1a. How do the boy and Evangeline become friends? What reason does the boy give for walking with Evangeline?
2a. Where did Evangeline tell the narrator to leave the paper? Why did she insist on this?
3a. What was Evangeline supposed to buy with her money?
4a. What does the boy see under the bridge?
1b. Why is it "out of the question" for the boy to talk to Evangeline? Why does he finally become friends with her?
2b. Why do you think she did this?
3b. What did Evangeline buy instead? Why do you think she did this?
4b. What must this make him realize? How do you think the boy might react to this realization?
5a. Look back to the story and identify ways in which the characters were affected by their setting. How do Evangeline and her family reflect the hardship of the dust years?
5b. Considering that the girls made fun of Evangeline's old dress, what does her decision about how to spend her money say about her? Would Evangeline be different if she lived during a more prosperous time? Why, or why not? Would the relationship between Evangeline and the narrator be different if they lived in a more prosperous setting? Why, or why not?
6a. What do you think the Osage orange tree symbolizes in "The Osage Orange Tree"?
6b. In the poem "Walking Along The Edge Of The Back Yard:," the author reminisces about his childhood days spent playing in a sandbox under an Osage orange tree. How does the setting of this poem differ from that of "The Osage Orange Tree"? How is the Osage orange tree depicted in the poem? Compare the childhood memories of the speaker in this poem to the memories that the boy might have in the short story.
Plot. Look back to your plot pyramid with examples from the story that illustrate points of the plot. Were there some parts of plot that were difficult to identify? Does the story cover all points of the plot pyramid? Consider plot from the author's perspective. What might the author of this story have hoped to achieve by ordering the events as he did? How effective is the author's ordering of the events in this story? Explain.
Setting. What are some of the ways the author creates setting in "The Osage Orange Tree"? Identify some details of setting that recur several times throughout the story. Why do you think the author chose to focus on some details of setting repeatedly throughout the story? Did you find any of the details of the setting Stafford creates particularly memorable? If so, which, and why? If not, why not?
1. Write a letter from the narrator to Evangeline describing how you feel about what she has done.
2. Make a list of five ways that a person can make new friends or be a good friend.
3. Write an alternate ending for the story, in which the boy and Evangeline discuss what has happened or in which the boy never finds out what Evangeline has done.
Matching. Match the Word for Everyday Use on the left with the correct definition on the right.
1. dwindle click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
2. sidle click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
3. timid click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
4. saunter click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
5. acquaint click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
6. horizon click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
7. gaunt click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
8. stolid click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
9. frantic click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
10. skulk click to select answer a. thin b. stroll c. cause to know personally d. sneak e. move sideways f. become less g. the apparent junction of earth and sky h. nervous activity i. shy j. unemotional
Correcting Common Usage Problems. Review the Language Arts Survey 3.50, "Correcting Common Usage Problems." Then identify the correct word in parentheses.
1. click to select answer Lay Lie down and go to sleep.
2. click to select answer Can May you do a backflip?
3. Do you click to select answer accept except my terms?
4. click to select answer Your You're kidding, right?
5. I think click to select answer its it's too late to start my homework.
6. We were click to select answer altogether all together upset by the news.
7. My click to select answer advice advise to you is to slow down.
8. Take me click to select answer in into the house before I freeze.
9. click to select answer Their They're There not back yet?
10. She was click to select answer to too two thin click to select answer to too two be healthy.
Examining the Great Depression: Research Log. Use this log to keep track of the sources you use, the information you find, and your reactions to what you learn.
Internet sources:
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