Thursday, April 18, 2013

A Wind in the Door by Madeline L'Engle


Chaper 1
Why is Charles Wallace picked on at school?  When did it start?  Why hasn't anyone done anything to stop it?
Vocabulary:
forage (9)
forlorn (10)
implausible (12)
inevitable (19)
symbiotic (20)
lethargic (21)

Chapter 2
In what ways is Meg different from her siblings?  How does she fit into her family?
Vocabulary:
ailment (33)
intuition (34)
precarious (37)
fascimile (38)
lucrative (43)
consolation (53)

Chapter 3
What are each of the three children asked to do by Teacher?
Vocabulary:
indignation (57)
ludicrous (59)
adapt (60)
radiant (63)
acute (66)

Chapter 4
What are Echthroi?  What do they do?
Vocabulary:
solidify (77)
negate (84)
fissure (87)

Chapters 5 - 6
Which was the real Mr. Jenkins?  How did Meg figure it out?
Vocabulary:
wary (94)
opaque (95)
rancid (102)
lax (110)
farce (111)

Chapter 7
What have you learned about mitochondria and farandolae at this point?
Vocabulary:
phobia (122)
intuition (126)
dispute (138)

Chapters 8 - 9
How is kything different than thinking?  Why is it hard for Meg?
Vocabulary:
concievable (146)
undulate (149)
revert (155)

Chapter 10
What does the author mean when she says that people, stars and farandolae "come of age"?
Vocabulary:
baffling (163)
avid (167)

Chapters 11 - 12
How are galaxies, people and mitochondria related?  What do you think the author wanted you to take from this book?
Vocabulary:
dissonance (175)
abhor (181)
elude (191)

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