Sunday, October 4, 2009

To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary: Week 1

Name:________________________                     Vocabulary: Week 1


 

  1. Describe one event from the chapters you've read so far that shows Scout's naïveté. In other words, why is she an ingénue? Be sure to be very specific in your answer.


     


     


     


     


     


     


     

  2. How do you know that Scout is reminiscing about the events in the text? Be sure to cite a specific line from the chapter.


     


     


     


     


     


     

  3. What makes Scout the narrator sagacious? How does her perspicacity affect the reader?


 


 


 


 


 


 

  1. What ingenious game does Scout create with Dill and Jem during the first chapter?


     


 


 


 


 


 

  1. Walter Cunningham has no money to pay for his lunch and refuses to borrow money from Miss Caroline Fisher. Why does Scout meddle in the situation? Explain Scout's interference and her candidness in this scene?


     


     


 


 


 

  1. Indicate one event from the text that shows that how Scout can be considered unabashed.


     


     


     


     


     

  2. Create two sentences that discuss the events of the first chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird using the following two words: audacity and nostalgia


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

WEEK 1:

Words that Describe Scout


 

Noun

Adjective

Adverb

Verb

Person Quality

Describes a Noun

Describes a Verb

Action

 

naïveté

naïve

naively

 

ingénue

ingenuousness

ingenuous

ingenuously

 
 

candidness

candid

candidly

 

meddler

meddlesomeness

meddlesome, meddling

meddlingly

meddle

  

unabashed

unabashedly

 
 

ingenuity

ingenious

ingeniously

 
 

perspicacity

perspicacious

perspicaciously

 

sage

sagacity

sagacious

sagaciously

 
 

nostalgia

nostalgic

nostalgically

 
 

reminiscence

reminiscent

reminiscently

reminisce

 

audacity

audacious

audaciously

 

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