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Facilitate reading comprehension and sharpen literary craft analysis skills with this bundle of activities and assessments covering Kay Boyle’s short story “Astronomer’s Wife.” A plot-based quiz, a close reading worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension
• Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed
• Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
• Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
• Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Articulate key similarities between two situations
• Contrast the behaviors of two characters
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including irony and foreshadowing
• Support claims and inferences with relevant evidence and sound reasoning
• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• Come to class better prepared to discuss literature