In this activity, you'll use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words from The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Refer back to the story as you fill out the table below. In the Contextual Meaning column, write the meanings that you are able to derive from the story alone. After you've added the contextual meanings for all words, look up the words in a dictionary and fill in the actual definitions in the Dictionary Definition column. Then, in the Notes/Comments column, write about how the contextual definitions compare to the dictionary definitions and whether context was enough to come up with a good understanding of these unfamiliar words.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.