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In Spite of Killer Bees Julie Johnston - Tundra Books

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Chapter 9<br />

Vocabulary:<br />

episode(pg. 128)<br />

windfall (pg. 128)<br />

potential (pg. 130)<br />

shuddery (pg. 131)<br />

eviscerated (pg. 132)<br />

giblets (pg. 132)<br />

skeptically (pg. 133)<br />

inspire (pg. 135)<br />

plaintive (pg. 135)<br />

unwholesome (pg. 136)<br />

indefinitely (pg. 136)<br />

meander (pg. 137)<br />

scholarship (pg. 138)<br />

squander (pg. 139)<br />

chronically (pg. 140)<br />

dollops (pg. 141)<br />

burrow (pg. 141)<br />

Activities:<br />

1. Read the introduction to Aggie’s letter on page 137.<br />

Compose the rest <strong>of</strong> Aggie’s letter to Aunt Lily trying to persuade her to<br />

move into the old Quade home.<br />

Consider the details outlined in the will and Aggie’s great need to keep the<br />

family together.<br />

2. Jeannie and Helen have received a number <strong>of</strong> rejections to their requests for<br />

work. With a partner, create a script for a job interview. Take turns role<br />

playing both the employer and the applicant. Describe how your<br />

conversation, attitude and behaviour changes in each role.<br />

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