KEY - Wednesday Wars – December
A. Vocabulary
*Seclusion /
private
*exquisite / extremely beautiful
*Corresponding / similar, written
communication *insubstantial / lacking strength
*Obliterate /
destroy
*eminent / famous
B. Objects
1. Hoodhood family lived
in a perfect house.
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2. The cream puffs were
placed on the classroom windowsill.
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3. Holling felt desperate
when he asked for the cream puffs.
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4. He was embarrassed
when his classmates saw him in the play.
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5. Heather and Holling
went to the church and lit a candle for Robert Kennedy.
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C. Edit the following sentences, so they are correctly
written.
1. Every Wednesday Holling was the only student in Mrs. Baker’s
classroom.
2. The Jewish students went to Temple Beth-El and the Catholic
students went to Saint Adelbert’s, but Holling was Presbyterian and stayed at
school.
3. He thought that reading The Merchant of Venice by
William Shakespeare would be dull.
4. Mr. Hoodhood watched the news, read by Walter Kronkite,
every evening.
5 Heather was working on Robert Kennedy’s campaign for the
election in November.
6. Mr.Hoodhood bought a red Ford Mustang and drove it every day.
7. This novel takes place in New York City.
8. Some students find math and science easy, but have
difficulty with English and French.
9. Canada, Mexico and the United States make up the
continent of North America.
10. Heather had driven west from New York and stopped in Chicago.
11. Holling would rather go to the moon, Mars or Venus than
be seen in yellow tights.
Figurative Language:
D. Answer the following. Refer to notes and previous
handouts to help you with meaning if necessary.
1. Explain how Camillo Junior High is personified in the lines
“The reputation of the school was at stake, he told us, and he was very, very,
very confident that we would not let Camillo Junior High down.” The
“school” can’t be let down.
2. What shows alliteration in in “The rest of
the morning announcements were as exciting as December drizzles…”
“D” sounds in December Drizzles
3. Explain what the simile in “the rest of the morning
announcements were as exciting as December drizzles” means. Will
Vary – Drizzles get monotonous – steady, slow
4. Explain the meaning of the simile in “Balls as big as
grapefruits hung from each branch.” The ornaments were large
5. To say that the bronze cups standing on the white linen
cloth were as huge as History means the bronze cup was very large
because history itself is very large
6. To say the feathers will “sort of wave in the breeze when
you walk” shows personification because to wave is a humanistic trait –
feathers don’t wave
7. Explain what the metaphor “Suspicion is an unbecoming
passion” means. To be overly suspicious as in a passion is not a
good trait
8. From the simile “He’s fighting like a jousting knight”
what can we infer about the character’s fighting abilities? He
has a talent for fighting – good at it
9. Metaphorically speaking, what does “You’re on a knife’s
edge” mean? Taking great risk – on the edge
10. The characters of Prospero and Ariel are in reference to
historical literature. Besides being metaphors, to say “She was Prospero”
and “I was Ariel” are examples of what figurative language? Allusion
11. What is being personified in the line “beg the audience
to send its gentle breath to fill the sails of our freedom?” audience’s
breath
12. What is being personified in the line “the scent of
diesel fumes came in on the breeze – which was cutting right through my floral
cape? The breeze is cutting through the cape – it is cold
13. What does the simile “I was about as frantic as a fairy
warrior being very quiet can ever get” say about Holling’s state of mind?
Stressed!
14. What can be inferred about Mickey Mantle from the
similes “He had hands as large as shovels, and the forearms that came from his
sleeves were strong as stone…his legs…looked like they could run down a train
on the Long Island Rails Road?” very large with strong legs
15. What do you infer is the meaning behind the figurative
language used in the line “Outside, it was the first really cold night of
winter, and the only fire in sight was the stars high above us and far away,
glittering like ice”? it is cold and there is no heat, but
the sky is lit up like it is on fire
16. What do you infer about the baseballs from the simile
“…their covers as white as snow”? brand new
E. Understanding What You
Have Read – Answer the questions. Some
Answers will Vary
1. Everyone at Camillo Jr.
High is decorating for the holidays, except for Mrs. Baker. Make an
inference as to why you think she doesn’t. Her husband is fighting
in the war. Her friend’s husband was just killed. She just isn’t in
the spirit of celebrating.
2. Why doesn’t Holling want
to play the part of Ariel? He is embarrassed to wear yellow tights
with feathers “waving” on the butt
3. What does Mrs. Baker
reveal to the students that Holling is trying so hard to keep quiet
about? His performance in the play
4. How does Mrs. Baker help
Holling with his part in the play? Practices his lines with him –
helps hin “feel” it
5. When Holling looks
through the peephole from backstage, he sees Danny’s parents but not his
own. Site evidence from page 85 that indicates how Holling might feel
about this. Sad, On verge of crying - “And I guess
you can’t look out stage peepholes very long, because your eyes start to water
and the stuff in your nose gets drippy…”
6. How do Danny, Meryl Lee,
and Mai Thi react to Holling’s performance? They are teary eyed –
standing ovation
7. What conflicts does
Holling encounter on his way to meet Mickey Mantle? When play is
over the dressing room is locked so he has to stay in his costume.
Parents aren’t there to pick him up. He doesn’t have bus
money. It is cold. His ball for signing was in his pants
pocket…
8. In reference to #7, how
are some of Holling’s conflicts resolved? Bus driver lets him on
for free, gives him a baseball
9. What evidence is there,
from Mickey Mantle’s refusal to sign Holling’s baseball, that Danny is a
sympathetic, caring friend? Danny gives back his signed ball
10. What does Holling mean
when he talks about gods dying inside people? He says, “When gods die,
they die hard.” (page 93)? This is
metaphorical death of a hero – athletes can be heroes and seem larger than
life, but they are human and flawed. When the flaw becomes too evident,
the hero worship dies.
11. What do Mrs. Baker and
her brother-in-law arrange for Danny, Doug and Holling? The boys
meet and practice with two popular Yankee Players – Pepitone and Horace
Clarke. They get new mits, baseballs, hats and a jacket.
12. In reference to #11,
what are the boys given? They get new mitts, and baseballs.
Danny and Doug get hats. Hollings gets Pepitone’s jacket.
13. What happens to #166
(page 99)? Doug backs off
14. What does President
Lyndon Johnson do on Christmas day (page 100)? cease fire in
Vietnam
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