ELAR 9TH GRADE 2017-2018

WELCOME TO FOX TECH

HEALTH AND LAW MAGNET HS

StudentsshoulddownloadafreePDF,(thereisoneontheFTschoolwebpage)accessanebookorthepublic

Librarybook,orprintaPDFofThePearlbyJohnSteinbeck.Readthenovelcompletely.

Afterreadingthebook,completethefollowingpacket.

Youwillturninyourpacketduringthefirsttwoweeksofschool.

Name:_______________________________ ID#________________

THEPEARL

ByJohnSteinbeck

VocabularyforThePearl

E1.1EUsingdictionariesandthesaurusesdeterminewordmeaning,partofspeech,oretymologies.

Directions:Onaseparatesheetofpaper,writethefollowinginformationforeachofthetermsbelow: Word,partofspeech,definition,synonyms,antonyms,andasentenceinwhichyouusethewordcorrectly

CHAPTER1

WRITINGPROMPT:Whatfactorsdeterminethetypeofmusicyoulistento?Thinkofonesongthatisimportanttoyou.Whatsortofmemoriesdoesthissongevoke?Whenyoulistentothissong,howdoesitinfluenceyourmood?Writeyourresponseintheboxbelow.

Genre:MexicanFolktale

Setting:ColonialMexicanSociety

Location:Coastalvillage,LaPaz

Style:Parable-asimple,shortwork,usuallyfictitious,thatrelaysamorallessonoftenaboutgoodandevil

Allegory–storiesinwhichcharacters,objectsandeventsholdfixed,symbolicmeaning

CHAPTER1-3

1. COVEY 7.PRECIPITATED 1.BENIGN 7.GOADING2. INDIGENT 8.LUCENT 2.LEGERDEMAIN 8.MONOLITHIC3. LATEEN 9.DISPARAGEMENT 3.EDIFICE 9.ESCARPMENT4. BULWARK 10.SUBJUGATION 4.LEPROSY 10.INTERCESSION5. PERCEPTIBLE 11.PROPHECY 5.WANING 11.PETULANT6. ILLUSION 12.DISSEMBLING 6.COVERT 12.MALIGNANT

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Whatdoyoulearnaboutthedoctor’scharacterinthischapter?Howdoeshefeelaboutnatives?Providetextualevidenceforyouranswer.(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

CHAPTER2

Steinbeckusesanimalsassymbolsthroughouthisnovel.Whatdothedog,pig,andscorpionsymbolize?Whatevidencedoyoufindtosupportyouranswer?(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

ExplainhowthecanoeisasymbolofKino’sforefathers’legacy.(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

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Chapter3

Greedmaywellbedefinedasthe“badspirit”inallofus.Howwouldyouillustratethis“badSpirit”?Whatareitscharacteristics?Onthenextpage,explainhowgreedcaneitherbringsomeonesuccessand/orcausehis/herdownfall.

WhatisoneTHEMEinthefolktalethusfar?Explainyouropinion

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ILLUSTRATION: CHARACTERISTICS:

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WhatdilemmasdotheNativesface?HowdotheconsequencesofKino’schoicesreflectSteinbeck’smessageaboutthequandaryofKino’speople?

CHAPTER4

LITERARYTerms:

SYMBOLS–WHATDOTHEFOLLOWINGSYMBOLSREPRESENT?(Canoe,pearl,songs,scorpion)

CONFLICT–ListboththeinternalandexternalconflictsthatKinofacesinthischapter.

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Canoe:Pearl:Scorpion:Song:

INTERNAL: EXTERNAL

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CHAPTER5

HowdoesKinoreacttoJuana’sattempttothrowthepearlaway?Isthisjustified?Explainyouranswerusingthetext.(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

Howdoesthedescriptionofthepearldifferfromthepreviousdescription?(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

HowisJuanachanging?(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

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Juanainthebeginning Juananow

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Howisthedescriptionofthepearlattheendofchapter6differentfromtheearlierdescription?(ACE:provideananswer,supportthatanswerwithtextualevidence,explaintheanswer)

Explainwhatoccursattheendofthenovel.WhathappenstoKinoandhisfamily?Whathappenstothepearl?IswhatoccurredthebestforKinoandhisfamily?Explainyouranswers.

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