THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX IR PRESENTATION By: Susan Student

VOCABULARY WordDefinitionOrigin Tribunal A raised platform for the seats of magistrates, as in an ancient Roman basilica. Latin Perfidy Deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery. Latin Egregious Extraordinary in some bad way. Latin Beleaguered To surround or beset, as with troubles. French Discernible Perceptible, as by the faulty of vision or the intellect. Latin

SUMMARY  Explain Characters: Despereaux, Roscuro, and Miggery Sow.  Queen’s Death – What happened to the soup and rats?  Miggery meeting Roscuro in the dungeon.  Despereaux escaping from the dungeon.  Miggery and Roscuro kidnapping Princess Pea.  Solution to settling differences and problems.

MY OPINION  Second Person  Book Breakdown - Character Stories  Easy to follow the story’s events.