ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
identify how the author's personal life is reflected in the story, provide an image
William Trevor
born: May 24, 1928 (age 85)
he won the Casta Novel
Spuse is Jane Ryan
Born in Mitchels town
PREREADING REFLECTION:
What character traits and physical qualities do you associate with witches?
I think a witch's traits would be she would be very ugly. She would have a weird hat. She would also have a green face and a mole.
Have you ever formed an opinion about someone's personality and later changed that opinion? How did you form your first opinion? What caused you to change it?
Yes, I have seen someone like that. I have seen the people that he was with and i thought he was going to be mean. when i started to talk to him I thought he was very nice.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:
Define each term as it is used in the context of the story. Provide a quote from the story in proper quote format and include a page number.
Gorgeous - to be very pretty " My dear, how gorgeous!"
Extraordinary - Not ordinary " Extraordinary, girl, no more then sixteen she was"
Tedious - a long time and not fun " how tedious the weekend is going to be"
Occupied - busy. "with her occupied mother"
Contemptuously - mad " Really France contemptuously exclaimed before she went to sleep"
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
Provide 4 examples for each idea and use examples from the text to support
Frances HAS POWER in a conversation or situation
Frances DOES NOT HAVE POWER in a conversation or situation
identify how the author's personal life is reflected in the story, provide an image
William Trevor
born: May 24, 1928 (age 85)
he won the Casta Novel
Spuse is Jane Ryan
Born in Mitchels town
PREREADING REFLECTION:
What character traits and physical qualities do you associate with witches?
I think a witch's traits would be she would be very ugly. She would have a weird hat. She would also have a green face and a mole.
Have you ever formed an opinion about someone's personality and later changed that opinion? How did you form your first opinion? What caused you to change it?
Yes, I have seen someone like that. I have seen the people that he was with and i thought he was going to be mean. when i started to talk to him I thought he was very nice.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:
Define each term as it is used in the context of the story. Provide a quote from the story in proper quote format and include a page number.
Gorgeous - to be very pretty " My dear, how gorgeous!"
Extraordinary - Not ordinary " Extraordinary, girl, no more then sixteen she was"
Tedious - a long time and not fun " how tedious the weekend is going to be"
Occupied - busy. "with her occupied mother"
Contemptuously - mad " Really France contemptuously exclaimed before she went to sleep"
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
Provide 4 examples for each idea and use examples from the text to support
Frances HAS POWER in a conversation or situation
Frances DOES NOT HAVE POWER in a conversation or situation
Frances HAS POWER in a conversation or situation
When her and Mis. Perego were talking about witches. But Frances was doing most of the talking.
When she is talking to Mr. Addleripe about the nice girl who came for the weekend. When she is talking to Miss. Perego about witches and she thinks she konws alll about witches |
Frances DOES NOT HAVE POWER in a conversation or situation
When her and Miss. Perego are at the river and there is a snake there and Miss. Perego made it go away with her power.
When Mr. Addleripe was telling Frances about witches. When Frances's mom was says to her "well you can't just sit there all morning staring at poor Miss. Perego" When Mr. Addleripe was talking about all the witches he knows all around the world. |