A kind of Murder
Investigate, Inquire, and Imagine
Section A Copy all questions into journal and answer.
1. How would you describe Mr. Warren? Give specific details from the text.
2. How did you feel about the end of the story? Why did you feel that way?
3. Why is Mr. Warren such an easy target for the students’ pranks?
4 Why does Pentecost call what happened to Mr. Warren a murder, and is Pentecost responsible
for Mr. Warren’s death? Explain.
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Understanding Literature (Copy in journal and answer.)
Theme. What theme or themes are central to "A Kind of Murder "? Which parts of the story convey the
theme or themes most strongly?
Characterization. What details about Mr. Warren does the writer give? What can you tell about Mr.
Warren’s past and future?
Writer's Journal (Answer in journal)
1.
Assume the character of Mr. Warren or Pentecost and write two brief diary entries for the
night after the boxing incident and the night after the dog rescue
Skill Builders
Language, Grammar, and Style
Finding the complete Subject and Verb. To find meaning in a sentence, you need to break it into parts.
The two most basic sentence units are the complete subject and the complete predicate.
Complete Subject = All words that tell who up until the verb.
Copy this box into Journal.
Complete Predicate (verb) = All words following the action (Be) verb.
Example The popular [girls] {treated} Rachel badly.
For each sentence below, place square brackets around the complete subject and curly brackets around
the verb. (complete on this sheet.)
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1. The group laughed when Rachel gave her speech about seashells.
2. Everyone has joined the Hortensky Fan Club.
3. Laura might have been rehearsing her speech for hours.
4. The nervous girl sometimes stutters in front of a crowd.
5. The unpopular girl did not dress in the right clothes.
Vocabulary (Complete on this worksheet – tear off and hand in.)
Antonyms. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. Find an antonym (or near
antonym) for each of the following words, from "A kind of Murder." Use a dictionary or a thesaurus to
check your answers or to help lead you to the answers.
Example common: rare
1.amiable
2. contempt
3. cordial
4. demise
5. falsetto
6. infirmity
7. menace
8. pulverize
9. sadist
10. squeamish
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11. tyranny
12. valor