Johnny Tremain
Reader’s Notebook
Pages 1-13
On page 1, there are three different
sentences that utilize personification.
Find one of them, write it down, and
explain why the author used them;
how did the sentence affect your
thinking of the story?
Pages 1-13
Characterization: Describe how you see each of the
following characters based on the text you have read
using complete sentences of 8 words or more and
textual evidence for your description:
Mr. Lapham – Mr. Lapham was older and dignified.
He was quiet and kept to himself. I see him as a
grandfather looking man that thinks before he speaks.
Johnny
Dusty
Dove
Cilla
Isannah
January 15, 2014
Pass back papers
Reading – exchange notebook with a friend.
Read the personification explanation for clarity. If
you understand their explanation, put a happy face.
If you are confused, put a question mark.
Read characterizations – write a positive note to the
person about the characterization that was the best
well written description. Write why it was so good
for you to read.
5th hour – novel 10 assignment
Page 2
Apprentice- working
student
Page 6
Flaccid – lifeless, fat
Parasitic – lives off
something else
Page 7
Reveled
subdued
Page 8
Page 9
Hearth
philosophical
Page 11
Innumerable
Page 12
Pious
genteel
Page 13
agape
Page 14
Expound
wrathfully
Page 15
Pitying
divot
Page 16
Reverie
basin
Page 17
affluence
Pages 13 - 29
vocabulary:
define the word for
understanding in
its use for the text
Pages 13 - 29
vocabulary:
define the word for
understanding in
its use for the text
Page 2
Apprentice
Page 18
Mode
Page 19
vulgarities
Page 21
diligent
Page 22
slate
Page 23
replica
Page 26
currants
Page 28
kinship
Pages 29-40
On page 30, it says:
“Johnny whispered, ‘Just like the sun coming up yonder out of
the sea, pushing rays of light ahead of it.’
Cilla (evidently thinking Johnny was getting beyond himself
said, ‘Might it not just as well be a setting eye? It was the
first remark she had made to him all the night.”
How could this be foreshadowing?
Pages 29-40
How does Johnny showing his silver cup to Cilla
propel the plot forward?
Why did Johnny choose to show the cup to Cilla?
Pop Quiz #1
Answer in complete sentences that reflect your
understanding of the text.
1. Describe the reason that the Mrs. Lapham said,
“Johnny- how many more work-hours will you
need?” to Johnny at the end of work on the
Saturday when Mr. Lapham said they would close
the shop in observance of the Sabbath.
2. Explain why Dove did what he did.
Pop Quiz #1
Match
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
genteel
subdued
expound
reveled
affluence
diligent
replica
A.Having money and
influence
B. Acting calm
C. Acting mannerly
D.Add information or detail
E. Work hard at something
until completion
F. Enjoy the feeling of the
moment
G.A copy of something
Pages 40-53
How does the event that happens to
Johnny change the story line?
Think: When the event occurred, he was a
silversmith apprentice. He was making a
special order for an important person. That
was the focus of the story line, so how did the
storyline change… from what to what?
Pages 54-66
1. Describe Rab
2. Explain how Johnny responded differently to Rab than
how he usually did.
3. Identify one internal and one external conflict with
Johnny.
Vocabulary
page 52
loiter
gilded
page 56
aloof
nonchalantly
page 57
belligerent
page 59
journeyman
page 60
timid
page 61
sow
Rakish – out of order
page 62
heed
page 63
chaise
page 64
gait
page 70
brode
artisan
Vocabulary
Page 66
Cipher
Page 67
esquire
idle
Page 68
gorge
gastric
Page 70
chagrin
Page 71
constable
Page 72
suitor
Page 74
sparsely
Page 76
lank
Page 78
gibe
Page 78
tallow
Chapters 1 - 5
1. What obstacles does Johnny face as he tries to redirect
his life?
2. How does Johnny’s friend Rab help him?
3. How does their friendship change Johnny?
4. Compare and contrast the daily lives of teenagers in
Johnny’s world with the lives of teenagers in your own
life. (5 similarities and 5 differences)
Chapters 6-8
The major events in the book, such as the Boston Tea Party and the closing of Boston
Harbor, actually occurred. As you read, summarize the major events listed in the
boxes you make on you paper on the left. In the right-hand boxes, note how
each event affects Johnny on a personal level, and the Patriot movement on a
political level.
Event
Boston Tea Party
Patriots board ships,
dump taxed tea into
Boston Harbor.
Closing of Boston
Harbor
Rebellious Acts of
Sons of Liberty and
Observers
Effects
Johnny was proud to join Tea Party; uses axe
despite crippled hand. Tea Party helps unify
Bostonians, strengthens Patriot movement;
British vow to punish Bostonians.
Chapters 6-8
1. Explain the British taxon colonial tea. What response is
planned by Sam Adams and the other Observers?
2. How does Johnny help implement these plans?
3. Describe Johnny’s relationships with Cilla, Lavinia Lyte,
and Dove now that Johnny is living with Rab and his
family. What do these relationships reveal about Johnny
and his personal growth?
4. What positions in favor of revolution are argued by Sam
Adams and James Otis?
5. How does Johnny react to Otis’s words?
Vocabulary
Chapter 6
page 133
Radiant
Naïve
page 137
Wiry
page 139
Condescend
Proximity
Page 140
intently
page 141
tyranny
page 142
hypocrite
page 148
Detest
Implicit
Divulge
arouse
page 151
unison
page 152
Persevere
disperse
page 153
Despair
bidding
Vocabulary
Chapter 6
page 154
soot
page 155
turmoil
page 157
Demeanor
Clamor
Page 158
Jargon
Hoist
page 159
wield
Vocabulary
Chapter 7
page 163
despair
page 164
oppression
page 167
Defiance
Page 168
intrude
page 173
rendezvous
page 175
gawky
page 178
congregate
page 179
respite
page 183
mite
page 186
Pious
Valiantly
Chapters 9-12
In the final chapters of the novel describe the events that
occur beginning in the fall of 1774 and ending in the
spring of 1775. These events lead the British and the
Patriots ever closer to war. As you read, follow the
progress of events by noting the main actions of the
characters listed below.
Paul Revere
Sam Adams and John Hancock
Continue as leaders of the British
movement; in March, leave Boston
for Concord to attend Provincial
Congress
Johnny
Rab
Dove
Dr. Warren
Colonel Smith
General Gage
Chapters 9-12
1. What are some ways that the Patriots prepare for war?
2. How would you describe the mood between Bostonians
and the British troops occupying their city?
3. Explain how the minute Men learn of the British army’s
actual battle plans. What do these efforts reveal about
the Patriots’ commitment to independence?
4. Summarize what happens after Johnny finds Rab at
Lexington. At the end of the novel, what decision does
Johnny make about his future?
5. What does this decision reveal about his values and
character?
6. How does the author create suspense during the final
chapters of the novel?
End
1. An important theme of the novel is the desire for freedom
and self-determination, and the sacrifices that are
required of those who aspire to these goals. What did
you learn about these issues form reading Johnny
Tremain?