Jeanette
Claudette
Mirabella
The Pack
Sister de le Guardia
Sister Josephine
100

This is considered to be the main commandment of Wolf-Life.

Know your place.


100

Claudette failed to master this type of dance.

Sausalito


100

This was written on the final slide of the Stage 2 slideshow.

"DO YOU WANT TO END UP SHUNNED BY BOTH SPECIES?"


100

This word means: "relating to or resulting from motion."

Kinetic


100

The meaning of this word is: "(of a person or a place) maintained in a neat and clean condition; well cared for."

Kempt


100

This word can mean: "(of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic" or "severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance."

Austere


200

This word means: “causing feelings of uneasiness, confusion, or disturbance; unsettling or troubling.”

Disconcerting


200

[The selecting team will have 10 seconds to answer the following question. If answered correctly, the team may choose to take the 1000 points or steal 500 from another team.]

This best explains Claudette's reaction towards Mirabella when she came begging to have her wounds licked.

She has begun Stage Three / She has begun to reject wolf culture and view human culture as superior.


200

This word means: "behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)."

Abasing



200

This word, quite literally, means: "hairy". Like...really hairy.

Hirsute


200

This word means: "a place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives."

Apiary


200

St. Lucy's Home, which is considered to be this kind of establishment, is the primary setting for the story.

A religious boarding school/reformatory.


300

"The oldest sister had spent the past hour twitching in her sleep, dreaming of fatty and infirm elk."

The meaning of the italicized word is...

"[N]ot physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness."


300

300

The definition of this word is to: "stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way."

Slouch


300

Words for the Wise:

STUDY FOR AT LEAST 20 - 30 MINUTES TONIGHT!

300

Choose one person from each team to stand up, walk to the front of the classroom, and write...



All 5 benefits for reading out loud on the board. The team that lists the most in 15 seconds can add 1200 points to their score OR steal 1000 from another team.

300

This word can mean: "blissfully happy" or "imparting holy bliss."

Beatific


400

This means: "(of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed".

Languid


400

"I probably could have vied with Jeanette for the number one spot, but I'd seen what happened if you gave in to your natural aptitudes. This wasn't like the woods, where you had to be your fastest and your strongest and your bravest self. Different sorts of calculations were required to survive at the home" (233).

The meaning of the italicized word is...

"[C]ompete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something."


400

"Doomed squirrels gamboled around her stony toes."

The meaning of the italicized word is...

"[R]un or jump about playfully."

400

[The selecting team will have 10 seconds to answer the following question. If answered correctly, the team may choose to take the 1000 points or steal 500 from another team.]

Name all five of the benefits we discussed regarding "Reading Out Loud".

400

This word means: "the technique or process of taking a rubbing from an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art."

Frottage


400

This word means: "culturally backward or unsophisticated."

Backwoods


500

This word describes someone skilled in and studies foreign languages.

Linguist


500

"The purebred girls were making mistakes on purpose, in order to give us an advantage. 'King me,' I growled, out of turn. 'I say king me!' and Felicity meekly complied" (231).

The italicized word means...

"Behaving in a quiet, gentle, and submissive manner."



500

"One night she came to me, holding her hand out. She was covered with splinters, keening a high, whining noise through her nostrils" (236).

The meaning of the italicized word is...

"(Of a sound) prolonged and high-pitched, typically in a way that expresses grief or sorrow."


500

The Pack's experiences at St. Lucy's cause immense emotional, physical, and cognitive dissonance as they are torn between ___________ and ____________. (Answers will vary)

They feel torn between their old ways and the new expectations at the school.

 

500

Take a stretch break! Everyone stand UP and stretch for 20 seconds!

500

"They unslatted the windows at night so that long fingers of moonlight beckoned us from the woods" (231).

The italicized word means...

"[To] make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow."

600

Choose one person from each team to stand up, walk to the front of the classroom, and write...



Define the literary terms paradox, allusion, and motif on the board. The team that lists all OR the most correct in 20 seconds can add 1200 points to their score OR steal 1000 from another team.

600

"I probably could have vied with Jeanette for the number one spot, but I'd seen what happened if you gave in to your natural aptitudes. This wasn't like the woods, where you had to be your fastest and your strongest and your bravest self. Different sorts of calculations were required to survive at the home" (233).

The meaning of the italicized word is...

"[A] natural ability to do something."


600

This word means, "[to] exclude (someone) from a society or group".

Ostracize


600

This word derives from Latin to mean "wolf" joined with "human being".

Lycanthropy


600

This word can either mean: "(in Roman Catholic doctrine) a place or state of temporary suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven" or "having the quality of cleansing or purifying".

Purgatory


600

This word means: "a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians."

Catechism


700

"If you interrupted her in the midst of one of these reveries, she would lunge at you with an elder-sister ferocity, momentarily forgetting her human catechism" (234).

The italicized word means...

"[A] state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream."


700

This word means: "cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations."

Confounding


700

This word is a synonym of "delicious".

Delectable: "(of food or drink) delicious."


700

This was the reason the girls were ostracized by both humans and wolves. (Answers will vary)

Too wolf to be human and too human to be wolf.


700

The definition of this word is: "(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects."

Virulent


700

"The oldest sister howled something awful and inarticulable, a distillate of hurt and panic, half-forgotten hunts and eclipsed moons" (229).

The italicized word means...

"[I]ncapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings."


800

"If you interrupted her in the midst of one of these reveries, she would lunge at you with an elder-sister ferocity, momentarily forgetting her human catechism" (234).

The italicized word means...

"[T]he state or quality of being ferocious - wild, scary, and fierce."


800

"At this point, we'd had six weeks of lessons, and still nobody could do the Sausalito but Jeanette. The nuns decided we needed an inducement to dance." (239).

The meaning of the italicized word is...

"A thing that persuades or influences someone to do something."



800

This word can mean either: "neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting" or "a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb".

Oblique



800

"We interred sticks, and out itchy new jumpers, and the bones of the friendly, unfortunate squirrels" (228).

The italicized word means...

"[To] place/bury (a corpse/carcass/item) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites."

 


800

This phrase in Spanish means, "What barbarity".

Qué barbaridad!"


800

The definition of this word means: "(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary."

Colloquial


900

This word means: "denoting a simplified form of a language, especially as used by a nonnative speaker."

Pidgin


900

This word means: "filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement."

Exuberant


900

This word means: "the complete destruction of something."

Eradication


900

900

This word means: "(of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed."

Latent


900

This word means: "cultured, refined, and well-mannered."

Couth


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