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Vocabulary Words of the Day  - espoused and vengeance

espoused - to take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry, betrothed,  engaged

Page 41 - ". . . Joseph and Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child . . ."

vengeance - with great violence or force, punishment, revenge, settling of scores, retaliation

Page 45 - "Out of the black night with horrible vengeance, the Mighty Marvo---"

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Activities

The Christmas Story

In Chapter 4 the Herdmans hear the Christmas story for the first time. Have each student illustrate one scene from the Christmas story and put these pages together to make a class book.

Artwork Depicting the Birth of Christ  http://www.cts.edu/FacHomePages/imagelibrary/birth_of_Christ.htm

Play a competitive game such as Jeopardy with questions about the Christmas story.

Online Version of the Christmas Story  http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity/nativity1.htm

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