Book of Virtues

by

William J. Bennett

PERSEVERANCE
• Introduction
• The Crow and the Pitcher
• Little Hero of Holland
• The Story of Scarface
• Bruce and the Spider
• Eureka
• Can’t
• I have a Dream
• Will
• I Decline to Accept the End of Man

Unit Projects:
A Dreaded Deed
Occupational Education
 Book of Virtues by

William J. Bennett

PERSEVERANCE
• Introduction
• The Crow and the Pitcher
• Little Hero of Holland
• The Story of Scarface
• Bruce and the Spider
• Eureka
• Can’t
• I have a Dream
• Will
• I Decline to Accept the End of Man

Unit Projects:
A Dreaded Deed
Occupational Education
 A Dreaded Deed 
 
We all know that there are things that we don’t like to do. Sometimes a special word comes to play 
when we put off the things that we should be doing. PROCRASTINATION is a nasty habit. Unfortunately, 
we all find ourselves procrastinating on things—usually the things we dislike doing the most. This week 
you need to practice doing things that you dread doing. With practice, we can face the things we dread 
and do them as quickly and efficiently as possible. This helps us to persevere when we are faced with 
real problems that we must endure. Below is a chart. Fill it out and stick to it this week.  

  Task to do  ⌧ Date 
Day 1  _________________________________________________________________   _______ 
Steps:   
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Day 2  _________________________________________________________________   _______ 
Steps:   
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Day 3  _________________________________________________________________   _______ 
Steps:   
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Day 4  _________________________________________________________________   _______ 
Steps:   
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Day 5  _________________________________________________________________   _______ 
Steps:   
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 Occupational Education 
 
  For each job in the world a different amount of education is required. Some require more, some 
require very little. A doctor for instance will require more education than say a maid. However if you like 
to clean and are afraid of the sight of blood, you would be more suited to being a maid than to being a 
doctor. However if you like to argue yourself out of predicaments and are really good at debating both 
sides of a point, perhaps being a lawyer is an even better fit than being a maid. Hmm, but that also 
requires more education than that of a maid. If that is what you chose to become as you become an 
adult, you will have to endure the full education needed to obtain a law degree and pass the bar exam 
to obtain your license to practice law. So this week, take some time to investigate your chosen field. Do 
you want to be that doctor, lawyer, maid, mechanic, architect? What education will you have to obtain? 
What licenses will you need to gain? What does it take? Which college will fit your chosen field and 
personality the best? Keep in mind that just because you are interested in a field and you look for 
information—this doesn’t mean you have to become it. This is just a look. So keep it fun, keep your 
options open, and dream a little!  

  Use the chart on the next page to give you some ideas on what information you may want to 
look into. Keep in mind this is just a brief summary. You will find more information than I can sum up 
onto one worksheet!! So you may want to get a file folder, print out one sheet per career that you 
investigate and staple it into the file on the left side. Then you can add in any print outs that you find 
which will be helpful to your search.  

  Keep in mind that even though you may be overwhelmed right now with all this information if 
you break it down and take it one step at a time, it will be a lot easier. And this IS just a look at what you 
might want to do. Also, if you find something that really sparks some interest and a college or school 
that you would like to obtain information from—request it! Then keep it in your file. This will be a great 
way to really get started on planning your future!  

Talking to someone that is doing this task already can really provide some hard to find information. Such 
as how much time must you work each day to be successful? How often do you work outside the office? 
Is the education that you must obtain worth the effort? Are there any tips that they can offer to make 
obtaining your education easier? All these questions can be answered by someone that has already 
gone through it. I highly recommend finding someone in your local area in your chosen field.  

Good luck and have fun! Remember, the sky is the limit—no not even the sky! Anything goes here—
even going into space!  

Occupation:  Folder created (Date)  Worksheet done (date) 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 
 Occupational Education 
 
Occupation: ___________________________________________________________________________ 

Why I would want to do this: _____________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________ 

Degree required: _______________________________________________________________________ 

Type of college needed to obtain this degree: ________________________________________________ 

Would an internship or other “residency” be required? ________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________ 

License required: ______________________________________________________________________  

How do you obtain this License: __________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________ 

What college would I like to attend and why: ________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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What would the plan be to obtain this? _____________________________________________________ 
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Where would you like to work once you obtain the needed education? ___________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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What are your thoughts after researching this occupation? _____________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Order information from the college/school? _________________________________________________ 

Who to talk to in the field?_______________________________________________________________ 
 Perseverance Unit 7 
Introduction 
Vocabulary: 
¾ Vacillating  ¾ Assiduity 
Questions: 
What is the noblest question in the world? ___________ 
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Why do you think this is the noblest question one could 
ask? __________________________________________ 
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What Virtue is an essential quality for those in High‐Level 
leadership?_____________________________________ 
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What is the friend and assistant to those who use their 
judgment; yet the destructive enemy to those who are 
unreasonably urging and pressing forward?  
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
Introduction 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
The Crow & the Pitcher 
Vocabulary:  ¾ Wit 
Questions: 
What 3 things did the crow do in order to reach the 
water?  
1. __________________________________________ 
___________________________________________ 
2. __________________________________________ 
___________________________________________ 
3. __________________________________________ 
___________________________________________ 
 
Which one actually worked? Why? __________________ 
______________________________________________
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What do you think the phrase “if you have the wit to find 
it” means?_____________________________________ 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
The Crow & the Pitcher 
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 Perrseverrance Unit 7 
The Litttle H
Hero o
of Holland
Vocabulary: 
¾ Fortitude  ¾ Dikes
D
Queestionss: 
Whatt is the iimportaance of dikes? ______________________ 
___________ ___________________________________________
___________ ___________________________________________ 
Whatt did Peter see that caaused hiim to bee conceerned 
aboutt dange
er? ________________________________________ 
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How did Peter hold the danger baack?___________________ 
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How long it w
was unttil Peterr was fo
ound? _________________ 
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This w
was phyysically challenging for Peter,, what tthoughtt 
gave Peter th
he strenngth to persevvere? __________________ 
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 Perrseverrance Unit 7 
Thee Littlle Herro of Hollaand 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
The Story of Scarface 
Vocabulary: 
¾ Wigwam  ¾ Boastful
Questions: 
What did the maiden say should be the sign that the Sun 
Lord had agreed to Scarface’s request?______________ 
______________________________________________
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What animals helped Scarface on his quest? __________ 
______________________________________________
What Items did Scarface come across on his way to the 
Sun Lord’s? What did he do with them? ______________ 
______________________________________________
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How did this story show the virtue of perseverance pays 
off? ___________________________________________ 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
The Story of Scarface 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
Bruce and the Spider 
Vocabulary: 
¾ Successive   ¾ Forlorn 
¾ Absorbed  ¾ Meed
Questions: 
Who is The Bruce?_______________________________ 
______________________________________________ 
What insect did the Bruce observe? _________________ 
______________________________________________
What is a gossamer thread? _______________________ 
______________________________________________
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After watching the insect for a while, what did the Bruce 
conclude? What did he learn about perseverance?____ 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
Bruce and the Spider 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
    Eureka 
Vocabulary: 
¾ Displaced  ¾ Bulk  ¾ Eureka 
Questions: 
What did the King have created with the pure gold?____ 
______________________________________________ 
What was Archimedes’s concern about the item?______ 
______________________________________________
Did Archimedes give up or keep trying to solve the 
problem?_______________________________________ 
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Where was Archimedes when he came up with a solution 
to his problem?_________________________________ 
______________________________________________ 
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Why would the bulk of gold be different for the same 
weight of the bulk of silver?_______________________ 
______________________________________________
Was the Blacksmith guilty or not?  YES  or  NO 
 Perseverance Unit 7 
Eureka!  
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
    Can’t  
Vocabulary:  ¾ Mission 

Questions: 
What is the worst word written or spoken in our language? 
______________________________________________ 
What does it rob us of?___________________________ 
______________________________________________
What does it mock?______________________________ 
______________________________________________ 
Stanza 3 gives three things that you should do—what are 
they? 
1. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________ 
2. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________ 
3. ___________________________________________
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How do you answer this “demon”?__________________ 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
Can’t  
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
    I Have a Dream  
Vocabulary: 
¾ Segregation  ¾ Languishes  ¾ Tranquility 
 
Questions: 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to end what injustice? 
______________________________________________ 
Name 4 things that hinder satisfaction:   
1. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________ 
2. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________ 
3. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________ 
4. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________ 
What was His Dream? ____________________________ 
______________________________________________
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Where should we “let freedom ring”? _______________ 
______________________________________________ 
 Perseverance Unit 7 
I Have a Dream  
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
      Will  
Vocabulary: 
¾ Ascending  ¾ Orb  ¾ Prate 
 
 
Questions: 
All things give way to what?________________________ 
______________________________________________ 
What is the ascending orb that the poem speaks of? ____ 
______________________________________________ 
What does “let the fool prate of luck” really mean? ____  
______________________________________________
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Do you think that “will” can make even death wait? Why 
or why not? ___________________________________ 
______________________________________________
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How does “will” help you persevere? ________________ 
______________________________________________ 
 Perseverance Unit 7 
Will 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
I Decline to Accept the End of Man  
Vocabulary:  ¾ Ascending
Questions: 
What must a young writer learn or teach himself?______ 
________________________________________________
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What is the curse of writers? ________________________ 
________________________________________________ 
What does Faulkner believe about endurance? ________  
______________________________________________
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What is the poets’ and writers’ duty? ________________ 
______________________________________________
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What is your duty? ______________________________ 
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 Perseverance Unit 7 
I Decline to Accept the End 
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 Unit 7: Perseverance Vocabulary 
vacillating 

assiduity 

wit 

fortitude 

dikes 

wigwam 

boastful 

successive 

forlorn 

absorbed 

meed 

displaced 

bulk 

Eureka 

mission 

segregation 

languishes 

tranquility 

ascending 

orb 

prate 

commensurate 
 Unit 7: Perseverance ~ Vocabulary Definitions 
 
vacillating  uncertain in purpose or action
assiduity  great and constant diligence and attention
wit  a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the 
power to evoke laughter 

fortitude  strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with 
courage 
dikes  raised causeways.
wigwam  a native American lodge
boastful  exhibiting self‐importance
successive  in regular succession without gaps
forlorn  marked by or showing hopelessness
absorbed  taken in through the pores of a surface
meed  a fitting reward
displaced  put out of its usual place, position, or relationship 
bulk  he property possessed by a large mass
Eureka  A Greek word meaning “I have found it!”
mission  a special assignment that is given to a person or group 
segregation  a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
languishes  lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
tranquility  a disposition free from stress or emotion
ascending  the act of changing location in an upward direction 
orb  an object with a spherical shape
prate  idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
commensurate  corresponding in size or degree or extent
 

Make 2 copies. 1 for the student notebook. The second for matching. Cut words and definitions 
apart and then match the vocabulary word with it’s definition.  
 
 Unit 7: Perseverance Vocabulary 
vacillating 

assiduity 

wit 

fortitude 

dikes 

wigwam 

boastful 

successive 

forlorn 

absorbed 

meed 

displaced 

bulk 

Eureka 

mission 

segregation 

languishes 

tranquility 

ascending 

orb 

prate 

commensurate 
vacillating  assiduity  wit 

fortitude  dikes  wigwam 

boastful  successive  forlorn 

absorbed  meed  displaced 

bulk  Eureka  mission 

segregation  languishes  tranquility 

ascending  orb  prate 

commensurate     

     

     

     

     

     

     
a message whose ingenuity 
or verbal skill or incongruity  great and constant diligence  uncertain in purpose or 
has the power to evoke  and attention  action 
laughter 

strength of mind that 
a native American lodge  raised causeways.  enables one to endure 
adversity with courage 

marked by or showing  in regular succession 
exhibiting self‐importance 
hopelessness  without gaps 

put out of its usual place,  taken in through the pores 
a fitting reward 
position, or relationship  of a surface 

a special assignment that is  A Greek word meaning “I  he property possessed by a 

given to a person or group  have found it!”  large mass 

a social system that provides 
a disposition free from  lose vigor, health, or flesh, 
separate facilities for 
stress or emotion  as through grief 
minority groups 

idle or foolish and irrelevant  an object with a spherical  the act of changing location 

talk  shape  in an upward direction 
 corresponding in size or 
   
degree or extent 

     

     

     

     

     

     
 Unit 7: Perseverance
Complete the crossword. Not all vocabulary words will be used.

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S E G R E G A T I O N

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 CLUES
Across
1. A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES
SEPARATE FACILITIES FOR MINORITY GROUPS
8. THE ACT OF CHANGING LOCATION IN AN
UPWARD DIRECTION
10. RAISED CAUSEWAYS.
11. A MESSAGE WHOSE INGENUITY OR VERBAL
SKILL OR INCONGRUITY HAS THE POWER TO
EVOKE LAUGHTER
12. LOSE VIGOR, HEALTH, OR FLESH, AS
THROUGH GRIEF
16. HE PROPERTY POSSESSED BY A LARGE
MASS
17. A DISPOSITION FREE FROM STRESS OR
EMOTION
19. A GREEK WORD MEANING “I HAVE FOUND
IT!”
20. CORRESPONDING IN SIZE OR DEGREE OR
EXTENT
Word Bank
vacillating    successive
assiduity    forlorn
wit    absorbed
fortitude    meed
dikes    displaced
wigwam    bulk
boastful    Eureka
commensurate     
Down
1. IN REGULAR SUCCESSION WITHOUT GAPS
2. AN OBJECT WITH A SPHERICAL SHAPE
3. A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO A
PERSON OR GROUP
4. IDLE OR FOOLISH AND IRRELEVANT TALK
5. A FITTING REWARD
6. A NATIVE AMERICAN LODGE
7. PUT OUT OF ITS USUAL PLACE, POSITION,
OR RELATIONSHIP
9. GREAT AND CONSTANT DILIGENCE AND
ATTENTION
13. STRENGTH OF MIND THAT ENABLES ONE
TO ENDURE ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE
14. EXHIBITING SELF-IMPORTANCE
15. UNCERTAIN IN PURPOSE OR ACTION
18. TAKEN IN THROUGH THE PORES OF A
SURFACE
 
mission 
segregation  √ 
languishes 
tranquility 
ascending 
orb
prate
 Unit 7: Perseverance
Complete the crossword. Not all vocabulary words will be used.

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

10 11

12 13 14 15

16

17 18

19

20
 CLUES
Across
1. A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES
SEPARATE FACILITIES FOR MINORITY GROUPS
8. THE ACT OF CHANGING LOCATION IN AN
UPWARD DIRECTION
10. RAISED CAUSEWAYS.
11. A MESSAGE WHOSE INGENUITY OR VERBAL
SKILL OR INCONGRUITY HAS THE POWER TO
EVOKE LAUGHTER
12. LOSE VIGOR, HEALTH, OR FLESH, AS
THROUGH GRIEF
16. HE PROPERTY POSSESSED BY A LARGE
MASS
17. A DISPOSITION FREE FROM STRESS OR
EMOTION
19. A GREEK WORD MEANING “I HAVE FOUND
IT!”
20. CORRESPONDING IN SIZE OR DEGREE OR
EXTENT
Down
1. IN REGULAR SUCCESSION WITHOUT GAPS
2. AN OBJECT WITH A SPHERICAL SHAPE
3. A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO A
PERSON OR GROUP
4. IDLE OR FOOLISH AND IRRELEVANT TALK
5. A FITTING REWARD
6. A NATIVE AMERICAN LODGE
7. PUT OUT OF ITS USUAL PLACE, POSITION,
OR RELATIONSHIP
9. GREAT AND CONSTANT DILIGENCE AND
ATTENTION
13. STRENGTH OF MIND THAT ENABLES ONE
TO ENDURE ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE
14. EXHIBITING SELF-IMPORTANCE
15. UNCERTAIN IN PURPOSE OR ACTION
18. TAKEN IN THROUGH THE PORES OF A
SURFACE
 Unit 7: Perseverance
Can you find the hidden words? All vocabulary will be used.

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2. PUT OUT OF ITS USUAL PLACE,
POSITION, OR RELATIONSHIP
3. A FITTING REWARD
4. A MESSAGE WHOSE INGENUITY
OR VERBAL SKILL OR
INCONGRUITY HAS THE POWER
TO EVOKE LAUGHTER
5. LOSE VIGOR, HEALTH, OR
FLESH, AS THROUGH GRIEF
6. A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES SEPARATE FACILITIES
FOR MINORITY GROUPS
7. EXHIBITING SELF-IMPORTANCE
8. AN OBJECT WITH A SPHERICAL
SHAPE
CLUES
9. UNCERTAIN IN PURPOSE OR
ACTION
10. A DISPOSITION FREE FROM
STRESS OR EMOTION
11. GREAT AND CONSTANT
DILIGENCE AND ATTENTION
12. STRENGTH OF MIND THAT
ENABLES ONE TO ENDURE
ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE
13. A GREEK WORD MEANING “I
HAVE FOUND IT!”
14. CORRESPONDING IN SIZE OR
DEGREE OR EXTENT
15. A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT
IS GIVEN TO A PERSON OR GROUP
16. IDLE OR FOOLISH AND
IRRELEVANT TALK
17. RAISED CAUSEWAYS.
18. HE PROPERTY POSSESSED BY
A LARGE MASS
19. MARKED BY OR SHOWING
HOPELESSNESS
20. THE ACT OF CHANGING
LOCATION IN AN UPWARD
DIRECTION
21. A NATIVE AMERICAN LODGE
22. TAKEN IN THROUGH THE
PORES OF A SURFACE

Word Bank 
vacillating    successive √  mission 
assiduity    forlorn segregation   
wit    absorbed languishes 
fortitude    meed tranquility 

dikes    displaced ascending 

wigwam    bulk orb

boastful    Eureka prate

commensurate     
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A V G Q H K S H X O D P F B J

C A V C Y D E A E M I Y T J B

T C T O T N G S M I K W O T U

E I Y M I S R E W S E K Q D L

W L K M U U E H C S S F Y E K

U L P E D C G S D I K O T B S

Y A R N I C A I E O N R I R Y

E T A S S E T U C N I T L O M

U I T U S S I G A R M I I S A

R N E R A S O N L O S T U B W

E G C A X I N A P L B U Q A G

K X N T S V A L S R R D N B I

A X K E S E P I I O O E A Y W

B O A S T F U L D F A E R H G

G G N I D N E C S A X M T L J

1. IN REGULAR SUCCESSION
WITHOUT GAPS
2. PUT OUT OF ITS USUAL PLACE,
POSITION, OR RELATIONSHIP
3. A FITTING REWARD
4. A MESSAGE WHOSE INGENUITY
OR VERBAL SKILL OR
INCONGRUITY HAS THE POWER
TO EVOKE LAUGHTER
5. LOSE VIGOR, HEALTH, OR
FLESH, AS THROUGH GRIEF
6. A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES SEPARATE FACILITIES
FOR MINORITY GROUPS
7. EXHIBITING SELF-IMPORTANCE
8. AN OBJECT WITH A SPHERICAL
SHAPE
CLUES
9. UNCERTAIN IN PURPOSE OR
ACTION
10. A DISPOSITION FREE FROM
STRESS OR EMOTION
11. GREAT AND CONSTANT
DILIGENCE AND ATTENTION
12. STRENGTH OF MIND THAT
ENABLES ONE TO ENDURE
ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE
13. A GREEK WORD MEANING “I
HAVE FOUND IT!”
14. CORRESPONDING IN SIZE OR
DEGREE OR EXTENT
15. A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT
IS GIVEN TO A PERSON OR GROUP
16. IDLE OR FOOLISH AND
IRRELEVANT TALK
17. RAISED CAUSEWAYS.
18. HE PROPERTY POSSESSED BY
A LARGE MASS
19. MARKED BY OR SHOWING
HOPELESSNESS
20. THE ACT OF CHANGING
LOCATION IN AN UPWARD
DIRECTION
21. A NATIVE AMERICAN LODGE
22. TAKEN IN THROUGH THE
PORES OF A SURFACE
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1 2
S E G R E G A T I O N
U R
C B
3 4
M C P
5 6
I E R M W
7 8
D S S A S C E N D I N G
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I S A S T E G
10 11
S I S D I K E S D W I T
P O S V A
12 13 14 15
L A N G U I S H E S F B M V
A D O O A
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C B U L K R A C
E I T S I
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D T R A N Q U I L I T Y L
Y B T F L
19
S U E U R E K A
O D L T
R E I
B N
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C O M M E N S U R A T E G
D
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Across
1. A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES
SEPARATE FACILITIES FOR MINORITY GROUPS
8. THE ACT OF CHANGING LOCATION IN AN
UPWARD DIRECTION
10. RAISED CAUSEWAYS.
11. A MESSAGE WHOSE INGENUITY OR VERBAL
SKILL OR INCONGRUITY HAS THE POWER TO
EVOKE LAUGHTER
12. LOSE VIGOR, HEALTH, OR FLESH, AS
THROUGH GRIEF
16. HE PROPERTY POSSESSED BY A LARGE
MASS
17. A DISPOSITION FREE FROM STRESS OR
EMOTION
19. A GREEK WORD MEANING “I HAVE FOUND
IT!”
20. CORRESPONDING IN SIZE OR DEGREE OR
EXTENT
Down
1. IN REGULAR SUCCESSION WITHOUT GAPS
2. AN OBJECT WITH A SPHERICAL SHAPE
3. A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO A
PERSON OR GROUP
4. IDLE OR FOOLISH AND IRRELEVANT TALK
5. A FITTING REWARD
6. A NATIVE AMERICAN LODGE
7. PUT OUT OF ITS USUAL PLACE, POSITION,
OR RELATIONSHIP
9. GREAT AND CONSTANT DILIGENCE AND
ATTENTION
13. STRENGTH OF MIND THAT ENABLES ONE
TO ENDURE ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE
14. EXHIBITING SELF-IMPORTANCE
15. UNCERTAIN IN PURPOSE OR ACTION
18. TAKEN IN THROUGH THE PORES OF A
SURFACE

ANSWERS
Across Down
1. SEGREGATION 1. SUCCESSIVE
8. ASCENDING 2. ORB
10. DIKES 3. MISSION
11. WIT 4. PRATE
12. LANGUISHES 5. MEED
16. BULK 6. WIGWAM
17. TRANQUILITY 7. DISPLACED
19. EUREKA 9. ASSIDUITY
20. COMMENSURATE 13. FORTITUDE
14. BOASTFUL
15. VACILLATING
18. ABSORBED
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V S D
A G Q H K H X O P F B J
C Y M B
C A V D E A E I Y T J
T S
C T O T N G M I K W O T U
S D
E I Y M I R E W S E K Q L
F Y
W L K M U U E H C S S E K
P D
U L E D C G S I K O T B S

Y A R N I C A I E O N R I R Y
E N M
T A S S E T U C I T L O

U I T U S S I G A R M I I S A

R N E R A S O N L O S T U B W
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E G C A X I N A P L U Q A G
D
K X N T S V A L S R R N B I

A X K E S E P I I O O E A Y W

B O A S T F U L D F A E R H G

G G N I D N E C S A X M T L J

1. IN REGULAR SUCCESSION
WITHOUT GAPS
2. PUT OUT OF ITS USUAL PLACE,
POSITION, OR RELATIONSHIP
3. A FITTING REWARD
4. A MESSAGE WHOSE INGENUITY
OR VERBAL SKILL OR
INCONGRUITY HAS THE POWER
TO EVOKE LAUGHTER
5. LOSE VIGOR, HEALTH, OR
FLESH, AS THROUGH GRIEF
6. A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES SEPARATE FACILITIES
FOR MINORITY GROUPS
7. EXHIBITING SELF-IMPORTANCE
8. AN OBJECT WITH A SPHERICAL
SHAPE
ANSWER KEY (Starting letter: x,y)
1. SUCCESSIVE(6,4)
2. DISPLACED(9,14)
3. MEED(12,15)
4. WIT(1,5)
5. LANGUISHES(8,12)
6. SEGREGATION(7,1)
7. BOASTFUL(1,14)
8. ORB(11,13)
CLUES
9. UNCERTAIN IN PURPOSE OR
ACTION
10. A DISPOSITION FREE FROM
STRESS OR EMOTION
11. GREAT AND CONSTANT
DILIGENCE AND ATTENTION
12. STRENGTH OF MIND THAT
ENABLES ONE TO ENDURE
ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE
13. A GREEK WORD MEANING “I
HAVE FOUND IT!”
14. CORRESPONDING IN SIZE OR
DEGREE OR EXTENT
15. A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT
IS GIVEN TO A PERSON OR GROUP
16. IDLE OR FOOLISH AND
IRRELEVANT TALK
9. VACILLATING(2,1)
10. TRANQUILITY(13,15)
11. ASSIDUITY(5,10)
12. FORTITUDE(12,5)
13. EUREKA(1,8)
14. COMMENSURATE(4,2)
15. MISSION(10,2)
16. PRATE(3,6)
17. RAISED CAUSEWAYS.
18. HE PROPERTY POSSESSED BY
A LARGE MASS
19. MARKED BY OR SHOWING
HOPELESSNESS
20. THE ACT OF CHANGING
LOCATION IN AN UPWARD
DIRECTION
21. A NATIVE AMERICAN LODGE
22. TAKEN IN THROUGH THE
PORES OF A SURFACE
17. DIKES(11,1)
18. BULK(15,2)
19. FORLORN(10,14)
20. ASCENDING(10,15)
21. WIGWAM(15,13)
22. ABSORBED(14,11)
 Get a good idea and stay with it.
Dog it, and work at it until it's done
right. Walt Disney

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Reggie Jackson

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I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it
all over again, only even better this time.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton

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If you should put even a little on a little and
should do this often, soon this would become big.

Hesiod

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 Persevere and get it done.

George Allen

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 Plodding wins the race.

Aesop

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 Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

African Proverb

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Christopher Morley

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Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life,
then work like mad to make sure you get it!

Hector Crawford

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 Character consists of what you do on the third
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John Albert Michener

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Book
B k off Virtu
Vi uess
Peerseeverrancce
 

Staple at tthe top. 

 
Pers. 1:1 

 
 How did the crow show
s
persseverance??
Glue quesstion inside book. 

 
Pers. 1:2 
 
Hollland’ss Hero
o
 

Glue Hollaand’s hero piccture  

to inside o
of petal fold. 

 
Pers. 1:3 
 

 
h
hold

Why was the

Was a finger

dangerous??
enough to
ld back
danger.

 
leak so
b k the

 
h

 
What immportance
  did the dikkes have?

 
 

 
How did Honesty
  Why did the
help Scarface to Explain why watching the  
  maiden refuse the
accomplish his spider helped Robert the Bruce make 
  other warriors? a decision to persevere with the war. 
quest?
  1      2 
Pers. 1:5 
  4      3 
Answer to #3 In what way did
 
Scarface exhibit
 
the virtue
 
perseverance?
   

  The Story
 
BACK of
 
Scarface
 
2      1 
  Pers. 1:4
3      4 
  Answer to #2
 

 
 

      Was the
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h guilty?
 

                       

 
Back  Cut out!

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ut off! 

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e fold prior to gluing  

the two trrapezoids shu
ut.  If it is don
ne correctly 

the correcct answer sho
ould line up in
n the hole 

that was ccut out above
e.  

 
Yes 
 

  No 
 

 
Pers. 2:1 
 
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Slide tab C though both slots from the 
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tab only to back of piece 2.  
 
Glue Tabs A and B to back of piece 1. 
 

 
I    Say  Have student write things they CAN 
do on the pull out card.  

 
I    CAN ‘T
Pers. 2:2 
 

 
This
 
Is My
 

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For My
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Pers. 2:5
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  Lesson 

 
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Perseverance. This will be stored in 
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Perseverance The pioneers that trekked across the 
plains as the U.S. expanded showed a 
rare determination that inspires 
respect beyond measure.  They 
  persevered through more hardships 
than most of us can comprehend.