Greek/Latin
This Latin root means "three" and is found in words like "tricycle" and "triangle."
What is tri?
Poe’s poem about a talking bird who only says “Nevermore.”
What is The Raven?
She is the matriarch of the family and wants to buy a house with her husband’s life insurance.
Who is Lena (Mama) Younger?
This part of your brain helps you make decisions, control impulses, and solve problems.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Miss Vricella is older than her brother, who is named after her grandfather.
Who is Tony?
This Greek root means "life" and appears in words like "biology" and "biography."
What is bio?
The Cask of Amontillado is a type of...
What is wine?
This city is where the Younger family lives in a small apartment, facing discrimination and poverty.
What is Chicago?
This object shot through Phineas Gage's head in 1853.
What is... a Tamping Iron
Ms. Vricella lived in this European City before moving to Chicago and becoming a teacher.
What is Paris, France
This Latin root means "to see" and appears in words like "vision" and "invisible."
What is "vid" or "vis"?
This body part was the source of a narrator's nightmares in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart"
What is an eye?
This character dreams of becoming a doctor and struggles to find her identity as a young Black woman.
Who is Beneatha Younger?
This seahorse-shaped brain structure helps you form and store new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This Chicago suburb - which starts with a "W" - was where Ms. Vricella taught last year.
What is Waukegan?
The Latin root "cred" is found in "incredible" and means this.
What is "to believe"?
This 19th century poet was in love with her brother's wife
Who is Emily Dickinson?
The title A Raisin in the Sun comes from this poet’s work.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This part of the brain helps control emotions and is especially active in teens.
What is the amygdala?
This Chilean-American actor stars in "The Last of Us", "The Mandelorian", and is dubbed the "internet's boyfriend". He is also the most handsome man on planet earth.
Who is Ms. Vricella's husband, Pedro Pascal.
If you are credible, people are likely to do this.
What is believe you?
Poe is known as the master of this dark, emotional genre.
What is Gothic Fiction?
This kind of conflict exists between the Younger family and the Clybourne Park neighborhood.
What is character vs. society?
This is the term for the brain’s ability to change and grow, especially during childhood and adolescence.
What is neuroplasticity?
Next year, Ms. Vricella will...
What is... she will not be returning to ICSJ, not because she does not love you or teaching, but because she wants to give her dreams a chance. She is so grateful to have met you, to have laughed and learned with you. She got a job as a film script translator and consultant at a Production Company in Rome Italy. She moves in two weeks and she will miss you all very much.