OCR Unit 3, Lesson 6: The Story of Susan La Flesche Picotte

 

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shawl

attention

shelter

education

information

shatter

addition

publish

ambitious

shoulder

social

special

delicious

official

ancient

accomplish

physician

instruction

directions

vicious

 

Vocabulary

ominous

reservation

physician

maneuver

desolately

inundated

siege

allotment

consternation

throes

monies

resentment

stock

consulting

donned

strained

manipulate

consumptive

chartreuse

hygiene

drowsy

 

 

 

 

Group Assignments:

Assignment #1____________
In your spiral notebooks, neatly define the vocabulary words.

Assignment #2____________

Answer Study Guide Questions 2—8. Use vocabulary words in your answers. Write thoughtful, complete sentences.

Assignment #3____________

Answer Study Guide Question, #12 in a thoughtful paragraph. Give evidence/details and make sure you give a clear picture of “then and now.”

Study Guide Questions:

Copy questions and number neatly. Answer fully and completely.

  1. Focus questions (from the book): What makes some people decide to be doctors? How do doctors feel when they cannot help a patient get better?

 
  1. Describe the setting.
  1. Describe the main characters.
  1. What was the CAUSE of Susan not receiving more money for her new job?
  1. What was the EFFECT of Susan applying for the job as Reservation doctor.
  1. Why does Tom get angry when Susan tells him to repair the broken window?
  1. Why do you think the teachers asked Susan whether or not they should close the school—weren’t they in charge?
  1. Why could being “drowsy” be dangerous during a snow storm?
  1. What did Susan teach Minnie’s children?
  1. What CAUSES Marguerite to have a worried look on her face?
  1. What effect does the snow storm have on what takes place in the story?
  1. Compare and contrast “doctoring” during Susan’s time and ours.
  1. Who or what is “Pie”?
  1. Where does Marguerite go to live after Charlie dies?