Short Stories

Lesson 4
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ELA

Unit 6

9th Grade

Lesson 4 of 13

Objective


Explain how the author uses diction to reveal important information about characters, plot and conflict.

Practice the systems and routines (same as previous day's, plus vocabulary in context) of the high school literature classroom.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell  pp. 226 – 229 — Stage 1

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

What does the word ostracized most likely mean on p. 227?

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Which piece of evidence from p. 227 best supports the answer to number 1?

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Writing Prompt

Describe the conflict that emerges in "Stage 1". Explain how the author uses specific diction to reveal the conflict.

Key Questions


  • Re-read the final sentence of p. 225 and the first paragraph of p. 226. What do the nuns think of the girls? What diction helps you to know?
  • What do we learn about "the pack" on pp. 226 and 227? What diction supports this?
  • p. 227 What do we learn about the parents' motivations for sending their daughters to St. Lucy's? What diction supports this?
  • p. 227 What is the author's purpose in repeating the phrase "new, exciting and interesting" from the epigraph?
  • Who is the narrator?
  • p. 228 What conflict is the author developing here? Internal? External?
  • How else does the author develop the conflict?
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