"The Witch Who Came For The Weekend"
by William Trevor
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
William Trevor - five facts about the author, identify how the author's personal life is reflected in the story, provide an image.
William Trevor was born on May 24,1928 he is an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His father worked as a bank official. William trevor was educated at ST, Columba Collage. He received a degree in history and then worked as a sculptor under his name Trevor Cox. After a few years he married Jane Ryan in 1952 two years later he emigrated to Great Britian working as a copywriterfor an advertising agency. When William Trevor wrote his first novel A Standard of Behavior and it was published in 1958 but it wasn't such a big hit. In 1964 when he was 36 he won the Hawthornden Prize for Literature for The Old Boys after he won that it encouraged him to write more books and he became a full time writer. After a few years later him and his family moved to Devon in South West England. he is still living.
PREREADING REFLECTION:
What character traits and physical qualities do you associate with witches?
I am not really a person that will do traits and physical qualities with withes because they aren't really real but I guess I would say if they were real I would do stuff like that and maybe play volleyball with a witch. But I know that can't be true but maybe.
Have you ever formed an opinion about someone's personality and later changed that opinion? How did you form your first opinion? What caused you to change it?
I have formed an opinion with someone's personality and then changed that opinion again. I formed my first opinion by telling that person to let other people play with us and I changed it by telling that person more and to also share with others.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:
Define each term as it is used in the context of the story. Provide a quote from the story in proper quote format and include a page number.
Gorgeous - beautiful;
Extraordinary - unusual or remarkable;
Tedious - something that is to long or slow;
Occupied - something that is being used by someone;
Contemptuously - someone that is talking to another person in a disrespectful way or in a mean way;
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
Provide 4 examples for each idea and use examples from the text to support
William Trevor - five facts about the author, identify how the author's personal life is reflected in the story, provide an image.
William Trevor was born on May 24,1928 he is an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His father worked as a bank official. William trevor was educated at ST, Columba Collage. He received a degree in history and then worked as a sculptor under his name Trevor Cox. After a few years he married Jane Ryan in 1952 two years later he emigrated to Great Britian working as a copywriterfor an advertising agency. When William Trevor wrote his first novel A Standard of Behavior and it was published in 1958 but it wasn't such a big hit. In 1964 when he was 36 he won the Hawthornden Prize for Literature for The Old Boys after he won that it encouraged him to write more books and he became a full time writer. After a few years later him and his family moved to Devon in South West England. he is still living.
PREREADING REFLECTION:
What character traits and physical qualities do you associate with witches?
I am not really a person that will do traits and physical qualities with withes because they aren't really real but I guess I would say if they were real I would do stuff like that and maybe play volleyball with a witch. But I know that can't be true but maybe.
Have you ever formed an opinion about someone's personality and later changed that opinion? How did you form your first opinion? What caused you to change it?
I have formed an opinion with someone's personality and then changed that opinion again. I formed my first opinion by telling that person to let other people play with us and I changed it by telling that person more and to also share with others.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:
Define each term as it is used in the context of the story. Provide a quote from the story in proper quote format and include a page number.
Gorgeous - beautiful;
Extraordinary - unusual or remarkable;
Tedious - something that is to long or slow;
Occupied - something that is being used by someone;
Contemptuously - someone that is talking to another person in a disrespectful way or in a mean way;
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
Provide 4 examples for each idea and use examples from the text to support
Frances has POWER in a conversation or situation.
1. Frances has power when she is talking to Miss Pergo about the witches that she knows about. 2. Frances also has power when she is talking to Miss Pergo when she and Frances take a walk and Frances sees a snake and she is scared. 3. Frances also has power in the beginning of the story when she introduces herself to Miss Pergo. |
Frances DOES NOT HAVE POWER in a conversation or situation.
1. Frances does not have power when she is staring at Miss Pergo because she thinks of something weird about her. 2. Frances also does not have power when she sees a snake and Miss Pergo tells her to close her eyes so that way Frances doesn't see her do her magic. 3. Frances doesn't have power when she is in the car with Miss Pergo and Miss Pergo is talking. |