“St. Lucy’s Home for girls raised by wolves” Standards and Vocabulary

Standards 910.RL.1.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 910.RL.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone

Quick Write Identify two specific word choices in the title and epigraph and explain how these words evoke a sense of place

Vocabulary Figurative language – language that expresses an idea in an interesting way by using words that usually describes something else Connotative meaning – a suggested or associated meaning in addition to a word’s primary meaning Cumulative – including or adding together all of the things that came before Evokes – brings (a memory, feeling, image, etc…) into the mind

Tone – an author’s attitude toward his or her subject vocabulary Tone – an author’s attitude toward his or her subject Epigraph – The beginning of a text or a section of text suggesting the text’s theme or central idea

Vocabulary Jesuit – of or pertaining to Jesuits, a male Roman Catholic religious order Lycanthropic – of or pertaining to the delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf Stage – a single step or degree in a process Initial – first Period – any specified division or portion of time