Chapter 6 discussion

Homily makes a case for Pod to take Arrietty with him borrowing. List at least two reasons that she gives for Arrietty to be allowed to go upstairs and borrow.

Chapter 5 discussion

In Chapter 5 Pod and Homily wake Arriety up to tell her about upstairs. Have your parents ever woken you up in the middle of the night to tell you something or to go somewhere?

Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Borrowers get their last names from the area where you enter that Borrower family's home. The Clocks chose their last name because their entrance is under the clock. In chapter 5 other borrower families are introduced.

Harpsichord - is a keyboard instrument like a piano.

Chapter 3 & 4 Vocabulary

Chapter 3

pg 23

foraged - looked for

jersey - a knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

pg 24

scalding - boiling, or liquid hot enough to burn you

emigrate - travel away from a place, move

bobbles - pom-pom type decorations

pg 24

wanly - weakly, sickly

pg 29

badger's set(t) - check out the link to learn more about badgers! http://www.badgerland.co.uk/animals/habitat.html

Here's a video too.

http://www.badgerland.co.uk/pictures/onlinevideos/yt_hskg53l-wvy.html

Remember that the setting of the book is in England!

pg 30

draughts - the English spelling of the word drafts, breezy

grating - metal fixture between walls to let air/heat pass through

Chapter 4 Discussion

At the end of Chapter 4 Homily declares that Arriety needs to "be told - now!" Why does she want Arriety to know about "been (being) seen, now, after all this time of secrecy?"

Chapter 3 Discussion

Why do you think that Homily reacted so violently to Arriety's suggestion that she be the one to borrow from now on?

Chapter 2 Vocabulary

pg. 19
cross or crossly - mean, angrily

hob- stove or a gear- The Borrowers borrowed a (pg. 20) cogwheel from an old cider press (apples) in the stables