Amplify Lesson 8 part 1 unit 4

Lesson Focus

LO: I am learning about the author’s
word choice and writing style in the
text.
SC:
I can identify the author’s word choice
in the text.
I can identify the author’s writing style
in the text.
I can examine the author’s word
choice and writing style during a
close reading of the text.

Lesson 8

Vocabulary

reason

They had not
expected a
man who would
reason so well.

verb

to think in a sensible and logical

way

partridge

“In that case,”
Sancho said,
“those partridges
will be fine for
me.”

noun

a bird that is hunted and

eaten for food

commotion

On the night of
Sancho’s seventh
day as governor
when he began to
fall asleep, there
was a great
commotion
outside.

noun

noise

ingenuity

We need your
strength, your
ingenuity, your
courage to guide us!

noun

skill or cleverness that allows

someone to create

something or solve a problem

reluctantly

“All right, all
right, I’ll take
up arms,”
Sancho
reluctantly
agreed.

adjective

done with hesitation or

unwillingness

agony

All I want is to be free
from this agony.

noun

extreme pain

booty

Let’s go divide the
booty.

noun

valuable goods or money
taken as a prize after victory

administration

We would let you go,
even though we’re
sorry to lose you, but
every governor must
account for his
administration.

noun

government

resign

He found out he
could not handle
the job, and he had
the courage to
resign.

verb

to give up a job in an official

way

dignity

At the end, though, his
honesty and dignity
made them admire
Sancho Panza as a
human being.

adjective

calm behavior and self-control

woe

I take it your
woes are due to
love–an
unrequited
passion for a
fair lady?”

noun

sadness

unrequited

I take it your woes
are due to
love–an
unrequited
passion for a fair
lady?”

adjective

unreturned; one-sided

scorn

“That is my fate,”
he replied,
“though I cannot
exactly say my
lady scorns me.”

verb

to hate

bestow

It is a poor
knight-errant who
cannot bestow an
earldom, or a
government, on
his squire.

verb

to give

scoundrel

Likely enough, if we were
wise men we would stay
at home with our families
instead of tramping
around the country with a
master like mine, who
is as crazy as he is brave,
and even more than that,
is a scoundrel.

noun

a person with a bad

reputation; a liar

folly

You can persuade
him of anything, and
that is why I love him
and cannot leave him
in spite of all his
follies.

noun

craziness

vanquish

I say nothing about
your other victories,
but I do not admit
that you have
vanquished Don
Quixote de la Mancha.

verb

to beat or defeat in battle

unyoke

The wagon driver,
calling on all there to
bear witness that
he was being forced
against his will and
over his protests,
unyoked his animals
and led them out of
harm’s way.

verb

to free from a harness or

wagon

commend

Then he commended
himself to God and to
Dulcinea, and stood
ready in front of the
lion’s door.

verb

to entrust or commit

As a knight-errant, what
are some of Don Quixote’s
character traits?

A knight-errant is a knight
who wanders about, always in
search of adventure and
romance.

What are some examples
of things from the text that
show Don Quixote is
idealistic (unrealistic) or
quixotic?

For all 3 questions

What are some examples
of things from the text that
show Don Quixote is brave?

Many translations and adaptations of
Cervantes’s Don Quixote have been written.

Today you will read excerpts from another
version of the story. These excerpts are
similar to the Reader chapters 9 and 10,
“The Knight of the Wood” and “The
Adventure of the Lions.”

The excerpts are included on Activity Page
8.1 in you books

●In lines 8-9, why does the author use the figurative
phrase (simile) “for she is as gentle as a lamb and as
soft as butter” to describe the ladies?

What other adjectives do
you think of when you
describe a lamb
as gentle?

When you say something
is as soft as butter, what
do you imagine?

Multiple Choice

●In lines 8-9, why does the author use the figurative
phrase (simile) “for she is as gentle as a lamb and as
soft as butter” to describe the ladies?

• To emphasize their gentle and soft nature.
• To depict their wild and untamed nature.
• To show their intelligence and wit.
• To highlight their strength and power.

In paragraph #2, why does the
author use the figurative phrase “as
crazy as he is brave” to describe
the masters?

What does the squire
mean by the phrase
It’s the blind leading
the blind?

Multiple Choice

In paragraph #2, why does the
author use the figurative phrase “as
crazy as he is brave” to describe
the masters?

• To show their lack of bravery and courage.
• To emphasize their extreme and daring behavior.
• To highlight their intelligence and calmness

What does the strange
knight mean when he
says his lady, Casildea,
gives him “such tasks
as those imposed on
Hercules”?

In this example, the author
is making what is called an
allusion, or a reference to a
literary character. Hercules
is a Greek mythological,
fictional character. He
performed twelve feats, or
tasks. Those tasks were
thought to be impossible,
but Hercules was able to
complete all twelve
because he was the son of
Zeus, the king of the gods.

Multiple Choice

What does the strange
knight mean when he
says his lady, Casildea,
gives him “such tasks
as those imposed on
Hercules”?

• Casildea gives him tasks as easy as those imposed on Hercules.
• Casildea gives him tasks as difficult as those imposed on Hercules.
• Casildea gives him tasks as simple as those imposed on Hercules.

Based on the way it is
used in this paragraph,
what do you think the
word contrary means?

Multiple Choice

Based on the way it is
used in this paragraph,
what do you think the
word contrary means?

• supportive or in favor of
• opposite or in conflict with
• unrelated or irrelevant to
• similar or in agreement with

What does the Knight of
the Wood mean when he
refers to “the conditions of
battle”?

In this version of the story,
there is one condition of
the duel that is similar to a
condition in the version of
the story in the Reader.
There is also a condition
that is different. What
condition of the duel is
included in both versions
of the story?

What condition of the duel
is included in this version
of the story but not in the
story in the Reader?

“Sancho wrung his hands..”
Why do you think the author
included this line after Don
Quixote demands to fight the
lion?

Multiple Choice

“Sancho wrung his hands..”
Why do you think the author
included this line after Don
Quixote demands to fight the
lion?

• To show Sancho's anxiety and worry
• To indicate Sancho's indifference and nonchalance
• To highlight Sancho's bravery and courage
• To demonstrate Sancho's excitement and anticipation

What does the author mean by
the phrase “not to continue
with his purpose”?

What is ironic about Don
Quixote saying, “Let everyone
mind his own business!”?

Multiple Choice

What is ironic about Don
Quixote saying, “Let everyone
mind his own business!”?

• Don Quixote is minding his own business
• Don Quixote is being sarcastic
• Don Quixote is usually does not mind his own business

“He extended his tongue,
which was two hands long”
Why did the author include
this imagery for the lion?
A.

To show he was
hungry

B.

To show that the
animal was large

Based on the way it is
used in this paragraph,
what do you think the
word undaunted
means?

A.

It means scared

B.

It means he is not afraid

Multiple Choice

“He extended his tongue,
which was two hands long”
Why did the author include
this imagery for the lion?

• To emphasize the lion's size and strength.
• To depict the lion's beauty and grace.
• To show the lion's agility and speed.

Multiple Choice

Based on the way it is
used in this paragraph,
what do you think the
word undaunted
means?

• it means scared

• it means unafraid

What do you think
Don Quixote means
when he says, “And
if the matter
should come to the
ears of the king”?

Multiple Choice

What do you think
Don Quixote means
when he says, “And
if the matter
should come to the
ears of the king”?

• The matter will gain attention and be known by the king.
• The king will ignore the matter completely.
• The matter will be resolved without the king's involvement.

In the excerpt “The Strange Knight and
Squire-Challenge, Victory and
Transformation,” the strange knight says
that Don Quixote “calls himself the Knight
of the Sad Face or Sorrowful
Countenance.”

Later in “The Gentleman in Green,
Adventure with the Lions, and Astonished
Friends,” Don Quixote announces that he
“is dropping the name ‘Sorrowful
Countenance’ and will now be known as
the ‘Knight of the Lions.’”

Why do you think that Don Quixote called
himself the “Knight of Sorrowful
Countenance”? Think about all of his
adventures up until the moment he
encounters the lions.

Why do you think Don Quixote decided to
change his name to the “Knight of the Lions”?
What might this change in name signify or
mean?

Think-Pair-Share

Dumbfounded means “shocked” or
“surprised.”

“The men on the cart were
dumbfounded at this command.”

The surprise ending to the mystery
dumbfounded many readers.

- dumbfounded

“I was dumbfounded when
I learned _______.”

- dumbfounded

Have you ever been
dumbfounded by anything? Be
sure to use the word
dumbfounded when you talk
about it.

.

- dumbfounded

Synonyms Antonyms

Categorize

Options (6)

unimpressed

unconcerned

bored

shocked

surprised

stunned

Organize these options into the right categories for the word DUMBFOUNDED

antonym

synonym

Open Ended

Why do you think Don Quixote decided to change his name to the “Knight of the Lions”? What might this change signify or mean? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Use the stem to assist in writing your answer:

In this adventure, _____________. The name change signals that he is feeling more______. He may also think that this name will impress_______.

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