Review Questions Part 2 Californian's Tale
This is another set of review questions that you can use to study for the exam.
10th Grade English (Period 3)
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September 18th Review
Word Review: imploring, boding
Concepts and Understandings
1) Foreshadowing
2) Henry's behavior is strange (keeping the house exactly as the wife decorates/keeps the home, holding up the picture and asking the narrator to stay at his home, repeatedly organizing and fixing decorations that are out of place).
3) Predictions: What happened to Henry's wife? Who is lying? Are the neighbors lying to Henry? Is Henry lying to the narrator?
1) Foreshadowing
2) Henry's behavior is strange (keeping the house exactly as the wife decorates/keeps the home, holding up the picture and asking the narrator to stay at his home, repeatedly organizing and fixing decorations that are out of place).
3) Predictions: What happened to Henry's wife? Who is lying? Are the neighbors lying to Henry? Is Henry lying to the narrator?
A Review of Events in the Text
- Henry uses the picture of the wife to keep the narrator at the house until Saturday.
- Henry uses the picture of the wife to keep the narrator at the house until Saturday.
- Why does the narrator stay? [There is more than one answer]
Does he want company? Is he uninterested or bored with life? (The idea of seeing someone different makes him want to see Henry's wife.) Does he want to meet this beautiful woman?
-Henry updates the neighbors with a letter that he gets from his wife.
- The neighbors decide to throw Henry's Wife a party on Saturday.
- Henry believes she will return but he grows nervous as the time approaches and she is not around.
September 16 Review
Word review: balmy
Events from the Text:
-The narrator enjoys looking at Henry's home because of the decorations. Many of the prospectors/miners lived a very poor and plain life. he was excited to see something different and beautiful for a change.
Events from the Text:
-The narrator enjoys looking at Henry's home because of the decorations. Many of the prospectors/miners lived a very poor and plain life. he was excited to see something different and beautiful for a change.
-Henry keeps the house exactly as his wife organized and decorated the home. He claims that she is 19 years old and also states the wife is not around. [This is suspicious. Students should infer that Henry's wife is dead or that Henry is lying to some degree].
-The narrator sees a picture of Henry's wife. He ultimately decides to stay because she will return on Saturday and the narrator would like to meet her.
Why does the narrator stay?
[There are many opinions]
The narrator is so lonely and miserable that he wants company. Because she is so beautiful and sociable, he would enjoy speaking to her.
Why does the narrator stay?
[There are many opinions]
The narrator is so lonely and miserable that he wants company. Because she is so beautiful and sociable, he would enjoy speaking to her.
Please note: the narrator does NOT want to start a relationship with Henry's wife.
Character Flashcards
This is just a short document that I use to print out flashcards for students.
The first pages are the characters names with pictures (Henry's Wife, Henry, the narrator, and the neighbors) and the next pages give short details about the characters (two on one page) in that order.
It has such a strange layout because the flashcards are printer ready.
Californians Tale Story with Notes
This is a scanned copy of the text. Students have a copy of this packet. They also make annotations in class. You can use this scanned copy in the event of a lost packet.
Have a nice day!
Mr. Lemos
Mr. Lemos
Californian Review Questions
This is a series of questions that I use for review games (on Friday September 13, I used these questions for a review game).
This is a list of practice questions that may or may not appear on an exam.
Students are responsible for all information in this file.
Exam
Students will take an exam on September 26.
This image is just another graphic related to a historical topic that we have studied in class.
This image relates to our historical sources (which were read for one of our first activities in class).
Californianstale notes 2019
This is a series of general events, details, or general understandings that students must comprehend as they read the text.
Many of these details become textual annotations that students make in class as we read.