Please read the first the pages of When Jessie Came Across the Sea, and make a list of the words you had to look up. You should start with the page that begins "Once in a poor village..." and end with the page that concludes "If only you could see what I see now!"
For a writing assignment, please describe in your own words what happens to Katie as she crawls across the bridge (pp.31-32). Please make sure to use these words in your description: rail, tracks, splinters,and lightning.