Summery

• Elizabeth Bennet has grown up in the middle

class English countryside. At a party, she

meets the stuffy and snobby Mr.Darcy

Elizabeth takes an instant dislike to him.

Supported by the lies of Mr. Wickham, one of

Mr. Darcy’s enemies, Elizabeth believes him

to be a horrible person. Little does she know

that he has been falling for her.

Summary

• When the lie is revealed, Elizabeth is stunned to see that Mr. Darcy is not as bad as she thought he was and that he was actually a good person. Then Mr. Wickham runs away with her sister, destroying the entire families reputation. Now Elizabeth may never know how Mr. Darcy feels about her and what might have been.

Passage Picker

• It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single

man in possession of a good fortune, must be in

want of a wife. Opening of Pride and Prejudice

• I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not

mortified mine. Elizabeth Bennett

• But that was only when I first knew her, for it is

many months since I have considered her as one of

the handsomest women of my acquaintance. Mr. Darcy

about Elizabeth

• They walked on, without knowing in what

direction. There was too much to be

thought, and felt, and said, for attention to

any other objects. Elizabeth and Darcy

• You are too generous to trifle with me. If your

feelings are still what they were last April, tell me

so at once. My affections and wishes are

unchanged, but one word from you will silence me

on this subject for ever. Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth

• I cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or

the words, which laid the foundation.

It is too long ago. I was in the middle

before I knew that I had begun. Darcy to

Elizabeth

Word Wizard

Word Wizard

• Pride-Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment

• Prejudice-An adverse judgment or opinion formed

beforehand or without knowledge or examination of

the facts.

• Adoration- The act of worship. Profound love or

regard.

• Tumult-Agitation of the mind or emotions

• Trifle- Something of little importance or value.

• Amiable-good-natured and likable

Connections

• This story is about a bad first impression that turns

out to be wrong. When I first met a new girl, I

thought that she was really rude because she didn’t

talk to me. It turned out that she was really shy.

She became a good friend.

• In part of the story, Elizabeth has to take care of

Jane who got really sick. It reminds me of a time

that my brother had surgery and I had to help my

mom take care of him. I cared about what happened

to him just like Elizabeth cared about her sister.

Connections

• Mr. Wickham tells a lot of lies about Mr. Darcy to

make Elizabeth not like him. It reminds me of a

time that a girl in my class started a rumor about

my friend so that she wouldn’t be liked by anyone. I

knew it wasn’t true so I didn’t believe it. It hurt my

friends feelings.

• The setting of the story takes place in England. I

have visited England and enjoyed going to places

that had ballrooms like the ones in this story.

Our Group

• Summarizer- Mrs. Tanzi

• Passage Picker- Jim Bob McCoy

• Word Wizard- Harry J. Potter

• Connector- Rosco P. Coltrain

• Illustrator- Tiny Tim