Plot Points
Chloroformed
What literary element is being used here? "Before I could answer, Mirabella sprang out of the hall closet and snapped through Jeanette’s homework binder. Pages and pages of words swirled around the stone corridor, like dead leaves off trees."
Simile
"HWRHA! GWARR! TRRRRRRR!"
Mirabella
One Sunday near the end of my time at St. Lucy’s, the sisters gave me a special pass to go visit the parents. The woodsman had to accompany me; I couldn’t remember how to find the way back on my own. I wore my best dress and brought along some prosciutto and dill pickles in the picnic basket. We crunched through the fall leaves in silence, and every step made me sadder. What childhood story is this alluding (referring) to?
The Little Red Riding Hood
Why does the pack not want to be paired with Mirabella?
"The pack" will earn Negative Skills points or she is crazy, wild, unruly.
Sophisticated
Very knowledgeable about the world and cultures
What is the tone of this passage:
At seven o'clock on the dot, Sister Ignatius blew her whistle and frog-marched us into the ball. The nuns had transformed the rectory into a very scary place. Purple and silver balloons started popping all around us. Black streamers swooped down from the eaves and got stuck in our hair like bats. A full yellow moon smirked outside the window.
Scary, overwhelming, dark
“What lovely weather we’ve been having!”
Claudette
What literary technique is Russell using here: "In Copacabana, the girls are fat and languid and eat pink slivers of guava right out of your hand. Even at Stage 1, their pelts are silky, sun-bleached to near invisibility."?
Imagery
What human trait does Claudette excel in?
Reading "I was reading at a fifth grade reading level"
Lycanthropic
the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf
What's the mood of this passage:
The sisters swept our hair back into high, bouffant hairstyles. This made us look more girlish and less inclined to eat people, the way that squirrels are saved from looking like rodents by their poofy tails. I was wearing a white organdy dress with orange polka dots. Jeanette was wearing a mauve organdy dress with blue polka dots. Linette was wearing a red organdy dress with white polka dots.
Cheerful, happy, festive
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"
Kyle or the brothers
What do the girls lose by attending" St. Lucy's..."?
Family values, trust, kindness towards each other.
Why does Claudette feel “a low mad anger at the nuns” when they announce the dance?
Claudette is not ready for the final assessment
Ostracized
exclude someone from a society or group.
Come up with a simile to describe Mirabella!
Example: she is as wild as a herd of elephants in the Sahara Desert
"DO YOU WANT TO END UP SHUNNED BY BOTH SPECIES?"
Video or the Slide show (Claudette was forced to watch)
How could the pack be shunned by both species?
In the video there is a girl who did not rehabilitate successfully; she is shunned and has no place in the world. She lost her wolf instincts and cannot survive in the woods.
What are some of the lessons the pack is learning at St. Lucy’s?
"be kind to Gods creators", "bike riding", "manners" (etiquette)
Debutante
rich girl goes to rich party to meet rich husband
Come up with a simile to describe Jeanette
Example: Jeanette is selfish like a dog a supper time.
"Something must be done."
Sister Ignatius or one of the nuns
What is the significance of scent throughout the text?
Scent is important because it's how the girls recognized one another, once they lose that they lose a piece of themselves.