Vocabulary ( ) a poem for children

( ) sadness
( 1 ) give (us) the cold shoulder ( ) in the past
( 2) remind ( ) friends
( 3 ) a viper ( ) a ceremony in which people try to
communicate with the spirits of dead
( 4 ) following in (your) footsteps
people
( 5 ) fencing
( ) sword fighting
( 6 ) a prom
( ) allow someone to break the
( 7 ) a séance rules
( 8 ) merely ( )do the same things that (you)
( ) peers did in the past
( ) a boarding school ( ) tell me again
( ) nauseous ( ) a dangerous, poisonous snake
( ) a nursery rhyme ( ) make someone crazy
( ) woe ( ) not talk to (us), ignore (us)
( ) back in the day ( ) a character from the
( ) your sanity intact Shakespeare play Hamlet
( ) accept students mid-term ( ) tell again
( ) the board ( ) a dormitory, the place where
( ) make an exception students live
( ) assign ( ) set, designate, put in
( ) a dorm ( ) a high school dance party
( ) refresh my memory ( ) the board of directors, the
( ) refresh my memory leaders of a school
( ) be driven mad ( ) allow a student to enter a
school midway through a year
( ) only
( ) without becoming crazy
( ) a school where students live
and study
( ) feel sick, feel like you want to
vomit
MAD/ GRADES /ROOMATES /RYME / NAUSEOUS PEERS/ VIPER / COLD/ FOOTSTEPS/ BOARDING/
DAY/SANITY/ STRONG/ OPHELIA/

Morticia: Darling, how long do you intend on giving us the ________ shoulder?

Wednesday: Lurch, please remind my parents that I'm no longer speaking to them.

Gomez: I promise you, my little __________, you will love Nevermore. Won't she, Tish?

Morticia: Of course. It's the perfect school for her.

Wednesday: Why? Because it was the perfect school for you? I have no interest in following in your
____________. Becoming captain of the fencing team, Queen of the Dark Prom, President of the Séance
Society.

Morticia: I merely meant that finally you will be among ________who understand you. Maybe you'll
even make some friends.

Gomez: Nevermore is like no other ___________school. It's a magical place. It's where I met your
mother. And we fell in love.

Wednesday: You guys are making me _________. Not in a good way.

Principal Weems: Wednesday is certainly a unique name. I'm guessing it was the ______ of the week
you were born?

Wednesday: I was born on Friday the 13th.

Morticia: Her name comes from a line from my favorite nursery ________: "Wednesday's child is full of
woe."

Principal Weems: You always had a unique perspective on the world, Morticia. Did your mother tell you
we were ___________ back in the day?

Wednesday: And you graduated with your ___________ intact? Impressive.

Principal Weems: You've certainly had a very interesting educational journey. Eight schools in five
years.

Wednesday: They haven't built one _______ enough to hold me. I bet this place won't be any different.

Gomez: I believe what our daughter is trying to say is that she greatly appreciates the opportunity.

Principal Weems: Nevermore doesn't usually accept students mid-term, but given Wednesday's perfect
__________ and your family's long history with the school, I've spoken with the board, and we've made
an exception.

Principal Weems: I've assigned you to your mother's old dorm. __________Hall.

Wednesday: Refresh my memory. Ophelia's the one who kills herself after being driven ________ by
her family, correct?

Principal Weems: Should we go meet your new roommate?