This morning's board work concentrated on identifying and correcting run-on sentences and sentence fragments. Lena then completed her chapter 12 vocabulary/comprehension test ,again doing very well. Having completed ch 12, I then on the board explained the metaphor in the ch 13 prologue comparing worker bees carrying a heavy load to Lily carrying the heavy emotional load after learning the truth- her mother had abandoned her as a child. We commenced studying chapter 13 ,stopping to take notes on the recurrent theme of secrets in the lives of the characters.