Vocabulary: fragrance, lush, pervading, persistency, reproachfully, martyr, relinquishing, relapsed, reverie,

Vocabulary: heroine, inculcate, moral, scrawny, scarlet, poverty, neglect.

Vocabulary: mingled, benevolent, corroborated, pert, providential, superfluous, ottoman, stipulations, mute, dread, gimlet.

Enrichment: Locate information on the Anne of Green Gables home in Prince Edward Island.

Vocabulary: harrowed, admonished, infinite, catechism, irreverence, manse.

Vocabulary: obedient, dilated, imploring, deferring, fortnight, discourse,

Vocabulary: grippe, homely, intoxicated, indignant, evasive, reprehensible.

Vocabulary: refractory, consolatory, obdurate, plaintive, auburn,

Vocabulary: pew, rebuke, recite, sermon.

Vocabulary: caper, dubious, vexed, cordially, poring, dryad, stingy.

Vocabulary: infatuated, staccato, faltered, amethyst, sallow, brusquely, bequeathed, smitten.

Vocabulary: meddle, rigmarole, defiance, steadfast, primly.

Enrichment: Have you ever made a false confession? What did you hope to gain by doing it?

Vocabulary: tempest, rustic, pooled, hieroglyphics, malicious, spasmodic, patriarchal

Enrichment: Describe how Marilla has changed since the beginning of our story?

Vocabulary: aesthetic, addlepated, lingered, obstinate, rebuke.

Vocabulary: trice, dejected, staunchly, relented, pathetic, muse, dolefully, effusion, perusal, ostentatiously.

Vocabulary: intoxicate, sundry, wistful, courting, hasten, ipecac, croup.

Vocabulary: traipsing, curfew, retorted, amiable, dire, jaunty, discreet, implored

Enrichment: Research L.M. Montgomery's life in Leaksdale, Ontario. (Hint: They have a museum dedicated to L.M. Montgomery there)

1. Why did Mr. Philips give some Mayflowers to Prissy Andrews?
2. What special anniversary occurs in this chapter?
3. How does Anne try to convince Marilla that ghosts do exist?

Vocabulary: capricious, resurrection, lurked, reverie, limpid

Enrichment: Research ghosts. Are people in certain countries more likely to believe in ghosts? Do you believe in them? Why or why not?

1. Why is Marilla surprised that Anne needed two handkerchiefs?
2. Why is Anne so fond of Mrs. Allan?
3. Describe the incident when Mrs. Allan tastes Anne's cake.
4. According to Marilla who is to blame for this?

Vocabulary: plaintively, sarcastic, orator, pew, liniment

Enrichment: Write a farewell speech that Mr. Phillips might have delivered to his class.

1. Why does Anne arrive home so excited?
2. What rules of etiquette has Anne been studying?
3. Describe what Mrs. Allan was wearing when she greeted Anne at the door?
4. What kind of new teacher did they have in Avonlea that Mrs. Lynde felt was a dangerous innovation?

Vocabulary: manse, etiquette, seraph, fortnight, innovation

Enrichment: What might be the differences in etiquette between then and now? Ask your parents if rules of etiquette were different for them and then ask your grandparents? Research etiquette in other cultures? Make up some of your own rules of etiquette and share them with your classmates.

1. What did Diana Barry decide to do a week after having tea at the manse?
2. For what did Ruby Gillis have a mortal dread?
3. Who dared Anne to walk the ridgepole?
4. What sudden revelation did Marilla have when she saw Mr. Barry carrying Anne into the yard?
5. According to Marilla what had not been injured by Anne's fall off the roof?

Vocabulary: reverie, enticing, perch, ridgepole, entreated, revelation

Enrichment: Pretend you are holding a party for your friends.    What kind of activities would you plan?    Would you plan a party differently if it was all girls or all boys?   Why?

1. What does Anne feel instinctively when Miss Stacy pronounces her name?
2. Why did the boys climb to the top of the big trees?
3. Why did Marilla think that Anne was vain?
4. Why was Anne happy to talk to Matthew about the concert?

Vocabulary: mellow, amethyst, recite, promote, undertaking, patriotism

Enrichment:   Pretend you are Anne and write two or three entries in your diary describing how you feel about the upcoming concert.

1. What is a bootjack?
2. What did Matthew notice about Anne that was different from her mates?
3. Why did Matthew end up buying a garden rake in the middle of December?
4. Why is Mrs. Lynde pleased when Matthew asks her to pick out a fashionable dress with puffed sleeves for Anne?
5. What happens at the concert that suggests Gilbert Blythe cares deeply for Anne?

Vocabulary:   bashfully, scornfully, cluster, inscrutable, ordeal, ingratiatingly, deprecatory, loftily

Enrichment:  Memorize a poem and recite it to your friends.   

1. What is Anne's "besetting sin"?
2. According to Diana, why will Anne find it easy to write her composition?
3. Why did Anne suggest that she and Diana form a story club?
4. What is meant by a nom de plume?
5. According to Mr. Allan, what is the important or great thing to remember when writing a story?

Vocabulary: trifling, amid, uncharitable, treads, virtuously, regal, turbulent

Enrichment: Write about something mischievous or naughty that you have done in your life.   Explain why you did it and how you might handle your own children some day if they were to do the same type of thing.

1. Why was Marilla disappointed and irritated when she returned home from her meeting?
2. Where did Marilla find Anne?
3. Explain why Anne was in her bedroom.
4. What is meant by the sentence, "Anne promptly turned her glass to the wall."
5. How did Marilla attempt to solve Anne's "bad hair day".

Vocabulary: primal, briskly, kindling, riled, cowered, trice, veracity, impeached

Enrichment: Research the use of dyes for clothing in pioneer days.  Where did they get their dyes and how effective were they?  Experiment yourself but use only small pieces of white cloth.  Make sure you are properly dressed for this activity.

1. Whose idea was it to dramatize the poem Elaine
2. Why did Anne caution Ruby not to talk about Mrs. Lynde?
3. In what unfortunate dilemma did Anne suddenly find herself as she drifted in the flat (barge)?
4. Why is Anne so angry and upset when she is finally rescued?
5. Anne tells Marilla that she has learned much from her mistakes.  What does she claim to have learned from this incident?

Vocabulary: conceded, auburn, ruthlessly, parsed, yielding, flowery, indulged

Enrichment: Locate a copy of Tennyson's Elaine on the internet and read it.

1. What news does Diana have for Anne?
2. How far away was Charlottetown and estimate how long you think the trip would take in those days?
3. Why did Anne refuse to bet with Diana on the horse races?
4. Why did Miss Barry give Anne and Diana ten cents each?

Vocabulary: epoch,placidly, ecstasy, divined, abashed, abomination

Enrichment: Pretend you are a fortune teller.   Dress the part and tell your classmate's fortunes.   Why do you think people enjoy having their fortunes told even when they don't believe in it?

1. Why does Anne think Miss Stacy had paid a visit to Green Gables?
2. What was the real reason for Miss Stacy's visit?
3. What incident is Anne referring to when she states that she has, "tasted the bitterness of death"?
4. Why was there open rivalry between Gilbert and Anne?
5. Why had Marilla not been at the Aid meeting on Thursday?

Vocabulary: enthralling, indulgent, appalling, contritely, shroud, tantrum

Enrichment: Find out about teacher training in your area.  What kind of qualifications would be required for elementary teachers in the late 1800's?   Locate information referring specifically to teacher education in Prince Edward Island both past and present.

1. Why does Marilla allow Anne so much freedom during her summer vacation?
2. What "good friends" does Anne retrieve from the attic at the end of the summer?
3. Why is Marilla crying?
4. What is Anne's stumbling-block?

Vocabulary: consumption, zest, theology, shirks, flounce, trustees, consternation, elope

Enrichment: Research diseases of the 1800's and discuss past and present methods of treating the various diseases and ailments.  Would there be any advantages medically to living in the 1800's?

1. Why were the handkerchiefs so damp?
2. Why was Ruby in hysterics when Anne reached the boarding house?
3. Why did Anne want so desperately to finish well up the list?
4. How many names appeared on the pass list and whose name was at the top?

Vocabulary: frequent, fluttery, headway, composed, recite, surpass, conjugations, lagging

Enrichment: Describe a time when you were in some form of competition.   How did you prepare to receive the results--good or bad?  For example, you may have been awaiting news to see if you made the cut for the basketball team or whether or not you were successful in your audition to sing in the school choir.

1. Describe how the east gable had changed over the past four years.
2. What was the purpose of holding the concert?
3. Who arrived at Green Gables to take Anne to the concert?
4. What is meant by the expressions "country bumpkins" and "rustic belles"?
5. Why is Anne convinced that she and her friends are rich?

Vocabulary: pallid, burnished, conniving, lamented, encore, scoffed, amateur, ballad, languidly, elocutionist

Enrichment: Research Charlottetown past and present and make a presentation to your class dressed in period costume.

1. What does Matthew mean by Mrs. Spencer's lucky mistake?
2. Why does Anne decide not to board with Miss Josephine Barry?
3. Explain how Josie Pye insults Anne during her brief visit.
4. What does Anne resolve to do at the end of the chapter.

Vocabulary: ample, agitatedly, providence, subside, pinnacle, aspiration

Enrichment: In a small group discuss how to deal with difficult personalities like Josie Pye.  Write out some strategies and then try employing these strategies with difficult personalities that you know.   (Cautionary Note: Don't talk about your classmates or people might start comparing you to Josie Pye)

1. What do the Avonlea students do every Friday night if the weather cooperates?
2. What happened after the Christmas holidays?
3. Who were the three medal contenders according to the other students.
4. What is meant by commencement?

Vocabulary: comrades, wistful, latter, abated, looming, strife, immortal

Enrichment: Examine the history of railroads?   What does gauge mean?   Why was there not a standard gauge in North America in the 1800's?  Are there any advantages to a narrow gauge?  Pay a visit to a model railroad club and make a report to your class.   (This can be an incredibly worthwhile experience)

1. Why did Anne tell Jane that she would go straight to the girls' dressing room?
2. What caused Anne to feel a sickening pang of defeat?
3. What spectacular news did Anne receive?
4. Why does Marilla plan on seeing the doctor in June?
5. Explain the significance of the last sentence in the chapter.

Vocabulary: solemnly, pang, parasol, reproachfully, coeducational, oculist, nominal

Enrichment: Research how and why eye operations are performed?   Who invented eye glasses?  How are today's glasses different from those in Marilla's time?

1. What happens to Matthew and why does it happen?
2. How do we know that Matthew and the Cuthbert family were well-respected in Avonlea?
3. Why does Anne say to Marilla, "Oh,  just let me cry"?
4. What story does Marilla reveal to Anne about Gilbert Blythe's father?

Vocabulary: drawn, threshold, pallid, thronged, placid, anguished, vigil, tilled, convolutions

Enrichment: Write an obituary column for Matthew Cuthbert.   Examine some of the obituary columns in both your local and national newspapers.

1. What did the doctor tell Marilla about her eyes?
2. Why had John Sadler from Carmody paid a visit to Marilla at Green Gables?
3. What news does Anne tell Marilla about the scholarship.
4. How old will Anne be when she starts her teaching career?
5. What news does Mrs. Lynde bring to Anne about Gilbert Blythe.
6. Describe Gilbert and Anne's conversation at the end of the final chapter.

Vocabulary: prohibition, resolutely, sha'n't, substantial, courteously, congenial

Enrichment: This is a wonderful site for checking out information on the Anne of Green Gables characters and places.