Monday, 11/7: Homework, Debrief Test #11, Vocab, Alyce

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lKP5feLlI6TGIEDpyk7GSY48Qf4TuPtlPM9SqcEMJF0/edit?usp=sharing

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Madness = insanity
All = everythingCopy This week’s Vocab:divinest = most perfect, the best
discerning = able to see and understand things clearly and intelligently
starkest = most obvious
prevail = wins
assent = say yes
demur = say no
metamorphosis = a major change in the
appearance or character of someone or something
transfix = to surprise or shock someone into not moving
Poem #435
by Emily Dickinson 

Much Madness is divinest Sense–
To a discerning Eye–
Much Sense–the starkest Madness–
‘Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail
Assent–and you are sane–
Demur–you’re straightway dangerous–
And handled with a Chain–

  1. Copy this week’s vocab and defs. into your notebook.
  2. Each Color is a different group, 1-6.  “Translate” your line.
  3. What is the message of the poem?

 

Debrief Test #11. Ugh.


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ALYCE – Chapter 16 and 17?

  1. Alyce has three good options in Chapter 17; but instead of choosing one of these, she decides to return to the village.
    -What are her three options?  -Why does she decide to return to the village instead?
  2. Initially, Jane Sharp would not allow Alyce to be her apprentice again. Why?
  3. Did Alyce find what she was looking for from life?
  4. What do you think the main theme of the book is?
  5. Read the dedication. What does it mean?

-What might Alyce think about living here today and going to 7th Grade classes at Laguna? What makes you think so? What attributes does she have that might make her be successful here and now.