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In Spite of Killer Bees Julie Johnston - Tundra Books

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Chapter 4<br />

Vocabulary:<br />

trespassers (pg. 52) lacquered (pg. 58)<br />

sweltering (pg. 53) construed (pg. 59)<br />

stricken (pg. 54) crestfallen (pg. 61)<br />

fetish (pg. 55) mausoleum (pg. 62)<br />

underevolved mutant (pg. 56) salting (pg. 69)<br />

shorn (pg. 56) hobnob (pg. 70)<br />

lopsided (pg. 58) preoccupation (pg. 70)<br />

Activities:<br />

1. Answer the following:<br />

a) How much time elapses in this chapter?<br />

b) Describe Aggie’s dilemmas in this chapter.<br />

c) Compare and contrast Aggie and Aunt Lily using the<br />

following headings: appearance, actions, speech, thoughts.<br />

d) Explain:<br />

(i) the use <strong>of</strong> italics in “We don’t have it. The estate has it.”<br />

(ii) the meaning <strong>of</strong> and significance <strong>of</strong> ergo and ergomaniac.<br />

(iii) the meaning <strong>of</strong> dappled shade.<br />

2. Use the decision-making model <strong>of</strong> your choice to select an ideal job for any<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the three sisters. (See chart provided in appendix)<br />

As this chosen sister, produce a curriculum vitae (resume) and cover letter<br />

applying for this ideal job.<br />

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