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"Seventh Grade". 1. Summarize the exposition of the story. Victor is starting 7th grade and has decided to sign up for French class because his crush, Teresa, is taking it. 2. What does Victor decide to take for his elective?. *French. 3. Who is Michael?. *Victor's best friend.
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1. Summarize the exposition of the story. Victor is starting 7th grade and has decided to sign up for French class because his crush, Teresa, is taking it.
2. What does Victor decide to take for his elective? *French 3. Who is Michael? *Victor's best friend
4. What has Michael decided to do to impress girls this year? Why? *Michael has decided to scowl at girls like he has seen super models do. He thinks that that will get girls to like him.
5. After the bell rang, "Teresa_________, talking with the homeroom teacher." lingered 6. What does Victor say to Teresa as they leave homeroom? *Teresa says, "Hi, Victor," as they leave homeroom. He smiled back and said, "Yeah, that's me."
7. How does Victor embarrass himself in English class? *Victor is asked to name a noun and he blurts out Teresa's name. 8. What is a noun? Give an example of a noun.
9. What does Victor do at lunch? Victor looks for Teresa and daydreams about taking her to a movie. 10. Summarize what happens in French class. Mr. Bueller asks if anyone knows French and Victor speaks up and says that he does in order to try to impress Teresa. Victor babbles gibberish. Mr. Bueller knows that Victor cannot speak French, but Teresa asks Victor for help studying.
11. What is the point of view? *third person omniscient "Mr. Bueller looked at Victor, and Victor looked back. Oh please, don't say anything, Victor pleaded with his eyes." "He remembered his college years when he dated a girlriend in borrowed cars."
12. Summarize the resolution of the story. Victor has succeeded in impressing Teresa, and now they plan to study French together.
Vocabulary • quiver • linger • portly • sheepishly • ferocity • unison Latin roots • lect • uni
"Thank You M'am" 1. In the exposition of the story,_________attempts to___________________________. Roger steal Mrs. Jones' purse 2. How does Mrs. Jones react to this? Mrs. Jones is angry and kicks Roger.
3. What does Mrs. Jones notice about Roger? What does she do? Mrs. Jones notices that he looks thin and dirty. She takes him home, cleans him up, and feeds him 4. What is Roger's internal conflict in the passage? Roger is trying to decide whether he should run, or if he should stay and eat the dinner Mrs. Jones is fixing him.
5. What can you infer about Roger's life? Roger has no home and no family to take care of him. 6. What can you infer about Mrs. Jones' adolescence? Mrs. Jones lets Roger know that she has made mistakes and done wrong things when she was young too.
7. Why does Roger offer to go buy some milk for Mrs. Jones? Roger wants to prove to Mrs. Jones that she can trust him with her money. 8. In the resolution of the story, Mrs. Jones ____________________________________ gives Roger the $10 to buy blue-suede shoes.
9. How do you think Roger will remember his encounter with Mrs. Jones?
Vocabulary • barren • mistrust • frail • presentable
Prefixes that mean not im- ir- dis- in- un- mis- non il a- anti- dys-
Point of View • first person • third person limited • third person omniscient • third person objective
