Marigolds
American History
Romeo & Juliet
Vocabulary
College and Career
100
Everyone struggled with poverty and people searched to find work.
What has happened to the economy and people during the time period in which "Marigolds" takes place?
100
Prejudice is a fact of life.
What does Elena learn about prejudice?
100
It is an obscene gesture.
What does it mean to bite your thumb at someone.
100
A crisis is a changing situation that will likely result in a highly unfavorable outcome.
What is a crisis?
100
An application.
What do you have to fill out if you want to go to college, get a job, etc.?
200
They run to Miss Lottie's house to annoy her.
What do the children do when they are bored during the summer?
200
They call her "pork chop" and "rice and beans."
How do Elena's classmates make fun of her?
200
Benvolio
Who tries to stop the fight?
200
The duration of something is the period during which it exists or lasts.
What is a duration?
200
4 years
How many years of high school English do you need to graduate?
300
She wants to prove that she is a leader among the other children.
Why does Lizabeth join in on tormenting Miss Lottie?
300
When they won't schedule her for honors classes.
When does Elena learn about prejudice at school?
300
Romeo and Benvolio crash a party at the Capulet's mansion.
Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?
300
People or ideas that are feeble are weak or lacking in strength.
What does feeble mean?
300
The SAT and/or the ACT.
What tests do you have to take to get into most colleges/universities?
400
When she is able to feel Miss Lottie's pain and despair.
When does Lizabeth begin to have compassion?
400
They both get made fun of by other kids.
How are Elena and Eugene both outsiders?
400
Romeo and Juliet's families hate each other.
What is keeping Romeo and Juliet from being together?
400
When you differentiate between things, you detect a difference between them.
What does differentiate mean?
400
Guys-Suit, tie. Clean shaven Girls-Suit or nice pants/top. NO "loud" nail polish.
How should you dress when you go on an interview?
500
Hearing her father cry and pulling out Miss Lottie's marigolds.
What two events contribute most directly to the end of Lizabeth's innocence?
500
Small, personal tragedies can seem more important than large, shared tragedies.
What is a theme of the story?
500
Leave his family and be with her.
When Juliet makes the "What's in my name?" speech, what does she wish Romeo could do?
500
A quality that someone or something possesses intrinsically is part of that person's or object's nature or personality.
What does intrinsically mean?
500
Get good grades and get involved in extra curricular activities.
What is the most important thing to do in high school in order to get into college?
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