{"id":7057,"date":"2021-01-27T13:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/?p=7057"},"modified":"2021-07-01T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T16:59:57","slug":"crispin-the-cross-of-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/2021\/01\/27\/crispin-the-cross-of-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Crispin: The Cross of Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Follow this link for the best discussion questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scholastic Discussion Guide for Crispin: The Cross of Lead https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/lesson-plans\/teaching-content\/crispin-cross-lead-discussion-guide\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie\u2019s personal thoughts: Warning Contains Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book was a delight to read. It brought up so many important questions that seem to be timeless. However, I must pick apart a few of the ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Devotion to God\/religion are unlikely to grow in the complete absence of prosperity. I have a hard time believing Crispin would bother to be loyal to a practice that only showed him doom and gloom. Most people would bitterly renounce that faith.<\/li>
  2. After Crispin tastes a bit of freedom, he immediately succumbs to Bear\u2019s trickery. I don\u2019t think Crispin would be so quick to cave in to this man\u2019s attempt at logic. I believe Crispin would go along with the game just long enough to escape and never look back.<\/li>
  3. Once in Great Wexley, Crispin suddenly makes an uncharacteristic move and explores the city on his own, against Bear\u2019s explicit orders (and completely without Bear\u2019s protection while knowing that there was much personal danger to himself). I don\u2019t feel that the author made this change in character plausible. It kind of goes against everything we have come to know about Crispin.<\/li>
  4. A bargain is reached in the end where Ayliff will agree to let them go with the promise that they will never return (and will hand over the evidence in the form of the cross). While we understand that Ayliff cannot be trusted, it still seems contrived that he would betray his oath right in front of the city gates. There is nothing in it for him, he\u2019s already getting everything he wants by way of their exile. It felt like the author just wanted us to see Crispin and Bear square up in a final show of bravery even if it didn\u2019t really add to the plot. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Vocabulary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Alb- white vestment worn by clergy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bailiff- court official who keeps order<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Blighted- ruined<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Buxom- plump, especially with large breasts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cacophony- harsh discordant mixture of sounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cur- scoundrel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Farthing- coin worth \u00bc of a penny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fording place- shallow point of river or stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Gallows- structure used for hanging criminals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Genuflect- to bend the knee in reverence or respect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Glaive- sword<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Impoverished- poverty-stricken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kirtle- woman\u2019s gown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Livery- official uniform<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mazer- hardwood drinking bowl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mercenary- person concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Moot- a gathering of people to discuss a topic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mummers- actors, performers, especially mime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pattens- clog shoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pauper- very poor person<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pike- infantry weapon-long wooden pole with iron head<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Portentous- ominous, foreshadowing, warning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Privies- outhouse, latrine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Punctilious- meticulous in detail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Reeve- president of a village or town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sanctuary- place of refuge and safety<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Servile- behaving like a slave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Slake- to satisfy (your thirst)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Spate- sudden flood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Spinney- small areas of trees and bushes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tallow- a hard fatty substance used in making candles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tonsured hair- priests or monks shaven top of head<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tresses- a long lock of a woman\u2019s hair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tumultuous- confusing, stormy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Untoward- inappropriate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wattle and daub- interwoven sticks and twigs covered with clay or mud<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wizened- shriveled or wrinkled with age<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yew bows- longbow made from the wood of a yew tree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Follow this link for the best discussion questions: Scholastic Discussion Guide for Crispin: The Cross of Lead https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/lesson-plans\/teaching-content\/crispin-cross-lead-discussion-guide\/ Julie\u2019s personal thoughts: Warning Contains Spoilers This book was a delight to read. It brought up so many important questions that seem to be timeless. However, I must pick apart a few of the ideas: Devotion to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-julies-diys","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7061,"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057\/revisions\/7061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}