The Circuit
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
"My grandmother walked ____________ down the steep steps until I offered her my hand."
Instinctively | Hesitantly | Enthusiastically
Hesitantly
DAILY DOUBLE (WORTH 200)
Which definition best matches with the word extrasensory ?
Beyond the five senses | Beyond the Earth | Beyond the school curriculum
Beyond the five senses.
Which vocabulary word correctly completes the following sentence?
"The factory turns (raggedy | rough | crude) materils into usedful products."
Crude
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
"Four who do not belong here but are here. Four (raggedy | crude | rough) excuses planted by the city."
Raggedy
Is the bolded word use correctly or incorrectly in the following sentence?
"The meeting ended with an introductory speech."
Incorrectly
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
"The news reporters has a(n) ________________ way of speaking that is different from that of other reporters."
Distinctive | Occasion | Sophisticated | Rambling
Distinctive
DAILY DOUBLE (WORTH 400)
What is the best definition of the word vivid ?
Strong: very clear or sharp.
Is the bolded word in the sentence being used correctly or incorrectly?
"He wore a raggedy coat with holes and patches on the sleeves."
Correctly
Why does the family have to move in the beginning of the story?
The family has to move to follow the growing season for crops.
If something is extracurricular, does it mean that it is beyond the Earth, beyond the five senses, or beyond the school curriculum?
Beyond the school curriculum.
If something is memorable, it is what?
Important and worth remembering.
DAILY DOUBLE
Is the following line from Four Skinny Trees a simile, a metaphor, or personification? How do you know?
"They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger."
Personification because the author is giving human traits to a non-human object.
DAILY DOUBLE (WORTH 800)
How does the narrator feel about having to move again at the end of the story? Why does he feel this way?
The narrator is upset about having to move again at the end of the story because he finally felt comfortable and like he belongs at school.
In paragraph 13, the author says that "they were the bane of my existance." What is she referring to?
Her bouyant prosthetic legs.
Why do you think the author of Willow and Gingko wrote the last to lines in italics ?
The author wrote the last two lines in italics to put emphasis on the connection she felt to the willow tree and the ginkgo.
In the first four lines of "Four Skinny Trees" the narrator shares her thoughts about the trees. Why does she feel a close bond with them?
What is the adversity (challenge/problem) that the narrator faces in the story?
The challenge the narrator faces is having to move over and over again and never being able to settle in one place.
Explain how the title A Work In Progress fits the story.
The title fits because the author is also a work in progress. She is working to make progress for better prosthetics for those who need them.
DAILY DOUBLE (WORTH 1000)
Is the following line from Willow and Gingko a simile or a metaphor? How do you know?
"Then ginkgo is like a crude sketch,
Hardly worthy to be signed."
It is a simile because it uses like or as to compare two things that are seemingly unalike.
What does the author mean when she writes "When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees."
The author is sharing that when she feels like giving up, she can look to the trees for inspiration and hope to keep going.