Page 77 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

Chapter 9
Key Vocabulary
Students may refer to the Key vocabulary list when they do the vocabulary Practice exercises.

Vocabulary Practice
Answers:

1. a. resolutely, detrimental, cult, indoctrinates, ecstatic
b. fad
c. recruited, infuse
d. fall behind, cliques, inclined to, by rote
2. 1. e 2. f 3. d 4. a 5. b 6. c
3. a. Mrs. Saunders tears The Wave to shreds.

b. Laurie’s attempt to publish The Grapevine on time falls through for lack of stories.
c. Ben Ross’ students never cut classes. On the contrary, they impatiently wait for the daily Wave routine.
d. The students do exceptionally well when they have to learn by rote.

e. Wonders will never cease! the coach exclaimed.
f. Laurie thinks her mother has blown the whole issue of The Wave out of proportion.

g. Rather than writing long and thoughtful answers, students tended to write short superficial ones.
h. Within the confines of the school, The Wave cannot do much harm. On a larger scale, however, the damage
would increase exponentially.

Questions

Answers might include:
25. a. The students were recruiting members for The Wave outside of the history class and more and
more students were attending. They were preparing for class and taking part. They were doing their
work faster using the new rapid question and answer style. Homework assignments improved. But
there was less thinking, questioning and analysis. Students said they liked being equal and improving
their discipline.

b. Ben Ross saw The Wave as a fad. He reasoned that the pace of the students’ work had improved
because they wanted to have time for The Wave in class. He knew they could now do well on
multiple choice tests using the ways of The Wave but doubted their ability to succeed with essay
questions. He liked that the students enjoyed the democracy and discipline of it, as he was against
social competition and knew that lack of discipline in schools was a national problem that perhaps he
was now helping to solve.
26. The staff of The Grapevine decided to run a story on The Wave and tried to find out everything they
could about what kids think of The Wave.

27. Mrs. Saunders told Laurie that she had bumped into Robert Billings’ mother in the supermarket, who
had said that Robert was a completely new person. Mrs. Saunders was worried about this because she
believed that such a dramatic personality change was not real and could only happen when someone
who was unhappy joined a cult. Outside of the group, in the real world, the person would still be
unable to function.

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