Holiday Homework

Grade 9

Read the stories and answer the questions that follow in writing.

Your response for the first question should be approximately 80-120 words.

Story 1 – Quiet Town by Jason Gurley Story 2 – Daughter of Invention by Julia

Alvarez

Questions:
1. Reread the last paragraph (She looked
at Ezze…). Explain how the description
of Benji's face helps to build tension.
Choose an example of words or phrases
from the paragraph to support your
answer.
2. Work with the vocabulary (below) in
the story by writing out these words on
a sheet of paper and finding definitions
to these words in a dictionary.
Questions:
1. How does the author develop the
father’s character through flashbacks in
the story?
2. Work with the vocabulary (below) in
the story by writing out these words on
a sheet of paper and finding definitions
to these words in a dictionary.

Words and phrases: Words and phrases:

Odorous Poignant
A cluster of To coax
To clutch something To patent something
Expulsion of breath “mics”
Lumbering “spics”
Clink of a knife Ingenuity
Groan theatrically A eulogy
A spigot An orator
To sputter To expurgate
Strawberry-colored To quibble
To scramble around Insubordinate
A farce A sibyl
A ploy A misnomer
To waddle ahead
A filament