Copy both the
summaries in your note book by 26th of March.
Chapter 10:
The Perfect Day
Word meaning
1. giggle-
chuckle
2. speckle - ruin
3. shudder -
tremble
4. guts - bravery
5. liberate –
release/free
6. trot – walk
actively
7. drizzle –
light rain
8. disguise –
camouflage/mask
9. stampede - an uncontrolled headlong rush
Summary
Jess was out milking Miss Bessie
the next morning when May Belle tells him about a phone call. When he takes it,
it was Miss Edmunds. She was going to Washington for the day to see the
National Gallery and wanted to takeJess along as he was interested in art and
she was impressed by his drawings. Jess knew that if he asked his mother's
permission to go she would never say yes. Instead, he barely woke her up, just
enough to get a murmur of consent. Soon he was off to Washington with Miss
Edmunds.
The two of them had a perfect
day together. Jess was amazed and awed by the art gallery, and Miss Edmunds was
pleased that she had given him an opportunity to see those magnificent works of
art for the first time in his life. Jess was particularly fascinated by the art
work of many famous artists. As she dropped him off, Miss Edmunds thanked Jess
for "a beautiful day." Jess was happily walking on air back home. All
through the day Jess missed Leslie and felt bad for not informing her, he even
thought that Leslie would accompany him if he had informed her.
Miss. Edmunds dropped him
home.When he entered the kitchen, he immediately sensed that something was
wrong. His whole family was staring at him silently, and suddenly his mother
broke down to cry. Brenda's pouting voice informed him the death of Leslie.
Chapter 11:
No!
Word meaning
1. jerk – shudder
2. relentless –
unyielding
3. occasionally –
rarely
4. whirl –
spin/rotate
Summary
Jess's father filled in the rest
of the information for him. Leslie had tried to swing into Terabithia and the
rope snapped. She hit her head on something when she fell, which explains why
the fact that she could swim did not help her. Jess denied it all point-blank,
accusing his father of lying to him. The truth later begins to seep in as he ran
faster and faster as if that can keep Leslie from being dead. He wakes up in
the middle of the night, not too sure what had happened. He knows in some part
of his mind that Leslie is dead, but he refuses to accept it. Eventually he falls asleep.
When he woke up his first
thought is that he had forgotten the milking, but when he got to the kitchen he
discovered that his father had done it. His mother was strangely gentle toward
him. His father comes in and tries to talk to him, to tell him that he was
going over to the Burkes to pay his respects, and that Jess ought to come too,
since he was Leslie’s good friend. Jess was dully confused, and his father tried
to explain to him, again, that Leslie was dead. As if sleepwalking, Jess goes
to put his jacket on, and they leave for the Burkes'.
