House Taken Over Study Guide

Which mood is established throughout the entire story (and not just in the beginning?)

• Creepy

• Restless

• Hateful

• Intense emotions

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What are some activities Irene & the narrator participate in? On the side of your study guide, mark the two that happen more often than the other.

• Shopping the book store

• Cleaning & cooking

• Farming

• Reading

• Knitting

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the reaction of the siblings when "they" take over the back section of the house with the library?

• They do nothing.

• They put the house up for sale and move. (Please!)

• They lock the doors to that area & "move" into a different part of the house.

• They panic and devise a plan to fight back.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are two ideas that show, despite their nonchalant approach to the situation, that they are truly terrified of what's happening around them as it progresses?

• They hole up in their rooms and never leave.

• They both clean obsessively.

• Brother & sister be pitchin' fits in their sleep.

• They purposely do mindless, distracting activities & make lots of noise.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define spacious.

• Teeny tiny little bitty.

• Huge; plenty of space.

• A type of sauce for spaghetti.

• Relating to planets.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define muffled.

• Runs out the back of a car.

• Projecting over a microphone.

• A type of baked good.

• Muted. Less clearly heard.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define obscure.

• Uncertain

• Black & dark

• Easily definable

• A solution to a sickness

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What's the money status of the siblings?

• They have it. They inherited it through harvesting fields.

• They don't have it. Their parents were poor.

• They have it. They made it themselves by their own business venture.

• They don't have it. They inherited it but spent it all.

Describe the general demeanor of both siblings throughout the story.

• Uncaring & indifferent.

• Freaked out.

• Calm and chill.

• Joyful to see their family.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What's a main idea of this story?

• Be nice to others or else you'll suffer the consequences of being a disconnected miser to those around you.

• Let your fear feed you until you are overtaken and overrun by it.

• People with lots of money live in houses they cannot control.

• Overcome your fear, (the consequences of inaction), or lose everything about you that's important.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2