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About the Playwright  Cheryl L. West is an American playwright and the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award and the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Best Playwright Award. She holds a degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. West worked as a social worker and taught before turning to playwriting. Her plays have been produced in England, New York, and in numerous regional theaters across the country. She has created TV and film projects at Paramount, MTV Films, Showtime, TNT, HBO and CBS.

About the Screenwriter  

 Doug Atchison is an American motion picture director and screenwriter. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for Akeelah and the Bee in 2006. Atchison graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.

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Abseil Palynological Alfresco Prestidigitation Ambidextrous Prosaist Appurtenances Psalmody Argillaceous Pterodactyl Cacophony Pulchritude Cordillera Pusillanimous Dictator Rhesus Effervescent

Scheherazadian Effleurage Serenity Eminent Serpiginous Evanescent Sesquipedalian Exemplary Souchong Fibranne Staphylococci Galoot Supercilious GED Synecdoche Grandiloquence Tranquil Heuristic

Triskaidekaphobia Impale Truculent Intimidate Utopia Jacquard Vivisepulture Logorrhea Zeitgeber Macaque Maculature Mercurial Merit Merovingian Mithridatism Naugahyde Noctambulist

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Short Answer Questions: 1. What was your favorite scene in Akeelah and the Bee? What did you like about

it? What made it memorable? 2. Who are the main characters in the story? 3. What is the main conflict or problem in the story? 4. What did you think about how the play ended? Why do you think Akeelah and

Dylan made the decision to throw the Spelling Bee? What would you have done? 5. If you were cast in Akeelah and the Bee, which character would you want to

play? Why?

Word Scramble

1. A R Q I L U T N :

2. R U E T C I S H I :

3. V E R T N C S E F E F E :

4. B M A E D I R X T U S O :

5. C U T R L U N E T :

6. M X E E L P R A Y :

7. H E R U S S :

   

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Boggle Bee  How many words can you make out of the words below? You may only use 

a letter once unless it appears more than once.   

National Spelling Bee 1.    2.    3.    4.    5.    

 Determination 

1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   

 Grandiloquence 

1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   

   

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Roots Activity In Akeelah and the Bee, Dr. Larabee teaches Akeelah the importance of learning the Latin and Greek roots of English words. List as many words as you can that use the 

prefixes or suffixes listed below.  

trans– (Meaning: across/change/through Example: transform)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  uni– (Meaning: one/single Example: unicorn)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ous –eous –ious (Meaning: full of/characterized by Example: adventurous)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  therm– (Meaning: heat Example: thermos)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  chron– (Meaning: time Example: chronic)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  hydr– (Meaning: water Example: hydroplane)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  bene– (Meaning: good Example: benign)  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ent –ant (Meaning: causing a specific action Example: obedient)   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

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Constellations Part 1 

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Constellations Part 2 

 

   

 

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$100 Word Challenge!  Using the letter value chart below, answer the following questions!  

 ★ How many $100 words can you find?  1.   2.   3.   4.   

 ★ What is the value of your first name? Middle name? Last name? 

Entire name?  1.   2.    3.    4.    

 ★ Determine the value of the following vocabulary words.  1. Scheherazadian: 2. Palynological: 3. Argillaceous: 4. Triskaidekaphobia:   

  

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Share Your Creativity with Us!

We would love to hear from you! Please share your work, stories, or pictures from your class by sending to the address below! Fantasy Playhouse Children's Theater & Academy Education Department 3312 Long Ave. Huntsville, AL 35805 ALCOS Standards addressed in this Study Guide: 3RD GRADE - Language Arts: [RL.3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7] [RF.3.3] [W.3.1, 3.3, 3.8] [SL.3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6] [L.3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6]; Theatre: [3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.15, 3.17, 3.18, 3.20, 3.22] 4TH GRADE - Language Arts: [RL.4.2, 4.3, 4.7] [RF.4.3] [W.4.1, 4.3] [SL.4.2, 4.3, 4.4] [L.4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6]; Theatre: [4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.10, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.17, 4.18, 4.20, 4.22] 5TH GRADE - Language Arts: [RL.5.2, 5.3] [SL.5.2, 5.3] [L.5.1, 5.3]; Theatre: [5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 5.10, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.17, 5.18]

Bibliography https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons https://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists-archive/creative-partners/playwrights/cheryl-l-west/ https://www.empireonline.com/people/doug-atchison/

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