Answer the following questions about each of the words from the Underlined word. Then, write an original sentence for each word. Check your original sentences with a partner or small group. What might someone do or say that would leave you $\underline{aghast}$?

Share your paper with your writing group or with a partner. Ask your reader(s) to focus especially on these points:

Can you follow everything I've said? Do you have questions?

With your partner, confirm who these people are. Cést toi?

Study the context of each sentence, looking for a word that is a synonym for the boldfaced word. Then explain its meaning. Candide was attracted to pretty girls, and Cunegund, who was especially $\mathbf{comely},$ immediately caught his eye.

Who is Pangloss, and what does Candide learn from him?

With a partner or in a group, discuss the following questions.

1. What is area?
2. Why are squares used to measure area?
3. What are some other possible units that could be used to measure area? Write your conclusions for each question.

At a later point in the story, Candide finally sees the error of Pangloss's teachings and renounces optimism, defining it as "the mania of maintaining that everything is well when we are wretched." Do you agree with Candide's statement? Why or why not? State your definition of optimism.

Get together with a partner or a group and talk about your responses to this true story. Be sure to refer to your journals.

Answer the following questions about each of the words from the Underlined word. Then, write an original sentence for each word. Check your original sentences with a partner or small group. How did Lyndon Johnson's actions demonstrate a $\underline{manipulation}$ of events during the Tonkin Gulf crisis?

With a partner or a group, toss a number cube $30$ times and record the number showing on each toss. Compare the histograms. Describe how the distribution of the mean changes as the number of tosses increaes.

Find a partner. Using the analogy, explain to your partner how life on Earth evolved over billions of years.

Find a partner. Using the analogy, explain to your partner what might happen if all the decomposers disappeared from Earth.

Answer the following questions about each of the words from the Underlined word. Then, write an original sentence for each word. Check your original sentences with a partner or small group. Identify several local, national, or world problems for which you think there is no $\underline{facile }$ solution.

Why is Candide expelled from the Baron's castle?