OPENER: MID-UNIT REVIEW

Yes, you have taken this quiz before…the first day of this unit.

Yes, you must take it again, and, no, it does not count against you.

The unit assessment (TEST) is this week; therefore, you should know most of this information.

What you do not know is where you should focus your studying.

BLOG & USATESTPREP

Did anyone check the blog over break? If so, you saw that I extended the extra

credit. If not, you have one more day to complete

this assignment to replace a formative grade.

By James Hurst

VOCABULARY

1. imminent: likely to happen soon. The sky may darken if rain is imminent.

2. iridescent: showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles. While we were underwater, we saw iridescent organisms that looked like small balls of glitter.

3. vortex: a whirling mass. Even if the war happens on the other side of the globe, it could still create a vortex that might draw our country into the fight

4. infallibility: condition of not being likely to fail. After five victories, the team had a sense of infallibility.

5. entrails: a person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed. Wolves are attracted by entrails the hunters leave behind.

6. precariously: insecurely. She clung precariously to the ledge.

7. evanesced: pass out of sight, memory, or existence. The students’ fear evanesced once they heard their test was postponed.

#1-

BACKGROUND

The Ibis: About 20 species Long-legged water

bird/related to the heron, crane, and stork.

The Author: James Hurst (b. 1922) From North Carolina- used to

quiet landscapes and violent storms.

“The Scarlet Ibis” is his best known story; he “wanted [the ibis] to represent the character of Doodle—not Doodle’s physical self, but his spirit.”

#2 A SYMBOL ANOTHER EXAMPLE

A symbol is a person or thing that represents both itself and a larger idea.

For example, a dove can be a symbol of peace, or a voyage can represent the journey of life.

• “Rotting brown petals” (The Scarlet Ibis)

Meaning: the end of summer

• #3-“It was the clove of the seasons…”

Clove (definition): to split or separate.

Ex. A. garlic clove

• Setting:

1911-1918, cotton farm, North Carolina

The story begins describing a time between summer and fall, but closer to fall.

“It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox. The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle. The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead.”

GLOOMY HOPELESS BLEAK FRUITLESS SAD DEPRESSING

TEXTUAL EVIDENCE PRACTICE WRITE

1. The mood of the first paragraph from “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is

For example, the narrator says,

This quote illustrates the mood because

Another example of a mood is when the text states that

Hurst’s choice of words describes this mood because

Therefore, based on this evidence, it is clear that the mood of this paragraph is (insert the chosen mood word).

ANSWER QUESTIONS 5-8

5. Who is Doodle? What is his relationship to the narrator? What is his real name?

6. What is wrong with Doodle? How does his condition make his real name ironic? What simile does the narrator use to emphasize the irony?

7. Who gave Doodle his nickname? Was it, as the narrator claims, “the kindest thing I ever did for him”? Why might the narrator as an adult believe this?

8. Why does Doodle cry when his brother takes him to Old Woman Swamp?

The narrator’s brother. His real name is William Armstrong.

He was born with a shriveled body and everyone thought he would die. The narrator tells us that it is a name was “like tying a big tail on a small kite” and that it was a name that belonged on a Tombstone. He also said that it sounded like they were speaking of their ancestors when they called him by his given name.

The narrator, his older brother. He says that no one would expect much from someone with that name.

He cries because he thinks it is beautiful and is thankful that his brother took him there to experience it.

ANSWER QUESTIONS 9-11

9. Identify the symbolic value of the image where the boys drop their creations in the water and watch them float away.

10. The narrator says, “There is within me…a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love.” What event does the narrator relate to explain his “knot of cruelty”? Are you shocked by what he does to Doodle?

11. Why is the narrator embarrassed by the five-year-old Doodle? What does he do about it?

12. What does the narrator mean when he says, “Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” How does that statement foreshadow what happens at the end of the story?

This scene may represent the ending of the brothers’ happy times together.

Showing Doodle his casket, making him touch it, scaring him. There was also rat poison and a screech owl.

We will come back to this question after we finish the text.

He is embarrassed that his brother can not walk, so he sets out to teach him.

ANSWER QUESTIONS 22 & 23 A & B

DO NOT COMPLETE C