Characters
Who is Mr. Corrigan?
Jane's chauffeur
What does Jane say when Mr. Corrigan offers to bring her her clothes?
Jane rejects this offer due to her pride.
Look on page 253 and find imagery that reinforces how unsafe the immigrants’ living conditions are as a result of their poverty. You have 30 seconds.
“Rusty pipes,” “children falling from half demolished buildings,” peddlers who scooped out food with the same hand they coughed in,” “the dead horse in the street”
What does Spartan mean?
severe, rigorous, disciplined
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of your/you’re.
_______ going to be late to school if you go back and get ________ homework, which you left on the desk in ______ room.
you're, your, your
Who is Charles Livingston?
The lawyer Yetta had approached and the person they want to set Jane up with.
What does Bella go out to buy in the cold?
How does Jane’s conversation with Mr. Corrigan on pages 256-7 subvert the idea that money is God? (subvert means to undermine the power and authority of something)
Jane is happier with less money that she earns herself than with more money that her father earned through exploiting his workers.
What vocabulary word means an annoying person
gadfly
Which quotation is cited correctly?
1) Jane describes how quickly time has passed when she says, “the summer had melted away in a blur of trips to the beach with Millicent and Harriet” (pg. 252).
2) Jane describes how quickly time has passed when she says, “the summer had melted away in a blur with trips to the beach with Millicent and Harriet” (252).
3) On page 252 Jane describes how quickly time has passed when she says, “The summer had melted away with trips to the beach with Millicent and Harriet”
4) Jane describes how quickly time has passed when she says, “the summer had melted away in a blur with trips to the beach with Millicent and Harriet.” (252)
2
What does Jane find out about her father and Miss Milhouse?
Her father was rejected by a woman whom he proposed to; Miss Milhouse was in love with Jane’s father.
Where has Mr. Corrigan been searching for Jane? Why?
The triangle shirtwaist factory because that is where Eleanor’s chauffeur said he dropped her off.
Find textual evidence that proves that Jane is a courageous character in your reading for today. Note that this quotation could be used in an essay over the first essay topic, Who is more courageous, Bella or Jane? You have 1 minute.
Various answers.
Which vocabulary word is best suited for Halloween?
macabre
Which sentence is grammatically correct ?
1) Jane sees Mr. Corrigan, and he seems to be more loving than her father.
2) Jane sees Mr. Corrigan and, he seems to be more loving than her father.
3) Jane sees Mr. Corrigan and he seems to be more loving than her father.
1
Review the paragraph that starts, ”Jane smiled with fondness” on page 254 and provide quoted evidence of Jane’s character development.
"A year ago, she would have been thinking, 'Is that car grander than ours? Is that chauffeur's uniform smarter than Mr. Corrigan's? How about that lady's hat...Now she didn't care about cars or chauffer's uniforms, and she was wearing a hat that she and her friends had put together from bits and scraps and other women's casts-offs'" (254)
What lie does Jane’s father tell about where she is? How does it reveal his prioritization of reputation over honesty?
He says Jane is visiting her aunt in Chicago so that her reputation isn’t ruined by the suggestion that she had an illicit affair when she ran away.
Find textual evidence on page 268 that the rose Bella buys symbolizes hope. If a group has already answered the 500 question in this category, then you may not use any of those quotations in your answer.
Various answers, but one quotation is, “[The rose] made everything else they had hoped for seem so closer” ( 268)
What vocabulary word (from either unit 1 or 2) best describes Bella and Yetta?
pittance or impecunious
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for? Why is knowing the FANBOYS important?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so The FANBOYS are coordinating conjunctions, and they help you know that you need to place commas in sentences where two independent clauses are connected by coordinating conjunctions.
"I haven’t been lost…I know exactly where I am.” (256) Explain what Jane's statement means literally and figuratively.
Literally, Jane knows her exact location: in the poor section of town with Bella and Yetta. Figuratively, Jane has discovered her identity: an independent woman who makes her own money honestly.
What does Charles Livingston tell Jane?
What does Charles Livingston tell Jane? His answer to Yetta’s question about if workers have any legal recourse if the owners violate the strike agreement: They do not have legal recourse because it was a verbal, instead of written agreement. He also says that one of his professors wrote a letter about the unsafe conditions of the factory.
Find and explain 3 similes (comparisons using like or as) about the rose Bella buys on pages 267-8. You have 1 minute.
“Like the rose was a magic wand,” “as if it were a roaring fire,” “as if she’d conjured up a spell in the icy room,” “as if she were lighting a candle in the church” These similes emphasize how the rose heals the three girls as if by magic. All of the fire related imagery suggests that the rose is a cure for all of the “icy” circumstances they are having to endure.
What vocab word was in your reading for today?!
Spurned
"Her father--spurned" (259)
How many errors are in this sentence?
one group is gonna be victorious in this jeopardy game, because there group will answer the most questions correctly, which will help boost their score they will get candy from the bag over their as a prize for winning.
5 (one, gonna, first comma, there, run-on)