Jan 27 Chapter 24, 25 and the epilogue

Vocabulary:

 accusations

 detached

 gloom

prying

ebbed,

protruding

 flailing

 exultant

1. What is the significance of Jesse's one word, remember? 
2. Explain what happened soon after Winnie made herself comfortable on the cot?
3. How did the constable react when he discovered what had happened?
4. In the epilogue, what parts of the description suggest the passage of time? What has happened to the woods and spring? Why does Tuck say “Good girl” when he sees Winnie’s gravestone?

Discussion: What is an epilogue?  What purpose does it serve?

January 25 Chapters 21, 22,23

Vocabulary:

arc

ebb

impulse

indefinitely

ponderous

pry

profoundly

soothing

Questions: remember to use RAPROC format without the connection and to have textual support.

1. What defence did the Fosters offer for Winnie when they learn that she went to the Tuck house of her own volition?
2. Despite their horror at recent events, what secret hope does Winnie's family foster?
3. What plan does Miles have to free Mae from jail? How will Winnie help? What
   will happen if Mae is sent to the gallows?
4. What does Winnie do with the bottle of springwater Jesse gave her? What does
   this action suggest about what she believes? What does it hint about her future?

Discussion question.  Ensure you prepare a written response(answer) to bring to the discussion meeting.  Remember always use textual support.

Why does Winnie accept that the man in the yellow suit must die?

accomplice

January 18 Chapters 13-16

Vocabulary

fragrant

helter-skelter

immense

melancholy

pickle (in context of novel)

teeming

cahoots

gander (80)

flapjack

Questions: Need to be answered in full paragraphs using textual support in your responses.

1. How do Mae and Tuck feel about Winnie? How does Winnie feel about the Tucks?
2. Do you think the Tucks were criminals? Tell why. What suggestion does Jesse make to Winnie? Does her interest in Jesse surprise you? Explain.
3. Why does the man in the yellow suit go to the Fosters’ house?
4. What trade does the man in the yellow suit make with the Fosters?
5. Why does the stranger say he is going ahead? Do you think that is the real reason?

Discussion questions.  You need to create a written response to assist you during your discussion.  Remember to mark or record page numbers for references.

What do the constable’s remarks about the gallows seem to foreshadow, or predict, for the Tucks?

Do you think the Tucks are criminals?

anguish

January 20 Chapters 17-20

Vocabulary

Questions: Remember proper paragraph format and supporting text.

Discussion questions: Prepare a written response to assist with your discussion.  Remember to mark or note the page numbers for textual references.

1. Why does Mae Tuck strike the stranger? Do you think she would have struck him if the stranger hadn't mentioned getting Winnie to drink the water?
2. Tuck (ch. 12) and Miles( ch. 17) both have discussions with Winnie.  How are the discussions both similar?

Literature Circles-Jan. 13

Vocabulary: Define the following terms.

1. indomitable
2. surge
3. cavernous
4. anguish
5. colander
6. scornful
7. disarray

How long ago did the Tucks come to this place? What was the area like? Around what year do you suppose that might have been?
Jesse and Miles seem to feel differently about the fact they're never going to die.  What's the difference? Which one feels more like the way you would feel? Explain.

Discussion questions:
Why did Tuck shoot himself? What happened?
In telling the story, Mae reminds the others that "the cat didn't drink. That's important." Why is that important?

Literature Circle # 1 January 11

Vocabulary words for Chapters 1-8
infinite(5)
brooch(11)
exasperated(16)
remnants(21)
straddling(31)
accessible (7)
bristly(13)
galling(23)
troupe(31)
marionette(18)
bovine(5)
plaintively(29)

Remember to always use textual support in your responses:)

1. Briefly describe the Foster's house and yard. (Remember to use textual support) How do they reflect the Foster's personality?
2. At what time of the year does the story begin? What is the mood?
3. Who is "Tuck"? what does he dream about?
4. What object is special to Mae Tuck?
5. Who kidnaps Winnie? How does she feel aabout being kidnapped? How do her kidnappers feel about kidnapping her?

Discussion questions:
While reading note and record the character traits of the various characters in the novel.  Also, note the attitudes about what has happened to each Tuck since they drank from the spring and their feelings about living forever. Include Angus, Mae, Miles and Jesse. Remember to record page numbers so you can easily refer back to them during your discussion.  This will be part of your ongoing discussion with your teacher.

Mrs. G

Tuck Everlasting

Welcome to your Literature Circle.  I know you will enjoy Tuck Everlasting.  It is a wonderful fantasy that makes you wonder and dream.  It also demonstrates how choices can change lives forever.  I look forward to your posts.  Remember when responsing to the posts you must use PEES or RAPROC without the personal connections as well as textual support(quotes) from the text.  Also, you need to always state where the textual support came from uisng the page number in brackets after the quote. Ex "That's the music I heard last night," (35).