Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts

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)

Friday, March 1, 2013

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Chapter 1

What do we know about the characters Meg, Charles Wallace, and Ms. Whatsit?

Vocabulary:
uncanny (5)
exclusive (11)
fond (17)
supine (20)

Chapter 2

What changes Calvin's opinion of Charles Wallace's abilities?

Vocabulary:
dutifully (24)
belligerent (26)
indignant (31)
dilapidated (34)

Chapter 3

What work was Meg's father doing before his disappearance?

Vocabulary:
somber (40)
disbelief (47)
dame (49)
contradict (53)

Chapter 4

What do the children see when Ms. Whatsit takes them through the atmosphere?

Vocabulary:
corporeal (57)
void (57)
naive (62)
metamorphose (65)

Chapter 5

Explain what the medium is showing the children.

Vocabulary:
serenely (76)
intolerable (80)

Chapter 6

Why do you think all of the people in the town are acting the same?

Vocabulary:
writhe (91)
tangible (99)
talisman (100)
arrogance (102)
simultaneously (103)

Chapter 7

How does the man with the red eyes take over Charles Wallace?

Vocabulary:
bilious (115)
nondescript (116)
tolerant (121)
defiant (124)

Chapter 8

How has IT made life better for the people of Camazote?  Provide examples.

Vocabulary:
infuriate (134)
submit (136)
annihilate (139)

Chapter 9

Describe IT.

Vocabulary:
menacing (149)
insolent (153)
implore (156)
dais (157)

Chapter 10

Why is Meg so angry at her father?

Vocabulary:
atrophied (164)
imperceptible (170)
omnipotent (172)
loathing (174)

Chapter 11

Why will Meg's father not be tessering back alone?

Vocabulary:
distinct (178)
prompt (179)
despondent (188)

Chapter 12

How is Meg able to save Charles Wallace?

Vocabulary:
nauseating (206)