E1 Concepts & Words of the Week

Which word best matches an optimistic perspective on life?

• Despair

• Chary

• Contrition

• Hope

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the suffix of amorphous?

• morph

• -ous

• a-

• Meta-

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

This emoji would fit which word?

• pessimist

• stoic

• optimist

• disconsolate

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Memory is an abstract painting." The best inference for the meaning of this metaphor is...

• Memories are symbols; open to your interpretation.

• Memories are colorful.

• Painting will improve your ability to remember well.

• The narrator does not like art; she prefers writing.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

She lost the necklace. She sat powerless and _____; her husband could not cheer her up.

• bewildered

• nostalgic

• impoverished

• disconsolate

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which best describes the internal conflict of Mathilde in "The Necklace"?

• Wife versus husband

• Protagonist versus dissatisfaction (with her life)

• Mathilde versus society

• Mathilde versus happiness

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

-ous

[The hyphen in front of the affix indicates that it is a _____ ]

• prefix

• root

• suffix

• toot

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

sol

[This does not have a hyphen which indicates it is a _____]

• suffix

• root

• prefix

• hoot

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Reading is _____.

• sounding-out.

• looking at words.

• listening.

• thinking.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

In "The Necklace" Mathilde is feels that success requires wealth. What do you think makes a person successful in life? Why do you think this?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.2