What does that mean?
Mrs. Murry is a scientest and has a laboratory.
- What’s a laboratory? (“Lab” for short.)
Charles has an ability that is “unlike most small children.”
- What is this ability?
Mrs. Whatsit makes an entrance.
- Describe what she looks like.
Did the tramp steal Mrs. Buncombe’s sheets?
- Explain your answer.
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” is a very famous saying.
- What do you think is means?
Mrs. Whatsit mentions a tesseract.
- Mrs. Murry went white, and later says, “How could she have known?”
- What do you make of this? How might a tesseract fit into the story?
How would you describe Mrs. Whatsit’s character?

Google: word definition kids — then write the definition.

sullen resentment
you don’t know the meaning of moderation
Russian caviar
a deep and pathetic sigh
“My, but isn’t [Charles Wallace] cunning”
“These boots are a mite too tight for me”
“If you have some liniment, I’ll put it on my dignity, Mrs. Whatsit said still supine”
“If you have some liniment, I’ll put it on my dignity, Mrs. Whatsit said still supine”
“If you have some liniment, I’ll put it on my dignity, Mrs. Whatsit said still supine”
a blue and gray Argyle sock

We’ve met several characters so far.

Which of these might be main characters? Why?

Which of these might be minor characters? Why?