Lady Lolipop
Let’s discuss the following:
Queen Ethelwynne (Eth)
King Theophilus (Theo)
Princess Penelope
Lord High Chamberlain
Courtiers
Set up a page in your RN titled: Penelope’s Rude Behavior
Set up a SEPARATE page titled: Royal phrases
Chapters 1 and 2
__Read chapters 1 and 2 twice
__Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
scullery (pg. 10)
keen (pg. 10)
hue (pg. 18)
scowled (pg. 20)
3. Comprehension Questions:
Using complete sentences, please explain what the following
quotes from the book mean:

“..in came the little princess with a face like thunder.” (pg. 12)
 “Steady on, old girl,” said the king. (pg. 12)
 “The boy looked none too clean.” (pg. 20)
 “…mucking out the pig.” (pg. 25)
Chapter 3
__Read chapter 3 twice
__ Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
Sulky (pg.32)
Pouted (pg. 33)
Flounced (pg. 34)
Shan’t (pg. 35)
3. Comprehension Questions:
On page 35, the King-Smith writes, “Oh, I wash my hands of
it,” cried the Queen. In a complete sentence please write
what you think this expression means.
In your RN, jot down 2 questions you have about this book.
Chapter 4
__Read Chapter 4 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
Bristly as in “bristly back” (pg. 42)
Trough (pg. 42)
No Comp Questions tonight!!
Chapter 5
__Read Chapter 5 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
hysterics (pg. 47)
ultimatum (pg. 47)
3. Comprehension Questions:
Look at the illustration on pages 52 and 53. Locate the following:
 Tapestried walls
 Portraits of ancestors
 Priceless carpets
 Rich furnishings
 Ornaments of gold and silver
Have you ever met or known someone who was spoiled? Write 2
sentences about this experience in your RN.
Chapters 6 and 7
__Read chapter 6 and 7 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
Be a Word Finder. As you read chapters 6 & 7, “post-it” any
new words or words you find fun or unusual. Set them up
properly in your RN. (at least 2 words)
3. Comprehension Question:
 In your RN, write a connection you had in either chapter 6
or 7. Remember to use this format:
 When I read about…..
 It made me think about…
 This helped me understand the book better because…
Chapter 8
__Read chapter 8 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
nervously (pg. 75)
persuade (pg. 77)
populace (pg. 78)
swill bucket (pg. 84)
sloshed (pg. 84)
3. Comprehension Questions:
King-Smith writes about the King on page 77, “He tossed and
turned beneath the tufted tester of the great royal four-poster
bed, unable to sleep.” In your RN, draw a picture of what you
think is happening in this scene. (use colored pencils!!) Then
describe what you think a tufted tester is.
Chapter 9
__Read chapter 9 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
Pig dung (pg. 87)
Plough (pg. 87)
Genius (pg. 88)
Earnest (pg. 88)
Snuffling (pg. 88)
Hybrid (pg. 90)
3. Comprehension Question:
Visualizations are an important part of active reading. Re-read
chapter 9 and, in your RN, draw a detailed picture of Lollipop
wiping her trotters on a doormat before going through the pig
flap that Johnny designed.
Chapter 10
__Read Chapter 10 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
floribundas (pg. 95)
swineherd (pg. 95)
3. Comprehension Questions:
In you RN, please explain what the following expressions mean:
1. “…proper row with the queen.” (pg.96)
2. “…gave the command “Rootle.” (pg. 102)
3. “She’s been cultivating your garden, ma’am.” (pg. 106)
Chapters 11 & 12
Read chapters 11 & 12 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
sedately (pg. 112)
mystified (pg. 112)
chortles (pg. 114)
3. Comprehension Questions:
In your RN, describe what the following expressions mean:
1. “Everything went swimmingly.” (pg. 114)
2. “ What a cunning little minx!” (pg. 116)
Chapter 12
__Read chapter 12 twice
Set up your RN:
1. Inner Conversation-Good readers are able to monitor their
inner conversations (Leave 5 lines)
2. Vocabulary:
Be a Word Finder! As you finish the book, “post-it any
words that are new to you, or that you find fun or unusual.
Set them up properly in your RN (at least 2)
3. Comprehension Questions:
1. In your RN, describe what King-Smith means when he
writes on page 120 that the King will soon be, “ennobling
the pig.”
2. Imagine that you are a book reviewer. On a scale of 1-10,
how would you rate this book? (10 is the highest score)
3. In your RN, explain how and why you rated this. Please
write a proper 5 sentence paragraph.