Folklore of Latin America Grade 8: Module 1: Unit 1: Lesson 6

Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6

RL.8.4, L.8.4a, L.8.5a

(Answers for Teacher Reference)

Directions: As you enter class, answer the following questions.

“Even though I had put on the earring, I refused to admit that I was seriously considering taking
the body back home to his wife and kids, it was unfathomable. This is stupid, I kept telling
myself.” (60)

From the context, what do you think unfathomable means?

unfathomable: not able to be imagined or comprehended

How did you come up with that definition? What clues did the context give you?

Student responses will vary, but may include the following: the way she says she “refused
to admit” and called the situation “stupid” are the kind of things you say to yourself when
a situation is unbelievable, so unbelievable works there.

What word could you replace it with to have a similar meaning?

unbelievable

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Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6

RL.8.4, L.8.4a, L.8.5a

Name: Date:

Directions: As you enter class, answer the following questions.

“Even though I had put on the earring, I refused to admit that I was seriously considering taking
the body back home to his wife and kids, it was unfathomable. This is stupid, I kept telling
myself.” (60)

From the context, what do you think unfathomable means?

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How did you come up with that definition? What clues did the context give you?

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What word could you replace it with to have a similar meaning?

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Folklore of Latin America Grade 8: Module 1: Unit 1: Lesson 6

Synopsis: Summer of the Mariposas, Chapter 4

Name: Date:

 The girls drive Papa’s car into Mexico.

 Odilia decides to believe in the cinco hermanitas, herself and her sisters, and their mission,
instead of fighting with them about it.
 Odilia uses her ear pendant to distract the border attendant so that the girls can pass safely
over the border.
 They cross the border into Mexico without the border guards suspecting they are carrying a
corpse and keep driving.

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