Grove+Sammi

Grove Sammi

**Johnny Tremain**
//**Unit 1: Up and About**// __Chapter 1__ Johnny is Mrs. Lapham's father-in-law's apprentice. He's the boss of the attic and almost the boss of the whole house. Dove doesn't think that Johnny should be the boss because Dove has worked there for four years, and Johnny has worked there for only two years. Johnny doesn't like Dove because Dove is always trying to trip him.
 * 1. Why is Johnny's position in the Lapham household?**
 * 2. How do Dove and Johnny feel about each other?**

__Chapter 3__ Johnny is very serious about his future because he is the head of the household and everyone looks up to him. So if he messes up, he can get into trouble. His plans for the future is to be a master craftsman. Mr. Lapham doesn't like the patriots because they don't read the Bible. __Chapter 4__ Johnny was working very hard on his handles and didn't try and stop Dove and Dusty from leaving while Mr. Lapham was sleeping. He was very focused on his work. He wasn't satisfied with what he made.
 * 1. How serious is Johnny about his work, and what are his plans for the future?**
 * 2. The first reference to the patriots and their troubles with England is made at the end of this chapter. In what light are the patriots and their beliefs presented?**
 * 1. Johnny works while Mr. Lapham sleeps and Dove and Dusty go swimming. What does this show about Johnny and his feelings towards his work?**

__Chapter 6__ This was an eye rising up from the sea. From it rays of light streamed out, half-covering the surface of the cup. The mother said it was a rising eye. He is talking about the sun rising and starting a new day and starting over.
 * 1. What does the crest of the Lytes look like? What feelings does it convey?**

//**Unit 2: The Pride of Your Power**// __Chapter 1__ Paul Revere said that Johnny had made excellent handles. And he said he'd pay a bit more than is usual for him. But Johnny knew he'd get in trouble with Mr. Lapham.
 * 1. Why does Johnny turn down Paul Revere's offer?**

__Chapter 3__ Johnny was trying to do his chores and then Mrs. Lapham came in and said that the silver had melted. Johnny jumped down and his hand landed on the furnace.
 * 1. What are the small important events leading to Johnny's accident?**

__Chapter 5__ Mrs. Lapham called him more names and Johnny just wanted to be left alone. He didn't even talk to Cilla or Isannah. He wants to forgive Dove for everything.
 * 1. How does Johnny's life change as a result of the accident and why?**

//**Unit 3: An Earth of Brass**// __Chapter 1__ Rab doesn't really say anything about his hand. Johnny likes him because he didn't judge his hand.
 * 1. How does Rab react to Johnny's maimed hand,** **and what does Johnny think of Rab?**

__Chapter 3__ Johnny started to work with brass until Mrs. Lapham kicked him out for talking bad about Mr. Tweedie.
 * 1. How does the section title, "Earth of Brass", relate to Johnny's life, especially his professional life as a silversmith?**

//**Unit 4: The Rising Eye**// __Chapter 1__ Mr. Lyte was sensible of the great honorand regrets to say he has formed other plansfor his daughters future. __Chapter 5__ Johnny was telling the truth and didn't lie at all and everyone in the court believed him.
 * 1. What is merchant Lyte like?**
 * 2. Why does the court decision favor Johnny?**

//**Unit 5: The Boston Observer**// __Chapter 2__ Johnny has to give everyone a newspaper. On different days, he gives the paper to the subscribers in different towns. He thinks that it is important to deliever the paper to the Whig's because they subscribe the paper. __Chapter 3 and 4__ Johnny loved his new life. He never wanted to go back with the Laphams. But he wanted to see Cilla and Isannah while delievering newspapers.
 * 1. What are Johnny's responsiblities as a messenger? Why is he an important link in the Whig's communication system?**
 * 1. How does Johnny feel about the great differences in his life since he left the Laphams?**

Some people want to be better then others, so if they know someone else's expectation, they can try and excell and do better.
 * 2. Think about this statement: "If pushed a little farther, he might have taken to crime - because that was what was excepted of him." Why do people tend to live up to the expectations of others?**

Rab thinks that Johnny shouldn't call others names and thinks before he says anything.
 * 3. What suggestions does Rab give Johnny to improve his relationships with people?**

The Observers' Club are Whigs that plan to attack England.
 * 4. Why is the Observers' Club a treasonous organization?**

//**Unit 6: Salt-Water Tea**// __Chapter 5__ In twenty days, Johnny must learn how to chop open tea chests.
 * 1. What skill must Johnny develop to play a part in the Tea Party?**

//**Unit 7: The Fiddler's Bill**// __Chapter 1__ Everyone who spills tea into the harbor had a bill -a fiddlers bill- that they had to pay for all the tea they had wasted and lost. But they don't want to pay it. Now they were united as never before. The punishment united the often jealous, often indifferent, separate colonies, as the Tea Party itself had not. __Chapter 3__ Lieutenant Stranger wasn't angry because he got to ride Goblin in the end. Johnny was wanting to forgive Dove earlier in the book, and now he helped Dove because Dove didn't know how to handle this by himself because he had never fought the boy. __Chapter 4__ Johnny's feelings changed when he saw her and Dove everyday. He had start to felt sorry for them because Mr. Lapham had died that spring and Mrs. Lapham was working hard for food and clothes for all the kids. __Chapter 5__ Mrs. Bessie, the cook, is the Adams' spy. __Chapter 1__ Mrs. Bessie told them not to go to Milton and through the gates toward the huge mob, but they did anyway and then the went through the gates and found Johnny. __Chapter 2__ Johnny opened Mr. Lyte's Bible and found out that Johnny is Merchant Lyte's grandnephew and Johnny's mother was scratched off of the family records. He also found out some information about Lavinia Lyte. Johny is talking about the Civil War starting, and peace is ending. __Chapter 5__ He's saying that people should have freedom. //**Unit 9: The Scarlet Deluge**// __Chapter 1__ 1. What is the scarlet deluge? __Chapter 3__ 1. How has Johnny changed from the beginning of the novel to this chapter? How are the Minute Men preparing for war? __Chapter 5__ Each musket ended with a wicked eye-- watching him so it seemed. It was like looking into the face of death. This means that a musket, a gun, was pointed right at Johnny.He felt like he was doubting his courage.. and he was. //**Unit 10: "Disperse, Ye Rebels"**// __Chapter 1__ General Gage told all the grenadier to take off duties until further notice. Their plan for the signal was to watch the spire of the Christians Church. If British pass the neck, they show one lantern. If British reach the boats, they show two lanterns. The warning was to help them prepare and hide for the war. __Chapter 2__ Rab wants to fight in the war. Johnny doesn't take it well. He doesn't say much, but he feels abandoned and sad because Rab didn't miss Johnny. __Chapter 1__ The battle was at Lexington. Some of our men were killed and British muzzared and went to Concord. __Chapter 3__ The British already left Boston the night before. __Chapter 4__ Johnny has a widow's peak. __Chapter 5__ It means he will fight for his country and isn't afraid to die even if he is a boy.
 * 1. What punishment does England impose on the colonishts for the Boston Tea Party?**
 * 2. How does this punishment unite the separated colonists?**
 * 1. Why isn't Lieutenant Stranger angry with Johnny for deliberately upsetting the horse?**
 * 2. Johnny protects Dove when the English boys tease him. Why has Johnny changed?**
 * 1. How have Johnny's feelings changed towards Mrs. Lapham and why?**
 * 1. Who is Sam Adams' spy in the Lyte household?**
 * //Unit 8: A World to Come//**
 * 1. Why is the mob pursuing the Lytes?**
 * 1. What information does the Bible reveal about Johnny's ancestory?**
 * 2. Johnny says, "This is the end. The end of one thing - the beginning of something else." To what events does Johnny's statement refer?**
 * 1. James Otis wants to fight for freedom for "men and women and children all over the world." What freedom does he propose to procure for people?**
 * The scarlet deluge might be Miss Lydia's letter found in a trash bin.**
 * He's not the Lyte's silversmith anymore. He's also become nicer to Dove since they no longer fight about who is in charge.**
 * The Minute Men are always doing drills and practicing for when British attack.**
 * 1. As Johnny looks into "the face of death", what does he feel?**
 * 1. What occurrences lead the patriots to believe the British are beginning to move against the rebels?**
 * 2. What is the signal to Charlestown that the patriots plan to use if the British move? Why will warning help the patriots?**
 * 1. Why does Rab decide to leave Boston? How does Johnny react to this decision?**
 * //Unit 11: Yankee Doodle//**
 * 1. Where does the first battle occur, and why are the Minute Men defeated?**
 * 1. Why are the British unable to punish the opposition leaders?**
 * 1. What detail about Johnny convinced Lavinia to find out about Johnny's past?**
 * 1. In Johnny's discussion with Mrs. Bessie, he calls himself "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war." What does this mean?**

__Chapter 1__ Johnny rips his jacket, puts mud on his face, pricked his wrist, and smeared his cheek in blood. __Chapter 2__ He was amazed that rebels defeated British because they didn't have very good equipment, as well as an army. __Chapter 3__ Johnny thought of all the people who fought at Lexington Green the day before. He watns to laugh and cry, but he doesn't. __Chapter 5__ Rab couldnt stop bleeding and he died. Johnny didn't do anything right away. He has gotten used to using it and has been able to do some things that he used to do. Everyone has seen his old burn and isn't ashamed. In the beginning, Johnny was mean to Dove. Then in the middle he left the Laphams and stood up for Dove when he was getting bullied. And now, at the end, they were nicer to each other.
 * //Unit 12: A Man Can Stand Up//**
 * 1. What does Johnny do to his appearance to make him fit in with the way the Britist soldiers look?**
 * 1. Why is Johnny amazed that the rebels have defeated the British?**
 * 1. What are Johnny's thoughts as he stands on Lexington Green? What is his emotional response?**
 * 1. Why does Rab die? What is Johnny's reaction to his death?**
 * 2. Why doesn't Johnny feel ashamed of his hand anymore?**
 * 3. How has Johnny changed in thoughts, actions, feelings from the beginning to the end of the book?****

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1. Johnny is very serious about his future because he is the head of the household and everyone looks up to him. So if he messes up, he can get into trouble. His plan for the future is to be a master craftsman.=====

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This was an eye rising up from the sea. From it rays of light streamed out, half-covering the surface of the cup. The mother said it was a rising eye. He is talking about the sun rising and starting a new day and starting over.=====

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Johnny has to give everyone a newspaper. On different days, he gives the paper to the subscribers in different towns. He thinks that it is important to deliver the paper to the Whig's because they subscribe the paper.=====

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Johnny's feelings changed when he saw her and Dove every day. He had start to felt sorry for them because Mr. Lapham had died that spring and Mrs. Lapham was working hard for food and clothes for all the kids.=====

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Johnny opened Mr. Lyte's Bible and found out that Johnny is Merchant Lyte's grandnephew and Johnny's mother was scratched off of the family records. He also found out some information about Lavinia Lyte.=====

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Each musket ended with a wicked eye-- watching him so it seemed. It was like looking into the face of death. This means that a musket, a gun, was pointed right at Johnny. He felt like he was doubting his courage... and he was.=====

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Their plan for the signal was to watch the spire of the Christians Church. If British pass the neck, they show one lantern. If British reach the boats, they show two lanterns. The warning was to help them prepare and hide for the war.=====