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Kolbe Academy Home School COURSE PLAN

Literature - Novel Elementary

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The Secret Garden SG1

THE SECRET GARDEN COURSE PLAN METHODOLOGY: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is represented by the abbreviation SG. Each weekly assignment is summarized in the first lines of the week’s daily course plan. The specific daily assignments are outlined in the following lines indicated by the DAY 1, DAY 2, DAY 3 and DAY 4 abbreviations. The chapter study questions, chapter vocabulary and glossary are located in the Elementary Literature Study Question booklets available for purchase from Kolbe Academy. Answers should be given in complete written or oral sentences. We suggest reading the weekly written assignment to the student at the beginning of the week. The student should write the assignment down on a note card (to be used as a bookmark) so that he can think about the assignment as he reads. The written assignments are suggested to be started on Thursday after the reading is done and completed by the following Monday. As the teacher, be sure to review the final exam now to ensure all concepts are covered with your student as he reads the book. All the Final Exam questions will be taken from the notes listed in these course plans and the Study Questions in the Elementary Literature Study Question booklet. Each week also includes a “memory gem.” If the student repeats the phrase a couple of times a day each week, he will improve his memory skills, increase his repertoire of phraseology, and prepare for one of the parts of the final exam at the same time. Encourage the student to pay attention as he reads the quotation in the text, so he understands the context. He can also earn extra credit by knowing these quotations for the final. Parent Notes: The author has the children doing magic in the sense that they are repeating positive phrases and calling growth, progress, and good things magic. The Afterword is both a short biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett and a professional critique of The Secret Garden. The Afterword is valuable as a teaching tool in that the critique is very well written. However, it was written primarily for an adult audience. Its language is significantly more difficult than that of the story, and it does illustrate a scandal that happened in the course of the author's life. If you choose to have your child read the Afterword, you might want to preview it first. We have listed information from the Afterword as extra credit. The Secret Garden is a delightful book where the two protagonists metamorphosis from useless, spoiled creatures to happy, productive people who want to participate in life. The work shows how positive thinking and simple common sense can overcome serious obstacles and produce miracles. Characters:

Mary Lennox, a sickly, disagreeable-looking nine-year-old child Mr. and Mrs. Lennox (Mem Sahib), parents of Mary who do very little to take care of their only child Sadie the Ayah (nanny), a native of India who takes care of Mary Lennox Rev. and Mrs. Crawford, people who temporarily take care of Mary Lennox while she is waiting to go to England Crawford Children, five rowdy children who enjoy fighting and teasing Mr. Archibald Craven, Mary's uncle. He is very wealthy and very depressed.

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Mrs. Medlock, Mr. Archibald Craven's head housekeeper Mr. Pitcher, Mr. Archibald Craven's man servant Martha Phoebe Sowerby, a rustic servant in Mr. Archibald Craven's house. Ben Weatherstaff, a gardener in Mr. Archibald Craven's household Dickon, Martha's 12-year-old brother who is wonderful with animals Betty Butterworth, the scullery maid Colin Craven, Mary's invalid cousin Dr. Craven, Colin's personal physician Soot, Dickon's crow Captain, Dickon's fox cub Nut and Shell, Dickon's squirrels

Geographical Locations: Google Earth is a free program the can breathe life into the study of geography: http://earth.google.com/

India Yorkshire, England

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WEEK 1 Book Weekly Breakdown Goals and Notes for the Week

SG Chapter 1 - 5

Have the student look up all the vocabulary words for Chapters 1-5 in the glossary prior to reading. The student may want to make his own crossword puzzle with his own clues for ten of the words either by hand or by using Puzzlemaker at the following link: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Memory Gem: “It'll do thee good to wait on thysen a bit. My mother always said she couldn't see why grand people's children didn't turn out fair fools—what with nurses an' bein' washed an' dressed an' took out to walk as if they were puppies.”

VOY Part 2: Chapter 8 pages 370 – 375; Appendix pages 407 – 408

Student Daily Assignments Parent Daily Guidelines

DAY 1

SG Chapter 1

Have the student read Chapter 1 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 1. Mary Lennox is a little girl whose parents never gave her the time of day. They, as well as most of their household in India, died of Cholera, but Mary survived. Because her nanny's main job was to keep Mary out of sight, people almost never saw her, and when the cholera hit, she was completely forgotten.

DAY 2

SG Chapter 2 & 3

Have the student read Chapter 2 and 3 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 2. Mary travels to England with a woman who has no interest in her. Mary is met by Mrs. McCready who also has no real interest in her and tells her that her uncle has no interest in her either. She will lead a lonely life in a 600-year-old house that has lots of gardens and one hundred rooms. Chapter 3. Mary rides in a fine carriage for a very long time. She learns that a moor is a very large tract of wild land where nothing grows but scrub brush.

DAY 3

SG Chapter 4 & 5

Have the student read Chapter 4 and 5 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 4. Mary is now in culture shock. She was accustomed to having everything done for her and bossing and abusing the servants. Now things are different. Here people treat her more like equals, though they are servants and do the menial labor. She is sent out to play but she is most attracted to the secret garden that has been closed to the world for the past ten years. She finds the wall that encircles it but no door to go inside. She makes friends with a robin and learns about the manor from Martha and Ben. Chapter 5. As Mary goes about her days, she speaks with Ben, the

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only person who is ever outdoors with her. She learns that the secret garden was Mr. and Mrs. Craven's private garden; they alone tended it and enjoyed it. She also learns that Mrs. Craven died from an injury she suffered in that very garden.

DAY 4

SG Written Assignment

Have the student complete the written assignment in a minimum of 1 paragraph, due Monday. Written assignment: What was wrong with the way Mary Lennox was being raised by her parents? (minimum, 1 paragraph)

Week 1 Grade Book

Assignments Include (A) Points Earned (B) Possible Points A/B x100 =% (C) Vocabulary Assignment Study Questions Written Assignment Other:

Week 1 Average Add up column C & divide by number of included assignments = %

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SG Chapter 6 - 9

Have the student look up all the vocabulary words for Chapters 6-9 in the glossary prior to reading and write a sentence using each word. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Memory Gem: “It'll do thee good to wait on thysen a bit. My mother always said she couldn't see why grand people's children didn't turn out fair fools—what with nurses an' bein' washed an' dressed an' took out to walk as if they were puppies.”



DAY 1

SG Chapter 6

Have the student read Chapter 6 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 6. On a rainy day, Mary decides to go exploring the house. She finds lots of doors, lots of things (especially portraits), and no people. Then she gets lost on her way back to her room, and she hears a child crying. Before she can follow the sound, Mrs. Medlock finds her and takes her directly to her room.

DAY 2

SG Chapter 7

Have the student read Chapter 7 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 7. Mary is changing. She has come to like people including Dickon and Martha's mother, both of whom she has never even met. The rain has cleared up, and Mary decides she has never seen anything as lovely as the moor at this time of year. While she is out in the garden, she finds a buried key.

DAY 3

SG Chapter 8 & 9

Have the student read Chapter 8 and 9 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 8. Martha comes back from her day off with a present for Mary: a skipping rope. Martha shows her how to use it, and Mary loves it. Chapter 9. Mary has found the secret garden, and she could not be happier. She enjoys digging in it, and when she sees Martha at lunch time, she tells her she would like to have a spade. They write to Dickon to have him get the spade and seeds.

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DAY 4


Have the student complete the written assignment in a minimum of 1 paragraph, due Monday. Written Assignment: One of the marks of an outstanding writer is the ability to describe details you might not otherwise even notice or think about. For example, in this story, anyone might notice the ivory elephant figurines, but Mrs. Burnett also points out the little nest of mice as a literary comparison of the lifelessness in the house. This week, try your hand at describing something that is common in an extraordinary way. Use strong adjectives and adverbs. (1 paragraph)

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SG Chapter 10 - 14

Have the student look up all the vocabulary words for Chapters 10-14 in the glossary prior to reading and write a sentence using each word. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Memory Gem: “He was given all sorts of wonderful things to amuse himself with. He never seemed to have been amused, however. He could have anything he asked for and was never made to do anything he did not like to do.”



DAY 1

SG Chapter 10

Have the student read Chapter 10 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 10. Mary treasures every minute in her secret garden. She, herself, feels more alive as she clears away “breathing spaces” for the flowers that are beginning to poke through the ground. She meets Dickon, who is surrounded by little animals. Dickon offers to help her plant all the seeds he brought her, and she delightedly accepts.

DAY 2

SG Chapter 11 & 12

Have the student read Chapter 11 and 12 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 11. Dickon is every bit as wonderful as Mary had hoped he would be. He works all morning with her on the garden and explains about how everything grows and what she should expect and when she should expect it. Chapter 12. Mary eats her lunch happily. Then Martha tells her she must go see Mr. Craven. Mary is very afraid, but he is less frightening than she expected, only miserable looking. However, he grants her a “bit of earth” and promises she will not be getting a governess until she is healthier. When the interview is over, she returns to find Dickon gone.

DAY 3

SG Chapter 13 & 14

Have the student read Chapter 13 and 14 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 13. Mary is awakened by a storm in the night, and then she hears the mysterious crying again. She follows the sound and finds a boy named Colin who is ill and believes he will die. The two talk for a while and decide that Mary will look for the secret garden, that she will come see him again, and that they will keep their knowledge of each other a secret. Chapter 14. Mary tells Martha about Colin, but Martha is afraid she will lose her job. Martha explains how Colin has been very sick, how tyrannical he is, and how everyone is afraid of upsetting him. She explains how no one expects him to live and how he keeps himself shut up all the time. Colin calls for Mary, and they enjoy a wonderful afternoon full of conversation and

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laughter. Mrs. Medlock and Dr. Craven discover them when they lose track of the time.

DAY 4


Have the student complete the written assignment in a minimum of 1 paragraph, due Monday. Written Assignment. When you are young and someone is always telling you what to do and how to do it, it is easy to wish you could make all the decisions, especially about your own life. Mary and Colin were given their own way in everything for as long as they can remember. What happened to them because of it? (1 paragraph)

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SG Chapter 15 - 19

Have the student look up all the vocabulary words for Chapters 15-19 in the glossary prior to reading and write a sentence using each word. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Memory Gem: “When the sun did jump up, th' moor went mad for joy . . .”



DAY 1

SG Chapter 15

Have the student read Chapter 15 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 15. Finally, Mary has a day without rain. She slips off to the secret garden to find Dickon already there. They marvel together about how everything is greening up and enjoy Dickon's pets and the robin. They also discuss Colin. They agree that the best thing for Colin is the Secret Garden.

DAY 2

SG Chapter 16 & 17

Have the student read Chapter 16 and 17 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 16. When Mary finally comes to see Colin, she is very excited to tell him everything she has been doing. However, Colin is in a foul mood, because she had not come to see him all day. They have a tremendous argument. Mary goes to her room thinking she never wants to see Colin again. When she gets there, she finds lovely presents from Mr. Craven. Chapter 17. Mary is awakened—not by crying—but by hysterical screaming in the night. It is a horrendous sound. The nurse comes to her asking if she might try to calm down Colin, and Mary does it in short order.

DAY 3

SG Chapter 18 & 19

Have the student read Chapter 18 and 19 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 18. Mary tells Dickon about Colin's hysterics, and Dickon becomes even more concerned for the sickly boy. He urges Mary to get Colin out in the fresh air as soon as possible. When she tells Colin she has found the garden, he is inspired with happiness. Chapter 19. Colin and Dickon finally meet. Dickon brings his animals and then they look at gardening books together.

DAY 4


Have the student complete the written assignment in a minimum of 1 paragraph, due Monday. Written Assignment. Explain why the Garden was such an attraction for Mary. (1 paragraph)

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SG Chapter 20 - 23

Have the student look up all the vocabulary words for Chapters 20-23 in the glossary prior to reading. The student may want to make his own crossword puzzle with his own clues for ten of the words either by hand or by using Puzzlemaker at the following link: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Memory Gem: “Of course there must be lots of magic in the world . . . but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen.”



DAY 1

SG Chapter 20

Have the student read Chapter 20 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 20. The children meticulously make plans. Then Mrs. Roach is summoned. Colin, in his best “Rajah” imitation orders that all the gardeners must be kept away from the gardens while he is out for a stroll in the afternoons. Mr. Roach agrees. Then, at the appointed hours, Colin finally sees his heart's desire: The Secret Garden.

DAY 2

SG Chapter 21

Have the student read Chapter 21 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 21. The children have the most wonderful afternoon in the Secret Garden imaginable. Mary and Dickon bring everything they find to share them with Colin. Then, all of a sudden, they are found by Ben Weatherstaff. They must share the secret with him now.

DAY 3

SG Chapter 22 & 23

Have the student read Chapter 22 and 23 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 22. Colin talks with Ben Weatherstaff, and they learn that Ben had been ordered by Colin's mother to always care for her roses. Colin is happy about that, and he plants a rose bush with the help of the others. Chapter 23. Colin has decided to try a scientific experiment now that he has seen that he can stand up and walk a little. In front of Mary, Dickon, and Ben, he proclaims that he will be a scientific discoverer and an athlete, and he begins his experiment by telling himself over and over again that he can do it—he can achieve his goals. The others are sworn to secrecy.

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DAY 4


Have the student complete the written assignment in a minimum of 1 paragraph, due Monday. Written assignment: Most people have had to rest in bed due to some illness or injury for at least a short period of time. Describe what it was like for you when you had to lie abed. (If you have never had to do it or if you can't remember what it was like, write about what you think it would be like to have to do it.) (1 paragraph minimum)

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SG Chapter 24 - 27

See Parent Note regarding the Afterword at the beginning of the course plan. If you choose to have your child read the Afterword, you might want to preview it first. We have listed information from the Afterword as extra credit. Have the student look up all the vocabulary words for Chapters 24-27 in the glossary prior to reading. The student may want to make his own crossword puzzle with his own clues for ten of the words either by hand or by using Puzzlemaker at the following link: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Memory Gem: “There is always more about you than anyone expects.”



DAY 1

SG Chapter 24

Have the student read Chapter 24 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 24. Mary and Colin are growing healthfully fat. Neither looks sickly anymore and it is baffling the staff. The children are now cleaning their plates at every meal, but they do not want to spoil the secret yet, so they find a way to send back food as they used to while satisfying their ravenous appetites.

DAY 2

SG Chapter 25 & 26

Have the student read Chapter 25 and 26 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 25. Colin is now quite as strong and healthy as any boy. He can run and jump. He detests lying around in bed now, but he still does it to keep up the ruse. Rainy days are pure torment until Mary suggests they go exploring all the unused rooms of the manor. Chapter 26. Colin and Mary finally meet Susan Sowerby. They, along with Dickon, enjoy a wonderful afternoon together. She tells them stories and teaches them new Yorkshire words.

DAY 3

SG Chapter 27

Have the student read Chapter 27 and Afterword (Extra Credit)) and answer Study Questions. Chapter 27. Archibald Craven has spent most of the ten years since his wife died wandering around the world like a lost soul in full misery. Then he begins to feel some happiness creeping in at just the same time his son is getting better. Mr. Craven decides to come home and finds Colin as he had never expected to see him! Afterword (Extra Credit). The Afterword provides a brief biography of Frances

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Hodgson Burnett and a professional review of The Secret Garden. Things to note for your own book report writing:

The critique uses short quotations to support its points. It spells out points the author of the story was trying to make. It explains how the setting reflects the characteristic points of the

story. It defines the challenges and problems that confront the

protagonists It reveals the parallels and psychology between the characters and

their impetus of change. It highlights the foreshadowing done in the story. It shows parallels between the critiqued work and other works. It points out other works that were inspired by the critiqued work.

DAY 4


Have the student complete the written assignment in a minimum of 1 paragraph, due Monday. Written Assignment: Could you do for someone what Mary did for Colin? Explain why or why not (1 paragraph)

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Review Final Exam

Written assignment: Congratulations! You have finished reading The Secret Garden. Now you need to write a nice book report on the story.



DAY 1


Written Assignment. Work on your book report. Review your paper to make sure everything you have written supports your thesis statement, and the entire paper has a gentle flow from one supported idea to the next. Check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Rewrite the paper neatly if you are writing it in long hand.

DAY 2

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DAY 4

SG Review

Have the student study for the Final Exam. Review all your Study Questions, the starred vocabulary, the geographical locations, and the characters.

DAY 5

SG Final Exam

Have the student take the Final Exam.

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Kolbe Academy Home School ASSIGNMENT ANSWER KEY




WEEK 1: Written assignment: What was wrong with the way Mary Lennox was being raised by her parents? (minimum, 1 paragraph) Parents are supposed to love their children, which includes caring for their needs, giving them affection, talking with them, encouraging them, guiding them, and teaching them. Mary's parents did none of that for her. They never spoke to her and she rarely even saw them. WEEK 2: Written Assignment: One of the marks of an outstanding writer is the ability to describe details you might not otherwise even notice or think about. For example, in this story, anyone might notice the ivory elephant figurines, but Mrs. Burnett also points out the little nest of mice as a literary comparison of the lifelessness in the house. This week, try your hand at describing something that is common in an extraordinary way. Use strong adjectives and adverbs. (1 paragraph) Answers will vary. WEEK 3: Written Assignment: When you are young and someone is always telling you what to do and how to do it, it is easy to wish you could make all the decisions, especially about your own life. Mary and Colin were given their own way in everything for as long as they can remember. What happened to them because of it? (1 paragraph) They became spoiled, selfish, tyrannical, useless, and disagreeable. No one wanted to be around them. Their only company was those who were paid to care for them. WEEK 4: Written Assignment: Explain why the Garden was such an attraction for Mary. (1 paragraph) The Garden was such an attraction for Mary, because it was so alive, whereas she had had such a lifeless life. The Garden took Mary's focus away from herself and allowed her to see real beauty, feel real empathy, hear life stirring, and experience the thrill of having and sharing a secret (which is one of the deepest pleasures of childhood). WEEK 5: Written assignment: Most people have had to rest in bed due to some illness or injury for at least a short period of time. Describe what it was like for you when you had to lie abed. (If you have never had to do it or if you can't remember what it was like, write about what you think it would be like to have to do it.) (1 paragraph minimum) Answers will vary

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WEEK 6: Written Assignment: Could you do for someone what Mary did for Colin? Explain why or why not (1 paragraph) Answers will vary

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Part I: Study Questions. Answer each question in complete sentences. (3 points each)

1. What was Mary's mother like? 2. How did Mary feel about her parents' deaths? 3. When Mary first arrived, what kind of reception did she get from her uncle? 4. What could Mary not do that shocked Martha? 5. What did Mary play with (in one of the shut up rooms) for hours? 6. What did Martha do on her days off? 7. What present did Martha's mother buy for Mary? 8. What was growing all over the garden that Mary was not certain whether or not it was alive? 9. How did Dickon convince Mary he could keep a secret? 10. Who boldly went up to Mr. Craven and spoke with him about Mary? 11. What is behind the curtain in Colin's room? 12. What made Colin feel better? 13. What did Colin suspect about Dr. Craven? 14. What did Dr. Craven say was no good for Colin? 15. Why did Mary and Dickon want to take Colin to the garden? 16. Why was Mary unafraid to fight with Colin when everyone else was? 17. How did Mary get Colin to laugh? 18. What did Colin do when he was mad about Ben calling him a “cripple?” 19. When was Mrs. Sowerby's special time with Dickon? 20. What do Mary and Colin do in the portrait gallery? 21. What was Colin's meeting with his dad like?

Part II: Vocabulary. Use each of the following words in a sentence. (2 points each)

austerity copious exultantly meticulously poignant

Part III: Names. Give a short description of each character. (2 points each)

Mary Lennox Mr. Archibald Craven Mrs. Medlock Martha Phoebe Sowerby Ben Weatherstaff Dickon Sowerby Colin Craven Captain

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Part IV: Essay. Explain the role wealth played in Colin and Mary's lives. Give examples from the story to support your answer. (30 points) Part V: Extra Credit. (3 points)

1. What did Mrs. Burnett do when someone copied one of her other books and made it into a play without her permission?

2. What did Mrs. Burnett claim everyone wants? 3. Write down up to three of the Memory Gems that you have memorized.

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Part I: Study Questions. Answer each question in complete sentences. (3 points each)

1. What was Mary's mother like? She was beautiful and graceful, but she was not much of a mother to her only child

2. How did Mary feel about her parents' deaths? She did not think much about it, because she hardly knew them.

3. When Mary first arrived, what kind of reception did she get from her uncle? None—he did not even want to see her

4. What could Mary not do that shocked Martha? Dress herself 5. What did Mary play with (in one of the shut up rooms) for hours? Little elephant figurines made of

ivory 6. What did Martha do on her days off? She walked home to help her mother wash clothes and bake 7. What present did Martha's mother buy for Mary? a skipping rope 8. What was growing all over the garden that Mary was not certain whether or not it was alive? Roses 9. How did Dickon convince Mary he could keep a secret? He said that if he could not keep a secret, no

little animal on the moor would be safe, because he knew where all their homes were hidden and other people would disturb them if he told those secrets.

10. Who boldly went up to Mr. Craven and spoke with him about Mary? Martha's mother, Mrs. Sowerby 11. What is behind the curtain in Colin's room? A portrait of Colin's mother 12. What made Colin feel better? Talking and laughing with Mary 13. What did Colin suspect about Dr. Craven? He suspected that Dr. Craven wanted him to die, so Dr. Craven

could inherit Misselthwaite 14. What did Dr. Craven say was no good for Colin? Excitement 15. Why did Mary and Dickon want to take Colin to the garden? So he would forget his thoughts of death

and start thinking about life 16. Why was Mary unafraid to fight with Colin when everyone else was? She was just as spoiled as he was 17. How did Mary get Colin to laugh? She spoke in Yorkshire to him 18. What did Colin do when he was mad about Ben calling him a “cripple?” He stood up on his own two

feet 19. When was Mrs. Sowerby's special time with Dickon? When he worked his garden 20. What do Mary and Colin do in the portrait gallery? They run and do their exercises 21. What was Colin's meeting with his dad like? Mr. Craven heard noises in the garden he thought had been

shut to the world for ten years. He went to the door and it burst open. Colin ran straight into Mr. Craven, winning a race against Mary. Colin actually had to introduce himself, and the whole story came out.

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Part II: Vocabulary. Use each of the following words in a sentence. (2 points each) Each sentence should show the student understands the meaning of the word.

austerity: 1 a: stern and cold in appearance or manner b: somber, grave 2: morally strict : ascetic3: markedly simple or unadorned 4: giving little or no scope for pleasure

copious: 1 a: yielding something abundantly b: plentiful in number 2 a: full of thought, information, or matter b: profuse or exuberant

exultantly: filled with or expressing great joy or triumph : jubilant meticulously: marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details poignant: 1: pungently pervasive 2 a (1): painfully affecting the feelings : piercing

(2): deeply affecting : touching b: designed to make an impression : cutting 3 a: pleasurably stimulating b: being to the point : apt

Part III: Names. Give a short description of each character. (2 points each)

Mary Lennox, a sickly, disagreeable-looking nine-year-old child Mr. Archibald Craven, Mary's uncle. He is very wealthy and very depressed. Mrs. Medlock, Mr. Archibald Craven's head housekeeper Martha Phoebe Sowerby, a rustic servant in Mr. Archibald Craven's house. Ben Weatherstaff, a gardener in Mr. Archibald Craven's household Dickon Sowerby, Martha's 12-year-old brother who is wonderful with animals Colin Craven, Mary's invalid cousin Captain, Dickon's fox cub

Part IV: Essay. Explain the role wealth played in Colin and Mary's lives. Give examples from the story to support your answer. (30 points) Mary's parents used their wealth very selfishly. The mother never mothered her own child, because she preferred going to parties with the stylish crowd. She wanted to be the center of attention and believed her child would take that away from her. Her father worked hard to maintain the wealth of the family and was rarely home. Part V: Extra Credit. (3 points)

1. What did Mrs. Burnett do when someone copied one of her other books and made it into a play without her permission? She made a play out of the story herself, calling it “The real Little Lord Fauntleroy”

2. What did Mrs. Burnett claim everyone wants? A garden 3. Write down up to three of the Memory Gems that you have memorized. Please consult the Memory Gems

in the lesson plans for correct answers.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/somberhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/gravehttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/ascetichttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/jubilanthttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/piercinghttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/touchinghttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/cuttinghttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/apt

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