Word Lists

Rudyard Kipling

These will be given out as handouts in class for the notebook

• http://www.escapepress.com/descriptiveWords.html

• http://www.msgarrettonline.com/descripwords.html Descriptive Words - sensory

• http://www.kisd.org/khs/english/help%20page/Descriptive%20Words.htm

• http://www.cms.edu.do/Teachers%20Folders/willian%20farren/Pages/voc/descpeop.htm

• http://www.msgarrettonline.com/100ways.html 100 ways to say "said"

• http://www.msgarrettonline.com/actionverbs.html Action Verbs

• http://www.msgarrettonline.com/trans.html Transition Words

• http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/word_parts.html Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes

• http://www.abcteach.com/abclists/prepositions.htm List of prepositions

• http://www.kipling.org.uk/kip_fra.htm Kipling's Life -

• What cities and countries did he live in?

• Whom did he marry and did he have any children? How many and their names?

• What was Kipling's connection to war? Why do you think that he wrote about war?

• The New Reader's Guide - Stories - Rikki Tikki Tavi (Write out the pronunciation of the names of the characters of Rikki Tikki Tavi. Rikki Tikki Tavi, Darzee, Chuchundra, Nag, Nagaina, Chua

• What year was Rikki written? What collection is it part of?  List the other stories that are part of the collection (7 total).

• Did Kipling write more poems or short stories? How many books of his were published?

• What is Rikki's name derived from?

• http://work.remoteuser.co.uk/kipling/search/themes.asp Put checkmarks in the boxes that you think will bring up Rikki Tikki Tavi. What boxes did you check? What other stories came up for those headings?

• (The Kipling File) Where are the two towns that are named after him? List them.

• (The Kipling File - Kipling and the Swastika) The swastika symbol is found on publishing of Kipling's work, however he isn't supporting the Nazi cause. What does this symbol represent to Kipling?

Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol

Rhyming Word Lists

http://www.rhymezone.com/

http://www.rhymer.com/