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Ho's Who in the Bad Beginning ho’s Who in The Bad Beginning Directions: Read through the Mr. Poe. The banker in charge of finding a guardian biographies below, and use for the Baudelaire children after their parents die in a dictionary to look up new a house fire, Mr. Poe is always in a hurry, extremely vocabulary. When you are busy, and he does a superficial job of checking out the guardian’s credentials. He suffers from the finished with each biography, mythical “ostrich syndrome,” choosing to stick circle whether you think the his head in the sand in order to avoid listening to character is a hero, villain, or the problems the children have with their dubious fence-walker. guardian, Count Olaf. (circle one) Hero Villain Fencewalker Violet Baudelaire. Eldest sister of the three Baudelaire orphans requires a ribbon to tie up her Count Olaf. This abusive, greedy, malicious, and hair so she can think of inventive things to help self-centered arsonist is responsible for burning her brother and sister escape desperate situations. down the Baudelaire’s house. Posing as a distant She is constantly disappointed that adults are not relative, he gets himself appointed as the children’s more expedient with their assistance in freeing the guardian so that he and his henchmen can steal the orphans from Count Olaf ’s treachery. Baudelaire fortune. (circle one) Hero Villain Fencewalker (circle one) Hero Villain Fencewalker Klaus Baudelaire. The middle Baudelaire child, Justice Strauss. The judge who lives next door to Klaus is the brother of Violet and baby sister, Sunny. Count Olaf takes a caring interest in the Baudelaire Klaus is a voracious reader who consumes every children. She gets so excited about being in Count book he can get his hands on. His knowledge from Olaf ’s play, however, that she doesn’t realize it is a books complements Violet’s skills as an inventor, scheme that will allow Count Olaf to marry Violet because he provides the rationale for the use and and steal the Baudelaire fortune. The judge cannot implementation of her inventions. Klaus and Violet believe that Count Olaf has ill intentions because he work as a team with their baby sister, Sunny, and they is letting her act. excel as escape artists. (circle one) Hero Villain Fencewalker (circle one) Hero Villain Fencewalker Sunny Baudelaire. The baby of the family, Sunny grows into a toddler as the series progresses. Her protruding, vampire-like front teeth are very handy for chewing, gnawing, and biting her way through precarious circumstances in order to help her siblings. She creates a language that her siblings often understand, but not the adults. (circle one) Hero Villain Fencewalker December 2012 Web Resources • LibrarySparks • 1 The Bad Beginning Character Trait Identification Activity Directions: After learning about each character from Justice the “Who’s Who in The Violet Klaus Sunny Count Olaf Mr. Poe Strauss Bad Beginning” biographies Abhorrent worksheet, look at the Contemplative left column of the chart Disheartened below, and read through Exasperating the list of adjectives and Fiendish adverbs used by Daniel Grotesque Handler in The Bad Begin- Hesitantly ning and other books in his Series of Unfortunate Insipid Events. Based on your un- Judging derstanding of each char- Kindly X X X X acter’s traits, decide which Loathsome adjectives/adverbs could Mournfully apply to each person and Nefarious put an X under their Oblivious names in the appropriate Pathetic box. If you are not sure of Queasy the meaning of the word, Repulsive use a dictionary to find Snarling the definition. Remem- Treacherous ber that a character trait Unbelieving may apply to more than Watchful one person. For example, Youthful you might say that Violet, Zonked Klaus, Sunny, and Justice Strauss are all kindly. 2 • LibrarySparks • December 2012 Web Resources Synonym Searches Directions: Read each sentence and the 5. To say that Klaus is an avid reader is to say that choices below. Circle the letter next to the he feels _________ about books? a. passionate word that is a synonym for the underlined b. disheartened word in the sentence. For help, look at the c. exasperated d. detached Abhorrent “Who’s Who in The Bad Beginning” work- sheet and the dictionary. Contemplative 6. Sunny Beaudelaire has protruding teeth, Disheartened meaning that her teeth are: a. reflective Exasperating b. guttural Fiendish c. provoking d. overhanging Grotesque 1. To say that author Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler) writes about ghastly adventures Hesitantly 7. To say that Mr. Poe is an apathetic character is to say that the adventures are: Insipid means that he is: a. wondrous Judging a. sympathetic b. smelly b. fiendish Kindly c. grim c. atrocious d. noble Loathsome d. indifferent Mournfully 2. To say that the Series of Unfortunate Events books 8. To say that Count Olaf is a nefarious individual Nefarious provide illuminating stories about corrupt personalities means that he is: Oblivious means that the stories are: a. diabolical a. imposing b. ostentatious Pathetic b. enlightening c. skittish Queasy c. maneuvering d. impractical d. devouring Repulsive 9. To say that the fire that burned down the Snarling 3. To say that the Baudelaire children are resilient is Baudelaire’s house had a voracious appetite is to Treacherous to say that they are: say that the fire was: a. unsavory Unbelieving a. flabbergasted b. ineffectual b. whimsical Watchful c. grumpy c. aggressive d. sporadic Youthful d. unstoppable Zonked 4. If Violet is a perceptive inventor, she is: 10. Count Olaf ’s dastardly plans for the Baudelaire a. grotesque children could also be described as: b. ineffectual a. stimulating c. insightful b. sinister d. irksome c. ambiguous d. ridiculous December 2012 Web Resources • LibrarySparks • 3 Synonym Searches Answer Key Directions: Read each sentence and the 5. To say that Klaus is an avid reader is to say that choices below. Circle the letter next to the he feels _________ about books? a. passionate word that is a synonym for the underlined b. disheartened word in the sentence. For help, look at the c. exasperated “Who’s Who in The Bad Beginning” work- d. detached sheet and the dictionary. 6. Sunny Beaudelaire has protruding teeth, meaning that her teeth are: a. reflective b. guttural c. provoking 1. To say that author Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. d. overhanging Daniel Handler) writes about ghastly adventures 7. To say that Mr. Poe is an apathetic character is to say that the adventures are: means that he is: a. wondrous a. sympathetic b. smelly b. fiendish c. grim c. atrocious d. noble d. indifferent 2. To say that the Series of Unfortunate Events books 8. To say that Count Olaf is a nefarious individual provide illuminating stories about corrupt personalities means that he is: means that the stories are: a. diabolical a. Imposing b. ostentatious b. enlightening c. skittish c. maneuvering d. impractical d. devouring 9. To say that the fire that burned down the 3. To say that the Baudelaire children are resilient is Baudelaire’s house had a voracious appetite is to to say that they are: say that the fire was: a. flabbergasted a. unsavory b. ineffectual b. whimsical c. grumpy c. aggressive d. unstoppable d. sporadic 4. If Violet is a perceptive inventor, she is: 10. Count Olaf ’s dastardly plans for the Baudelaire a. grotesque children could also be described as: b. ineffectual a. stimulating c. insightful b. sinister d. irksome c. ambiguous d. ridiculous 4 • LibrarySparks • December 2012 Web Resources Snicket T icket Idioms Snicket Ticket Idioms Fire away Do it right away, or ask If you have any questions about something immediately. Lemony Snicket, the author, fire away. Snicket Ticket Idioms Slept like a log Slept soundly without waking. After surviving the hurricane, the kids slept like a log. Snicket Ticket Idioms Don’t rock the boat Do not attempt to The island leader in the The End change things. warned Violet, Klaus, and Sunny not to rock the boat — he had things just the way he wanted them. Snicket Ticket Idioms Where there’s smoke, there’s fire If a situation seems like it Violet, Klaus, and Sunny learned quickly that where there’s smoke, there’s fire, might be bad, it probably is. and anything having to do with Count Olaf would probably lead to something terrible. Snicket Ticket Idioms Splitting their sides Laughing very hard. Count Olaf and his cruel henchmen were splitting their sides when they thought about the horrible things they did to the Baudelaire children. December 2012 Web Resources • LibrarySparks • 5 Snicket Ticket Idioms Don’t look a gift horse Be thankful for the gift or in the mouth deed that someone does, and In The Ersatz Elevator, baby Sunny didn’t do not analyze or question look a gift horse in the mouth when Jerome his reason for doing it. Squalor offered to carry her up the stairs to the penthouse apartment. Snicket Ticket Idioms Fits like a glove A perfect match. Thanks to their many talents, the Beaudelaire’s new role as escape artists fit Violet, Klaus, and Sunny like a glove. Snicket Ticket Idioms As the crow flies The straight path from one place to another (even if As the crow flies, it is six miles to there are no roads). Count Olaf ’s house, but a car trip takes longer. Snicket Ticket Idioms Barking up the wrong tree Coming to the wrong If Justice Strauss thought Count Olaf conclusion. was a nice guy for offering her an opportunity to act in his play, she was barking up the wrong tree. Snicket Ticket Idioms On the tip of my tongue Something that you know, but Lemony Snicket is the pen name of the can’t immediately recall well person who wrote A Series of Unfortu- nate Events.
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