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The Apothecary’s Garden | Grade 12 Classical Literature Packet | Cornerstone Academics
The Apothecary’s Garden | Grade 12 Classical Literature Packet | Cornerstone Academics
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The Apothecary’s Garden — Margarethe Steiner has kept the apothecary's garden in Vienna for three decades, and in March of 1720 she is dying in it — the physician was clear about this in October, and March has come. She continued her late husband's practice under his name for two years, then under her own, through means the guild's records note without elaborating. The story is about what she tends in the last season she will tend it, and what she is still deciding.
Each packet includes:
- Original classical short story (complete text)
- Notes on historical setting and literary tradition
- Narration prompts (oral and written)
- Comprehension questions — literal and inferential
- Vocabulary exercises
- Character Constellation graphic organizer (including Character Change Axis)
- Story Arc study (five movements, with attention to subtler turning points)
- Theme & Meaning questions
- Socratic discussion questions
- Literary Analysis (tone, diction, imagery, symbolism, contrast, motif, irony, structure, turning points, foreshadowing, allusion, narrative lens, narrative distance, narrative restraint)
- Copywork and memory work
- Optional writing prompts (reflective, explanatory, creative, analytical)
- Complete parent answer key
- Standards alignment
Written for Grade 12. Suitable for Grades 11–12 with guidance. This packet is available as a digital download only.
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