So, ever heard of context clues?? (CCI)
Yeah, Mr. Jacques and Mr. Meigs taught me!
Red Moon Insanity!
Dysentery Sounds Pretty Awful
What? I have to have a fifth category?
100
Name each of the five context clues that you have been taught to date. (+100 for each, 500 points possible)
Description, Compare, Contrast, Cause and Effect, and Structural
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When should you use context clues?
When you don't have a dictionary or Mr. Jacques (I'm not sure why you'd use a different teacher for help, Mr. Jacques is the wordsmith of wordsmiths), and you want to guess a word to look hyper-uber-intelligent in front of the ladies.
100
When "Tennessee" has India look at the green lights hovering over the dead soldiers, what does he tell her he thinks they are?
Souls leaving the body
100
What does the cover of the book represent?
India looking over the battlefield underneath the "Red Moon"
100
What famous general was Pa working for?
General Stonewall "Imagine How Bad the North Would Have Won Had I Been a Union General" Jackson
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What is a "keyword"?
A word that clues us in on what strategy to use.
200
A ______ is something attached to the beginning of a word (mis, ir, un)...while a _______ is something attached to the end of a word (-ology, -cide)
Prefix, Suffix
200
What is special about Oberlin college? How does India intend to pay her way if she goes? (200 points for each part, 400 points total)
Oberlin accepts girls, she will work on the college farm
200
How does India's father die? +200 if you can tell me what is especially tragic about it (think Emory...)
From his illness, and India almost got the medicine on time
200
Two parts (+200 a piece): Write a sentence with a semicolon or em dash. Also, explain the difference between a restatement beginning and a "hook" beginning.
... Hooks are questions/quotes/exclamations or other attention-grabbing ways to start a response/essay/story.
300
What kind of context clue is this, what is the keyword (if applicable), and what might the vocab word mean? The mountains on the west coast are incredibly behemothic, unlike many east coast peaks which are smaller and easier to climb.
Contrast, unlike, huge
300
What kind of context clue is this, what is the keyword (if applicable), and what might the vocab word mean? Due to the xenophobic attitudes of the Americans, they would not let any immigrants eat in their diner.
Cause and effect, "due to", xenophobic means prejudiced/racist
300
How does Pa's account of Amos Birdsong differ from that toolbox Captain Davis?
Pa loves Amos, feels bad for him, paints a picture of a young man who just wanted to get home. Captain Davis wants to be all macho (like an 8th grade boy) and say Amos was deserting and should be shot.
300
When India shows her Pa the trick with the sulfur, what does he think is happening?
Alchemy/magic
300
Sentence length, word choice, word order, sentence structure, and punctuation are all parts of what ELA term?
Voice
400
What is one of the two languages many structural pieces are rooted in? For example, mater/pater/frater?
Latin or Greek
400
What kind of context clue is this, what is the keyword (if applicable), and what might the vocab word mean? Alistair was very sedulous. A hard-worker who never quit, he got all A+++++++++ grades in Mr. Jacques's classes.
Description, no keyword, hard-worker
400
In our most recent chapter, Emory reveals his new feelings about the war to India. What are they?
That it is actually good that the CSA loses the war. Emory thinks that things will be better post war, with women being allowed to have new roles in life.
400
What does Pa destroy? Remember, it's something his grandfather built...
Destroys a bridge
400
Review question: list one type of conflict for each of the four types of conflict, all focusing on Red Moon.
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500
Find all the vocab words in the following sentences, and then label the strategies you would use to guess the words, ending with the definition: Emily was tired. She had been hiking up Little Bigelow for just under three hours, and was close to the "saddle". She was already enervated, similar to someone who had been hiking for days without sleeping, and she needed a place to rest. Additionally, she had gone through her water, and needed to find more. Because the only water source was a nearby stream, Emily had to depurate it and make it safe for drinking. Nothing like getting Giardia to ruin your weekend...
Enervated, compare, similar to, exhausted > depurate, C+E, because, purify
500
As discussed in class, we use structural context clues by breaking down the pieces of a word. We talked about how sometimes these pieces come at the beginning of a word (mis-, ir-, in-) and how some come at the end (-cide). In your group, come up with as many of these pieces as you can. NO using "opposite" parts. +500 for EACH!!!!! (WOWZA)
-ology, -phobia, -archy, mater, frater, pater, astro, bio, -demic, and on and on and on...
500
Two parter (you must get both): Who takes care of Mama when she is grieving after Pa's death (aside from India)? Also, how does India already have enough money to go to Oberlin for at least one semester?
Spreckle Sisters (or Dr. Hooks) - India found it on the battlefield at Sharpsburg
500
Name any four people who have died in Red Moon.
Tom Trimble, Rupert Trimble, India's schoolteacher, Pa, Amos Birdsong, Turner Ashby...
500
List FIVE things you can do to check for reliability in an article or website.
Footnotes, endnotes, site address (i.e, .edu or .gov), date updated, author credentials, bibliography, works cited, quotes, further reading, external links, date published
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