1. “St. Lucy’s Home for Girl’s Raised by Wolves”
But first, SSR and Metalogs!

2. Close Reading Determining what the author is “saying”
This means, you’ll have to read a story, passage, or sentence more than once.

3. Readings
1st Read – Mr. O will read the text out loud to you. Follow along and listen for the “gist”.

4. Vocabulary  initial (adj.) – first or beginning
  couth (adj.) showing or having good manners or sophistication
  culture shock (n.) a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is
suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment.

5. Vocabulary (Cont.)  kempt (adj.) – neatly or tidily kept
  exuberant (adj.) – extremely joyful and vigorous
  kinetic (adj.) – characterized by movement
  remedied (v.) – corrected or removed a problem of any kind