Pre-reading: “Marigolds”



Pre-reading: “Marigolds”

Anticipation Guide

Statement agree disagree Why?

|Living in poverty makes a person stronger. | | | |

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|Hard work and perseverance will always help a | | | |

|person to escape poverty. | | | |

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|Misery loves company. (A person who is miserable | | | |

|wants the others around him/her to be miserable, | | | |

|too.) | | | |

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|Children generally do not have the ability to | | | |

|empathize or understand other people’s emotions or| | | |

|feelings. | | | |

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|People tend to remember how an event from the past| | | |

|made them feel, rather than the exact details of | | | |

|what occurred. The actual details of our memories| | | |

|are fuzzy and misleading. | | | |

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EFFORT SCORE: 5 4 3 2 1 0

Outstanding effort Good effort Adequate effort Weak effort Incomplete Nothing done

Vocabulary: "Marigolds"

Definition Example from text

| | |"I suppose that futile waiting was the sorrowful background music of our |

|impoverished (adj.) |poor |impoverished little community..." (108). |

|poverty (n.) | | |

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|There were several dilapidated shacks in the impoverished community. If a | |

|group of people is impoverished, they are considered to be poor. | |

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| | |"As I think of those days, I feel most poignantly the tag-end of summer..." (108) |

| |in a profoundly moving manner | |

|poignantly (adv.) | | |

|poignant (adj.) | | |

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|The photo of the soldier carrying the little boy was a poignant one. The | |

|fighter is poignantly holding the boy in his arms. | |

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Definition Example from text

| | |"...her face had Indian-like features and the stern stoicism that one associates |

| |indifference to pleasure or pain; not showing |with Indian faces" (111). |

|stoicism (n.) |emotion | |

|stoic (adj.) | | |

| |Draw your own image and write a sentence below it, using the word correctly. |

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|Spock is a stoic Vulcan who values logic, not emotion. A person who does not| |

|show his/her emotions demonstrates stoicism. | |

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|perverse (adj.) |stubbornly contrary; wrong, harmful |"For some perverse reason, we children hated those marigolds" (111). |

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|Excessive bodybuilding gave the man a perverse appearance. | |

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| | |"...the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation..." (115) |

| |- a decline to a lower condition, with loss of| |

|degradation (n.) |dignity | |

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| |Draw your own image and write a sentence below it, using the word correctly. |

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|Slaves were forced to experience extreme degradation. They were degraded, or| |

|treated as less than human, by their owners. | |

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| | |"She had been born in squalor..." (116). |

| |- a filthy and wretched condition |[pic] SQUALOR |

|squalor (n.) | | |

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|This young girl lives in a state of squalor. She is forced to live in filth | |

|and squalor. If you live in squalor, you are living in extreme poverty. | |

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|compassion (n) |a deep awareness of the suffering of another |"This was the beginning of compassion, and one cannot have both compassion and |

| |coupled with the wish to relieve it |innocence" (116). |

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|The doctor showed great compassion for his patients. | |

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VOCABULARY SCORE = ____ out of 7

DURING READING ASSIGNMENT:

"Marigolds," pages 107-116

|DIRECTIONS: As you read, keep track of any questions, confusions, insights (reading between the lines), or connections that you have. Make sure to write them|

|down, along with the page number on which they occurred. |

|Questions |Confusions |Insights |Connections |

|- I wonder if... |- I'm not sure what this means, so I'm |- I think the author is trying to say |This reminds me of... |

| |going to reread this part. |that.... |Similarly, ... |

|- Why does... | |- I can infer that... | |

| | |- Reading between the lines, I can see | |

|- What does the author mean | |that.... | |

|when he/she says... | | | |

EFFORT SCORE: 5 4 3 2 1 0

Outstanding effort Good effort Adequate effort Weak effort Incomplete Nothing done

AFTER READING ASSIGNMENT:

"Marigolds," pages 107-116

|PROOFREADING CHECKLIST - You will lose points if your response is sloppy or contains errors. SELF PEER |

|You have read your response aloud to a partner. As you read, you stopped and made corrections. |Your initials: |

|Your writing is legible. You have capitalized the first word in every sentence and the pronoun I. | | |

|You have checked any usage of there, their (possessive), or they're (they are). | | |

|You have included two quotations from the story. You have lead into and blended each quotation smoothly. | | |

|Each quotation is followed by a parenthetical citation: Lead into and blend, "Quotation" (108). | | |

|You have looked up or double-checked the spelling of any possibly misspelled words. | | |

5 = outstanding 4 = good work 3= adequate 2 = sloppy 1 = partially complete 0 = incomplete

* Goes above and *Meets all requirements. *Contains an *Too many * Missing major elements

beyond Few if any errors error or two errors or the assignment

"Marigolds" - Notes from Discussion

Lizabeth's Internal Conflict (109, 113, 115-116)

|Quotes: |Identify the conflict(s). |

|The Impact of the Conversation (114-115) |Lizabeth's Rite of Passage (115-116) |

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|Innocence & Compassion - What does she mean? (116) |"And I too have planted marigolds" (116). What does she mean? |

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| |Symbolism of the Marigolds |

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EFFORT SCORE: 5 4 3 2 1 0

Outstanding effort Good effort Adequate effort Weak effort Incomplete Nothing done

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QUESTIONS, CONFUSIONS, INSIGHTS, or CONNECTIONS + (pg. #)

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Focus Question

Detail Lizabeth's internal conflict throughout the story.

1. Stop on page 113 after the children's initial "attack" on Miss Lottie. What do you notice about Lizabeth's reaction to the incident?

2. Stop on page 115 after Lizabeth overhears her parents' conversation. Describe the impact of this conversation on Lizabeth.

3. After reading the conclusion of the story, what do you notice about Lizabeth's new state of mind? What does she realize about innocence and compassion?

PARTNER'S RESPONSE (take notes from discussion)

DIRECTIONS: Construct a 140+ word response to the focus question below. Incorporate two quotations from the story in your response. Answer the question fully using complete sentences. BE CONSCIOUS OF CORRECTNESS. Use complete sentences. Capitalize at the start of sentences. Make sure to write neatly and legibly.

FOCUS QUESTION: In what ways does Lizabeth change throughout the course of the story? Consider her state of mind at the end of the story, along with what he experiences and learns throughout her rite of passage. Use at least two quoted examples from the story to help support your points.

RESPONSE to FOCUS QUESTION: 140+ words, use a pencil so you can erase and make corrections.

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