Mr. Kery's 7th Grade Language Arts

Short Story Packets

Short Story

Unit #1

Notes

DIRECTIONS: As we discuss Elements of the Short Story in class, complete the following outline.

#’s 1-19:

Short Stories
Every short story which you read in class has ___ basic elements
Setting
a) __________ and __________ stories take place

1) past, present, or __________

Characters
a) __________ or animals in the stories

1) __________ characters: these are characters who play the most important roles in stories

Plot
a) sequence of __________ in stories

1) what comes __________, second, third, etc.

b) introduction, middle, __________
c) conflicts: struggles that take place between __________ opposing forces

1) person vs. __________: one character battling another character

2) person vs. __________: one character battling some force in nature like the weather, a dangerous animal, or even a supernatural force

3) person vs. __________: one character battles him or herself, like conquering a fear or finding the courage to ask someone out

d) resolution: the final __________ to the conflict
__________
a) main ideas of stories

1) usually says something about human nature like __________ learned or __________ of fairy tales

Point of view
a) how stories are told

1) __________ person: person telling story (narrator) is also character in story

2) __________ person: narrator is not a character in the story but exists outside the story

“The Last Leaf”

Prereading assignment:______________________________________________________

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Telling About the Story Watching for New Vocabulary Words

21.______________________________25.___________________________________

22._______________________________26.__________________________________

23._______________________________27.__________________________________

24._______________________________28.__________________________________

Identify Story Elements Selecting Words from the Story

29.______________________________33.___________________________________

30._______________________________34.__________________________________

31._______________________________35.__________________________________

32.______________________________ 36.___________________________________

Thinking about the Story

37.______________________________39.___________________________________

38._______________________________40.__________________________________

Thinking more about the Story: #______

“You Can’t Take it with You”

Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Using your glossary in the back of your green literature book and the footnotes in the story itself, write the definitions of the following vocabulary words. If more than one definition is given, then write the first definition for the time being.

Unanimous:______________________________________________

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Skinflint:_______________________________________________

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Churl:__________________________________________________

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Usurer:________________________________________________

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Galled:_________________________________________________

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Foible:________________________________________________

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Dour:__________________________________________________

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Drivel:________________________________________________

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Cremation:_____________________________________________

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Repast:________________________________________________

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Duly:__________________________________________________

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Nominal:_______________________________________________

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Behest:________________________________________________

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Short Answers

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. If your answer is more than a few sentences, then use proper essay format.

Why is it important that all the requests Uncle Basil refuses are for

luxuries?__________________________________________________

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Why do you think Uncle Basil granted the one request he did?_______

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Why can Uncle Basil trust Verner?____________________________

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What is Uncle Basil’s attitude toward the rest of the family?_________

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How does Uncle Basil arrange to spend his last years in peace?________

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How does Uncle Basil “take it with him”?________________________

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Irony means saying one thing but meaning another. Why is it ironic when

the family fights over Uncle Basil’s money?_________________________

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Story Comic Strip

#’s 62-69

DIRECTIONS: Using your text, your packet, and the colored pencils, draw an 8-panel comic strip summarizing the story, “You Can’t Take it with You.” Don’t forget to write the title somewhere.

“Rikki-tikki-tavi”

Vocabulary Activity

DIRECTIONS: The words which surround a particular word in a sentence or paragraph are called the context of that word. In many cases, the context of a word can provide clues about that word’s meaning. Read each sentence below. On the lines provided, write what you think is the meaning of the italicized word. Remember, your guess may be wrong, close, or absolutely correct.

In winter they ate indoors in the dining room, but during the summer they liked to have meals on the veranda overlooking the back yard.

STUDENT GUESS:______________________________________

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When the baby birds became fledglings, their mother taught them to fly.

STUDENT GUESS:______________________________________

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The driver lost control of his car on the icy road and hit a tree, but by some providence he wasn’t hurt.

STUDENT GUESS:______________________________________

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The drain water from the kitchen sink runs through a sluice that empties into the back yard.

STUDENT GUESS:______________________________________

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Failing to win the gold medal was a big disappointment for the skater, but winning the bronze was some consolation.

STUDENT GUESS:______________________________________

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Vocabulary

Fledgling:_______________________________________________

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Slithered:_______________________________________________

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Veranda:________________________________________________

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Draggle:________________________________________________

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Poise:__________________________________________________

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Flush:__________________________________________________

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Covey:__________________________________________________

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Short Answers

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

What are some clues that make you realize that the animals in this

story have human characteristics?_______________________________

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A contonment is a milatary base in India. Based on the language in the first paragraph describing Rikki’s actions, why is it fitting that the story

take place in a cantonment?____________________________________

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What is Rikki’s first impression of the garden?___________________

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How does this first impression change when he meets Darzee?________

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What differences would there have been in the story if Rikki was an old

mongoose instead of a young one?_______________________________

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Where does Rikki’s name come from?__________________________

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How does Teddy’s family help Rikki?___________________________

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What is the personality of Darzee like?________________________

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What is the personality of Darzee’s wife like?____________________

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How is Rikki like a pet dog?__________________________________

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How is Rikki different from most pet dogs?_____________________

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How does the family treat Rikki after he kills Karait? Cite a specific

example from the text.________________________________________

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After killing Karait, why can’t Rikki fully enjoy his triumph?__________

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Why does Nagaina think killing the people will be sufficient to get rid of

Rikki?____________________________________________________

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Is Nagaina really trying to provide consolation to Darzee’s wife? How can

you tell?__________________________________________________

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Video Follow Along

DIRECTIONS: As you watch the video, answer each question in order & in complete sentences.

Who is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?____________________________________

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Which characters help him in the video?________________________

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What is the setting in the video?______________________________

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What is the relationship between Rikki and Teddy?_______________

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What is the motto of a mongoose?____________________________

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Who are Nag and Nagaina?_________________________________

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Why is Rikki confident?____________________________________

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What is Nag's plan?______________________________________

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Why do Nag and Nagaina want to do this plan?___________________

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Why does Nagaina attack Teddy and not his father?______________

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“Zoo”

Enrichment: Characteristics of Imaginary Animals

“Zoo” describes the physical characteristics of the imaginary horse spider. We learn that the horse-spider creatures “looked like horses but ran up the walls of their cages like spiders.” Like the horse spider, every animal—real or imagined—is special in its own way.

107-113 DIRECTIONS: Invent an imaginary animal of your own. To prepare to write a description of your imaginary animal, complete this chart. The more detail you include, the better.

Name of animal:_________________________________________

Size:_________________________________________________

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Color or colors:__________________________________________

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Number and appearance of legs:______________________________

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Shape and appearance of head:______________________________

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Other details:__________________________________________

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Now, use your notes to write a description of your imaginary animal.

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Three Skeleton Key

Prereading assignment:_______________________________________________________

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Selecting Details from the Story Knowing New Vocabulary Words

115.________________________________ 119.________________________________

116.________________________________ 120.________________________________

117.________________________________ 121.________________________________

118.________________________________ 123.________________________________

Identify Story Elements: Looking at Cloze

124.________________________________ 128.________________________________

125.________________________________ 129._______________________________

126.________________________________ 130.________________________________

127.________________________________ 131.________________________________

Learning How to Read Critically

132.________________________________ 134.________________________________

133.________________________________ 135.________________________________

Improving writing and discussion skills: #____

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DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions with at least a 5-sentence

response.

What is LeGleo’s reaction to the mysterious ship and what does his

reaction tell you about him?____________________________________

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What is Itchoua’s reaction to the mysterious ship and what does his

reaction tell you about him?____________________________________

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What is a theme of this story? Use evidence to support your response.

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The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

Act 1

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

What is the fifth dimension?________________________________

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What strange event occurs just before Maple Street loses electricity?

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What happens when Steve tries to start his car?_________________

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What does Tommy say about the people who were sent from outer

space?____________________________________________________

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144 What happens to Goodman’s car?_____________________________

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Act 2

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Why is the crowd following Goodman?_________________________

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Why does Goodman go out and stare at the sky early in the morning?__

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What does Steve have in his basement?________________________

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Who shoots Pete Van Horn?_________________________________

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According to Charlie, who is the monster?______________________

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TDA Questions

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

What mood does the narrator establish on page 61?_______________

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What words and phrases on page 61 does the narrator use to draw the

reader into the text?_________________________________________

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What does the word “murmur” mean?__________________________

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Why is “murmur” used repetitively (three times on page 758 and three

times on page 760)?__________________________________________

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154 At the end of the play, what conclusions do the aliens come to about

humanity?_________________________________________________

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“Louisa, Please Come Home”

Prereading assignment:______________________________________________________

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Telling About the Story Watching for New Vocabulary Words

156._____________________________160.__________________________________

157.______________________________161._________________________________

158.______________________________162._________________________________

159.______________________________163._________________________________

Identify Story Elements Selecting Words from the Story

164._____________________________168.__________________________________

165.______________________________169._________________________________

166.______________________________170._________________________________

167._____________________________ 171._________________________________

Thinking about the Story

172._____________________________174.__________________________________

173.______________________________175._________________________________

Thinking more about the Story: #______

Short Stories

Unit #2

“All Summer in a Day”

In “All Summer in a Day,” Bradbury uses several kinds of figurative language. This language helps readers see, feel, and hear the events that take place.

For example, a simile compares two objects using a word such as like or as:

All day yesterday they had read in class about the sun. About how like a lemon it was.

Bradbury’s simile compares the sun with a lemon. It uses the word like.

A metaphor compares two objects without using words of comparison:

I think the sun is a flower, / that blooms for just one hour.

Margot’s poem compares the sun with a flower without using like or as.

DIRECTIONS: Read each of the following passages from “All Summer in a Day,” and consider the comparison or comparisons it presents. On the line that follows, identify each comparison as a simile or a metaphor. (There may be more than one comparison in a passage.) Then, circle the things that are compared.

[Margot] was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost.

Simile or metaphor:________________________________________

But [the children] were running and turning their faces up to the sky and feeling the sun on their cheeks like a warm iron.

Simile or metaphor:__________________________________________

[The jungle] was a nest of octopi, clustering up great arms of fleshlike weed.

Simile or metaphor:_________________________________________

Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, [the children] ran and ran in shouting circles.

Simile or metaphor:__________________________________________

DIRECTIONS: Choose a noun that is used in “All Summer in a Day,” and write your own simile or metaphor to describe it. You might consider the sun,

the jungle, the children, the tunnel, or the rain.

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At the end of the story, why are the children able to empathize with

Margot?__________________________________________________

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The Pimienta Pancakes

Prereading assignment:_______________________________________________________

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Selecting Details from the Story Knowing New Vocabulary Words

8.________________________________ 12.________________________________

9.________________________________ 13.________________________________

10.________________________________ 14.________________________________

11.________________________________ 15.________________________________

Identify Story Elements: Looking at Cloze

16.________________________________ 20.________________________________

17.________________________________ 21._______________________________

18.________________________________ 22.________________________________

19.________________________________ 23.________________________________

Learning How to Read Critically

24.________________________________ 26.________________________________

25.________________________________ 27.________________________________

Improving writing and discussion skills: #____

“The Necklace”

Prereading assignment:______________________________________________________

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Telling About the Story Watching for New Vocabulary Words

30.________________________ 34._____________________

31.________________________ 35.__________________________

32.________________________ 36._________________________

33.______________________ 37.__________________________

Identify Story Elements Selecting Words from the Story

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40.________________________ 44.__________________________

41.________________________ 45._________________________

Thinking about the Story

46.________________________ 48.__________________________

47.________________________ 49.__________________________

Thinking more about the Story: #______

“The Interlopers”

Prereading assignment:______________________________________________________

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Telling About the Story Watching for New Vocabulary Words

52.__________________________56.__________________________

53.__________________________57.__________________________

54.__________________________58.__________________________

55.__________________________59.__________________________

Identify Story Elements Selecting Words from the Story

60.__________________________64.__________________________

61.__________________________65.__________________________

62.__________________________66.__________________________

63.__________________________67.__________________________

Thinking about the Story

68.__________________________70.__________________________

69.__________________________71.__________________________

Thinking more about the Story: #______

“Zlateh the Goat”

Vocabulary

Hanukkah:______________________________________________

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Gulden:________________________________________________

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Exuded:_______________________________________________

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Driedel:_______________________________________________

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Theme (p. 725):__________________________________________

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Short Answers

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

In the setting for this story, what is the weather usually like at

Hanukkah time?_____________________________________________

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What problem is Reuven having the winter the story takes place?_____

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Why does the family value Zlateh at the beginning of the story?______

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Why does the family value her at the end of the story?____________

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Why does Aaron think that he and Zlateh might freeze to death?_____

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Why is the haystack a perfect shelter for Aaron and Zlateh?________

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What 3 things does Zlateh provide for Aaron during their three days in

the haystack?______________________________________________

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Elements of the Short Story

DIRECTIONS: For this activity, you will identify the elements of this short story, which begins on page 270. IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, identify each element given. You may reread or skim the story, and you may use your notes at the beginning of the previous packet.

Setting:_______________________________________________

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Characters:_____________________________________________

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87-89. Plot:_______________________________________________

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Conflict:______________________________________________

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Resolution:____________________________________________

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Theme:________________________________________________

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Point of view:____________________________________________

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“A Day’s Wait”

Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Using your glossary in the back of your green literature book and the footnotes in the story itself, write the definitions of the following vocabulary words.

Purgative:_______________________________________________

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Epidemic:_______________________________________________

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Slithered:_______________________________________________

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Flushed:________________________________________________

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Covey:_________________________________________________

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Poised:_________________________________________________

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Slack:__________________________________________________

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Vocabulary Activity

DIRECTIONS: Using your vocabulary words for this story, write the word that best completes the meaning in each sentence below.

During the flu _________________, more than half the

students in the class became ill.

As I watched the people fishing, I could tell by their _________________, fishing lines that no fish were biting that day.

The snake _________________, smoothly through the grass.

The _________________, of small birds suddenly rose from the

ground and took flight.

After a long walk on a summer day, our faces were hot and _________________,.

The cat was _________________, on the back of the chair, preparing to make the long leap to the top of the refrigerator.

Short Answers

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Where in the story do you first learn that the boy is sick?__________

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At what moment in the story does the boy come to believe that he will

die?______________________________________________________

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What first makes you realize that something besides having the flu is

bothering the boy?__________________________________________

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How does the father demonstrate that he is not worried about his son’s

illness?___________________________________________________

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When the boy says, “I mean you don’t have to stay if it’s going to bother

you,” what does he mean by “it?”_________________________________

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Cite text evidence that supports your answer to #109._____________

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What is the misunderstanding that makes the boy think he is going to

die?_____________________________________________________

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Reading Web

DIRECTIONS: Complete each section of the web according to the directions below each section.

Draw the setting

Write the title:

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Write the author’s name:

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Draw the 116. Draw the

characters conflict

Draw the solution

“Rip Van Winkle”

Vocabulary

Antiquity:______________________________________________

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Surmounted:____________________________________________

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Chivalrous:_____________________________________________

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Martial:________________________________________________

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Pliant:_________________________________________________

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Clambering:_____________________________________________

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Despotism:_____________________________________________

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Incessantly:____________________________________________

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Eloquence:______________________________________________

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Perpetual:______________________________________________

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Sages:________________________________________________

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Vehemently:____________________________________________

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Tranquility:_____________________________________________

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Placid:_________________________________________________

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Approbation:____________________________________________

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Sentiment:_____________________________________________

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Corroborated:___________________________________________

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Precipice:______________________________________________

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Skulked:_______________________________________________

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Grizzled:_______________________________________________

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Ample:________________________________________________

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Transient:______________________________________________

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Perpendicular:___________________________________________

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Incomprehensible:________________________________________

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Countenance:____________________________________________

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Induced:_______________________________________________

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Populous:_______________________________________________

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Perplexed:______________________________________________

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Desolateness:___________________________________________

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Scepter:_______________________________________________

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Knoll:_________________________________________________

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Azure:________________________________________________

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Enterprise:_____________________________________________

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Urchin:________________________________________________

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Listlessly:______________________________________________

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Vocabulary Activity #1

DIRECTIONS: Three of the four words listed across after each number are related in meaning. Circle the word or phrase that does not have a related meaning.

perpetual incessant continual numerous
valley knoll building precipice
approbation pleased disapproval admiring
ample plenty large skinny
hat scepter crown throne
perplexed correct confused misunderstood
countenance number count amount
transient temporary brief permanent
awake vigil watch rest
despotism tyrant democracy dictator
tranquil placid quiet martial

Vocabulary Activity #2

DIRECTIONS: A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a word to give that word a new meaning. A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a word to give that word a new meaning. The prefix in- means “not”. If you add in- to the beginning of the word sensitive, then the meaning of the word insensitive means “not sensitive”. The suffix -ness means “the state of being”. If you add -ness to the end of the word weak, then the meaning of the word weakness means “the state of being weak”. Add in- or -ness to each word below to create a new word for each definition below. Then, write an original sentence for each new word. Refer to your vocabulary list for this story if you need help.

comprehensible desolate justice

superable listless

Something that is not right or fair

NEW WORD:__________________________________________

ORIGINAL SENTENCE:__________________________________

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The state of being tired and uninterested in things

NEW WORD:__________________________________________

ORIGINAL SENTENCE:__________________________________

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Not able to be understood

NEW WORD:__________________________________________

ORIGINAL SENTENCE:__________________________________

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The state of being empty and deserted

NEW WORD:__________________________________________

ORIGINAL SENTENCE:__________________________________

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Not able to be overcome

NEW WORD:__________________________________________

ORIGINAL SENTENCE:__________________________________

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Vocabulary Activity #3

DIRECTIONS: Using your vocabulary words for this story, write the word that best completes the meaning in each sentence below.

I was almost sure I knew the word’s meaning, but I looked it up in the dictionary to ________________________ my guess.

A small ________________________ and his friends were teasing a little girl in the park.

The climbers will attempt to ________________________ the steepest peak of Mount Washington.

The museum was full of ancient Greek statues and other objects of great ________________________.

An elderly ________________________ was the only person in the village wise enough to predict the coming war.

Short Answers

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. If your answer is more than a few sentences, then use proper essay format.

Where does the story take place?____________________________

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Why is Mrs. Van Winkle upset with her husband?_________________

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What do the mountains represent to Rip?_______________________

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Look back at the paragraphs after Rip wakes up on page 254. What are the first 10 things that indicate the passage of time?_________________

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What change occurs in the picture at the inn?___________________

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What does this change indicate?_____________________________

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Was Rip’s sleep a blessing or a curse? Why do you think so?_________

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“The Landlady”

Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Using your glossary in the back of your green literature book and the footnotes in the story itself, write the definitions of the following vocabulary words.

Facade:________________________________________________

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Congenial:______________________________________________

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Conjured:______________________________________________

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Compulsion:_____________________________________________

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Tantalizing:_____________________________________________

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Blemish:_______________________________________________

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Trilby Hat:_____________________________________________

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Pub:__________________________________________________

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Rapacious:______________________________________________

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Kippers:_______________________________________________

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Cricketers:_____________________________________________

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Vocabulary Activity

DIRECTIONS: Three of the four words listed across after each number are related in meaning. Circle the word or phrase that does not have a related meaning.

sadness gloom cheerful miserable
tantalizing hard-working attractive appealing
perfect blemish flawed bruise
interior facade exterior front
congenial unkind friendly sympathetic
forget bring to mind imagine invent
need desire compulsion fear

Short Answers

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

When Billy arrives in Bath, how do the wind and air feel?___________

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Based on your answer to #199, what is the mood or feeling of the

story?____________________________________________________

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What first makes you suspect that the boarding house is not what it

seems to be?_______________________________________________

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What is the landlady planning to do with Billy?___________________

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Does the way in which the landlady acts fit the kind of person she really is? Why or why not?_____________________________________

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Facade also means a false appearance. How does the description of the street with its facades on page 220 foreshadow events in the story? Again,

if you do not know what foreshadow means, then you need to look it up.

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Billy thinks, “a pub would be more congenial than a boardinghouse. There would be beer and darts in the evening, and lots of people to talk to, and it would probably be a good bit cheaper, too.” Which part of his statement turns out to be incorrect? Which part turns out to be correct?

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Foreshadowing means “hinting at what is to come.” Reread the paragraph in which Billy’s appearance is described on page 220. Explain how this passage suggests that Billy is naïve and would be easy to take advantage

of._______________________________________________________

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What can the reader infer, using evidence from the text, about the

two boys who are missing?_____________________________________

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What does this information lead the reader to believe concerning Billy’s

possible fate?______________________________________________

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Story Mapping

DIRECTIONS: Complete the following map by writing your answers in the ovals provided and by using your knowledge of the story, your text, and the questions you have already answered. Also, write in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

What is the setting of the story?

Describe 2 of the characters in the story.

What is the problem or conflict in the story?

Pick one character and describe that character’s goal. In other words, what does that character want to happen by the end of the story?

213-219. Describe one event in the plot per oval. Your goal is to lead us to the end of the story.

Event #1:

Event #2:

Event #3:

Event #4:

Event #5:

Event #6:

Event #7:

Describe the resolution. In other words, what happened at the end of the story?