Homework Helper.....

OK, first things first.....yay to M.J. for being the first to 'follow' this blog of true awesomeness. A chocolate bar bribe awaits thee on Wednesday!

Secondly, I have occasioned the pain of being accosted in the schoolyard by the plaintive cry of "Ms!!! I don't get the homework!!!" Well, knock me over with a lace-trimmed bonnet! I would have thought this week's questions were quite modest in their demands.

So, because I'm the best and most modest teacher, ever, I will proffer the following help:

Questions 1+2: your own opinion! Think! Use your highly regarded brains! I know you can!

Questions 3, 4+5: basic comprehension: check the novel!

Question 6: yikes! Worst. Proposal. Ever!

Question 7: we didn't discuss this in class, but fairly self-explanatory. Basically, does Darcy's letter of explanation offer Lizzy any insights into her own prejudices? Does she change her opinion? Does she see how blind she has been?

Question 8: use the chart to work your way through the proposal and letter. Start in the first column with Lizzy's initial, polite rejection of the offer of marriage, then the next column for how Darcy reacts, then the third for Lizzy's reaction to that. Then go back to the first column for the next point etc. Get it?

Good luck, may the Borg be with you!