CC Quizbowl Newberry Award Given yearly to a childrens book Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children Established in 1922 American Library Association Holes By Louis Sachar ID: 753669
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Middle School Literature
CC QuizbowlSlide2
Newberry Award
Given yearly to a children’s book
“Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children”
Established in 1922
American Library AssociationSlide3
Holes
By Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats IV
Curse of bad luck
Sweet Feet Livingston
Camp Green Lake
Madame Zeroni
Elya Yelnats, the pig, the stream, the curse
Kissin Kate Barlow
Sam, African American Onion seller
Zero, X ray, Armpit, zig zag, the warden, mr. SirSlide4
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeline L’Engle
Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, Calvin O’Keefe
Mrs Whatsit
2379152497 years old
Can transform to a winged creature
Mrs Who
Knows every language and work of Literature ever
Speaks in quotes bc her knowledge is so vast
Mrs Which
Clear leader of the three, Form changes rapidly and never is set
Drawn out method of speech
IT, Man with red Eyes, the Black thingSlide5
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Patterson
Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke
Jesse is artistic, moody, angry, depressed, and fearful
Leslie is an outgoing and confident tomboy,
Beats Jesse in a foot race at School
Become friends and create a kingdom for themselves called Terabithia
Must cross a river to get to it
Go on adventures, make believe, etc
Jess goes to an art museum without telling anyone
Leslie tries to go to terbithia on her own, drowns, :(
Jesse is overcome with grief and reverts to his moody life before leslieSlide6
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Jonas
The chief elder
Ability to “see beyond”
The Reciever of memories
Color, feeling, emotion, pain, sickness, joy, etc
Lives alone, almost ostracized from community
Gabriel
Comfort object
Hypothermia
Memories of warmth, fire, etc.
Gathering Blue, Son, and MessengerSlide7
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
March Family
Meg
Jo
Elizabeth
Amy Curtis
Robin (father)
Margaret (marmee)
Professor Fredrick Bhaer
Marries Jo, raises Franz, Emil, Teddy, and Rob
John Brooke
Tutor to Laurie, in love with Meg, eventually marrySlide8
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hester Prynne
Pearl
Roger Chillingworth
Arthur Dimmesdale
Governor Bellingham
Hester cleans his home, suit of armor.
Title red garment
The scaffold
“Electric Chain”
Themes of scorn, shame, sin, and church oppression
Opens with lengthy description of a customs house, spices, herbs. Etc. Slide9
Beowulf
Written in old English, in medias res
Hrothgar, king of the Danes.
Great hall is Heorot
Grendel
Killed by Beowulf with bear hands
Grendel’s Mother
Killed with a giants sword
Hrunting
Wiglaf
Loses a two day swimming race to Brecca
Tries to kill a big old dragon by a burial mound, is mortally wounded
Dragon and Beowulf die
Beowulf is cremated and burial mound is built for himSlide10
Shakespeare Slide11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hypolita and Theseus- hypolita is queen of the amazons
Oberon and Titania- fairy king and queen
Lysander and hermia
Demetrius and Helena
Puck, also referred to as robin goodfellow
Rude Mechanicals
Nick bottom- donkey head
Snug, the joiner
Peter quince
Francis flute
Snout
Peaseblossom, Moth, mustard seed, and cobweb
Pyramus and Thisbe Slide12
Hamlet
Prince of Denmark
“To be or not to be” soliloquy
Talks to the Skull of Yorick, “Poor yorick”
“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows”
Ophelia
Loves Hamet, is routinely denied and basically verbally abused
Goes crazy, digs up flowers, drowns under a willow tree
Claudius
Evil uncle, new king, murderer. Play within a play exposes him and his crimes
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Gertrude, Hamlet's mom, married uncle, kinda evil, (maybe redeemed by “saving” hamlet)
Poisoned sword fight with Laertes
Only Horatio survives the whole play
Polonius and the curtain
Rosencrantz and GuildensternSlide13
Macbeth
Weird sisters
Double double toil and trouble
tis time! Tis time!
Can tell the future and predict fates, always enigmatically and mysteriously
Worship or follow Hecate
Lady Macbeth
More ambitious than her husband, pushes him to commit crimes
Out, damned spot!
Duncan, king of Scotland, murdered
Banquo
Friend and general in Duncan’s army. Has a son named Fleance, murdered
Ghosts, armored head, bloody child, crowned child, great birnam wood
Macbeth thinks he is safe because forests can’t move and allpeople are born from women.
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” soliloquy after Lady Macbeth dies
Macduff finally kills the title character. “Prematurely ripped”. (Basically a C section)Slide14
Othello
Othello
Christian Moor, general of armies of Venice
Very insecure and jealous
In the past, the main actor usually donned blackface to play othello. (Lawrence Olivier)
Desdemona
Daughter of venetian senator
Secretly married to othello
Eventually killed out of jealousy
Iago
Ensign for othello (flag or banner holder)
Manipulates and destroys othello with jealousy
Cassio
Othello’s friend and trusted lieutenant.
Emilia
Iago’s wife, helps with handkerchief plot. Insecure and superficial towards husband/marriage
Handkerchief with strawberry pattern
“Green eyed monster”Slide15
Romeo and Juliet
Capulets
Juliet, she’s about 13
Nurse
Lord/lady
Tybalt
Servants Sampson and Gregory
Montagues
Romeo
Lord/lady
Benvolio
Servants Balthazar and Abraham
Prince’s family
Prince, Mercutio and Paris
Friar John and LawrenceSlide16
Romeo and Juliet, continued
Famous quotes
“A pox on both your houses”
“What Light Through yonder window breaks?”
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound!”
The queen Mab speech
“You prince of cats”- refers to tybalt
“Anon, good nurse”
“She doth teach the torches to burn bright/ it seems she hangs upon the cheek of night”
Plot points/ common clues
Takes place in Verona and Mantua
Rosaline is never heard from or seen
The prologue describes “two houses, both alike in dignity...”
“Star crossed lovers”
Juliet is like 13 years old
Romeo and Juliet compare their hands and lips to pilgrims before they kiss
Argument over whether a Lark or a Nightingale is singing