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A Wrinkle in TimeAbout the AuthorMadeleine L’Engle Camp was born on November 29, 1918 in New York,New York, to Charles Wadsworth and Madeleine Camp. Her parentsexposed her to artistic people and interesting places. She started to writewhen she was five.In her childhood, Madeleine enjoyed being alone. Solitude provided her theopportunity to read, dream, and write many stories. As a teenager,Madeleine started to write seriously. Her writing provided entertainmentand company.—The family moved to Europe, where Madeleine attended a boarding school. By living in a dormitory shewas forced out of her solitary lifestyle. Here she learned to write in the midst of all sorts of distractions.In her later schooling at Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, she enjoyed herself and was veryproductive. By her senior year, she was finally a “success” with her peers.Madeleine went to Smith College and continued her writing. After graduation she lived with severalgirls in New York. She wrote and looked for acting jobs. It was during this time that her first book, TheSmall Rain, was published. She met Hugh Franidin, an actor whom she married in January of 1946.They moved to Goshen, Connecticut to raise their three children, run a general store, and be a part of thecommunity. Madeleine wrote at night after the children were asleep, but was not able to sell herwriting. In spite of the rejection, she knew she would not be happy unless she was writing. In herfortieth year, she began to sell her writing.In 1963, Madeleine won the Newbery Medal forA Wrinkle in Time. Of this book she says:‘A writer offantasy, fairy tale, or myth must inevitably, discover that he is not writing out ofhisown knowledge or experience, but out of something both deeper and wider. I think thatfantasymust possess the author and simply use him. I know that this is true ofA Wrinkle in Time. Ican ‘t possibly tell you howl came to write it. It was simply a book! had to write. I had nochoice. And it was only after it was written that I realized what some of it meant.”-“The Expanding Universe”Horn Boolç August, 1963Some of the other books she has written for children include Meet theAustins, A Wind in the Door, ASwiftly Tilting Planet, The Time Trilogy, A Ring ofEndless Light, and Camilla. Autobiographicalaccounts include A Circle of Quiet, The Sum,ner of the Great Grandmother, and The Irrational Season.Madeleine L’Engle lives and writes in New York and is the volunteer librarian for New York’sCathedral of St. John the Divine. She tours throughout the world speaking. She encourages children toread and establish the habit of regular writing.Through her books and her speeches, this imaginative writer inspires those who read and hear her wordsto lead lives that are more open-minded and courageous.

Book SummaryA Wrinkle in TimeBy Madeleine L’Engle(Dell, 1976)If someone asked you to tesser, could you do it?It might help you to know that to tesser means to travel through a tesseract—a wrinkle in time. Thecharacters in this story tesser frequently. They move into different times and different worlds in aninstant!When Mr. Murry, a United States physicist, mysteriously disaparshe is deeply missed by his wifeand children. After some time, Meg and Charles Wallace, the eldest and youngest of these children, aresummoned to the aid of their father by three incredibly eccentric women, who are much more than whatthey seem.Led by the strange women and accompanied by a friendly boy named Calvin, the children begin theiradventure— an adventure of time and space travel. They move rapidly through a tesseract to severaldifferent worlds, finally reaching Camazotz, a world that is clouded by evil, a world in which Mr. Murryis held prisoner. And, in Camazotz, Charles Wallace becomes a captive as well.What the children do to release Mr. Murry and Charles Wallace from the grasp of evil is suspensefuland thought provoking.After reading this story, you will know and most likely remember what a tesseract is and what time andspace travel might be like.With what you have learned and experienced, would you be willing to go through a wrinkle in time?

Study GuideChapters 1—3The following questions must be answered in complete sentences!Describe how Meg Feels about herself.‘Nht kind of student is Meg?Describe ChrIes VVHce. wht makes him different hr, typical five—year-old?what re the rumors around town about Mr. Murry’s absence?Describe the reItionship between Meg nd ChrIes ‘vVlLce.what do you know thus Fr about Mrs. Nhtsit, Mrs. Who, nd Mrs.Which?

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Study GuideChapter 4—5Please write in complete sentences!Pescribe what Meg Feels the first time she travels by “wrinkling” thoughtime.Nht is the bIck thing that Mrs. Nhtsft shows the chil4ren on line!?In wht dimension is tesserct?Pescribe what tesserct is to the best of your bilfty.Pescribe the creture Mrs. Whtsft metmorphs into.Why can’t the children breathe s they re about to miteniIize on thesecond dimension pbnet?

Why won’t Mrs. Murry nd Mrs. O’Keefe miss their children s they travel hrouh other worlds?in yenerl, what is happy medium?Pescribe the Happy Medium in A Wi-fnk/e in Time.what does the Happy Medium show the children about Earth thatfrightens them?Write down three fighters of Earth found in chpter 5. \Nht makes thesepeople fighters?if you could dd fighter to the list of your choice, who would it be ndwhy?

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NameSeen’ Coriflicf CleciyA Wrinkle in TimUnderstanding confikQueiNng h4 rinkçji 7Tme hplenty of is conia conflict is usually one of four kinds: Man.vs. Man: one person has a problem with another person Man vs. Nature: one person struggles against a force of nature \Man vs. Society: a person has a problem with society, such asschoqi, tradition, or law Man VS. Self: a person struggles with himself or herself, trying todecide how to solve a problemCODEYellowGreenBlueRed Man vs.Man vs.Man vs.Man vs.ManNatureSocietySelfPart 1: Can you see the conflicts in A Wrinkle in Time clearly?Color the glasses according to the code. On the last two pairs,list two other conflicts found in chapters 1—3.IPart 2: On another sheet of paper, sketch a large pair of glasses. In the left lens, write about arecent conflict you have experienced. In the right lens, write the kind of conflict your problemrepresents.I1Bonus Box: On the back of this page, describe a conflict you have seen on a recent television program.How was it resolved? The Education Center, Inc. 7H MA1LBO)C” Intermediate. DeclJan 2O01—2 Key p. 70Note to the teacher: Use after students have read chapter 3.55

Study GuideChapter 6-7Please write in complete sentences!Why would str fight the Park ihin? What happens when stir fightstheRrkThing?\Nht did Mrs. Whtsft used to be? Why did she stop being this?What rnkes Meg mc1 when the Happy Medium shows her Mrs. Murry?List the parting giFts given to the children by Mrs. Whtsft nd Mrs. Who.What is unusual about the mothers nd children on the outskirts oFCimzotz?what is CENTRAL Central Intelligence?Pescribe the min with red eyes.((((((((((

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Study GuideChapters 8-9Please write in complete sentences!\Nht happens to Charles ‘v\iaJlce? How is he different?Nht does Charles Wllce want Mey to do in his new state of mind?Nhois the one mind ofCamzotz?what happens to the boy who does not bounce his ball in rhythm?How does ChrIes Wllce react to seeiny Mr. Murry compared to Meg’sreaction?How do the children release Mr. Murry from the transparent column?Pescribe IT.

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IaStucyGuicieChapter 10-12Please write in complete sen,tences!Nhy doe5n’t Mr. Murry take Charles Wllce with them when they tesserwy From IT?Pescribe wht Ixchel looks like. Nht re the creatures living on Ixchellike?IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHow coes Aunt Beast help Meg?Why is Meg the one to go back to Camaztoz to save Charles VVallace?IIList the gis the three ladies give to Meg beFore she tourneys toCarnaztoz.aI\Nht is Charles Nallce like when Meg returns to Cmaztoz?aaaI aaaa

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hoose the correct word from the list above to complete the followingsentences:1. Meg became almostwhen Charles Wallace was hypnotized.2. The people of Camazotz were afraid towas doing.from what everyone else3. If people on Camazotz get sick, they don’t try to cure them. Theythem instead. Mrs. Whatsit bled torth.5. Meg could see through theprisoner, but she could not go into it.6. Meg felt nothing butall their problems7. The column wasthe kids about the dark shadow over thecolumn which held her fatherwhen she realized the her father could not solveuntil Meg put on Mrs. Who’s glasses.8. Instead of making everything all right, they were beginning toall kinds of new problems.9. Charles Wallace had an alien expression on his face as he began tolike a small hurt animal. IIIII—10. Even though it was Charles Wallace speaking, the words seemed tofrom another source.

PoectaaIA Wiinkle in 77me CuLmintin AcivttyaaaIPick one of the three prolects listed below:( Travel Guide: Write a travel guide for people who want to take a trip that Meg did.Irclude do’s, cjon’ts, sights along the way, and suggested ftems to take.aaIComing Attraction: A L4’t/t’k/e /17 T/me is about to be made into a movie arid youhave been chosen to design the promotional poster. include the tftle and author ofthe book, a listing ofthe main characters and the actors who will play them, a drawingfrom a scene in the book, and a paragraph synopsis olthe story.aaoExtra! Extra! Read all abou it! Pretend you area tour1ist and have been assigned towrite an artide about the Murry children traveling through different galaxies to savetheir 1ther. Be sure to give the who, what, when, where, why, and how of-thesituation like all good new5 articlesDesign a front page oF a newspaper Createother articles or information blurhs for the page.do.aNameSc ected:aaaaa 1aa