What does Lucy gain by telling Elinor about her engagement to Edward?

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TumbleTA 6-12 · TEXT-BASED LESSON

BATCH 09 · 9-10 · LESSON 177

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

What does Lucy gain by telling Elinor about her engagement to

Edward?

TOTAL TIME

PASSAGE

30 minutes

Lucy tells Elinor the secret

FIND THE ANCHOR TEXT

Use the Anchor Text Table of Contents in the Enhanced Reader to open the START anchor. Then use the dropdown to select the END anchor.

SECTION / LOCATION

Chapter XXII

START

I have not known you long to be sure, personally at least

END

I am in constant fear of her betraying me.

PASSAGE ID

sec-ssens-03

THE MOVE

Read disclosure as a strategic act rather than simple trust

WHY THIS PASSAGE

Lucy presents the disclosure of her engagement as intimate trust, but telling Elinor also warns a perceived rival and forces Elinor to carry a secret that limits what she can do. Disclosure becomes a strategic form of control.

MARK

Underline Lucy’s claims that she trusts Elinor. Circle the information that places Elinor in a difficult position. Star the moment the 'confidence' gives Lucy an advantage rather than simply relief.

NOTICE

• What would Lucy risk by keeping the engagement completely secret from Elinor?

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• What does Elinor lose once she is made the keeper of the secret?

• How can sharing private information create power over the person who receives it?

THINK

Answer provisionally: What does Lucy gain by telling Elinor about her engagement to Edward?

Choose the strongest interpretation you can defend from this passage alone.

WRITE

Write a short evidence-based response to: What does Lucy gain by telling Elinor about her engagement to Edward? Use at least two details from the assigned passage and explain how they support your interpretation.

CLOSE

Name the single detail that most changed or sharpened your interpretation, and explain why.

STRONG ANSWER

Lucy gains strategic control. By making Elinor the keeper of the secret, she warns a possible rival, tests her reaction, and limits what Elinor can openly do or say.

EVIDENCE

Use Lucy's language of trust together with information that makes Elinor's position more constrained.

WATCH FOR

Do not interpret disclosure automatically as intimacy. Ask what the giver of the secret gains from the receiver's obligation.

SOLO

Read the exact passage independently.

SUPPORTED

Use narration and sentence highlighting while reading the same passage.

LISTENING

Listen to the exact passage; visual following is optional. Same question and evidence demand.

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STUDENT PAGE · SAME PASSAGE, SAME THINKING

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

What does Lucy gain by telling Elinor about her engagement to

Edward?

START ANCHOR

I have not known you long to be sure, personally at least

END ANCHOR

I am in constant fear of her betraying me.

Use the Anchor Text Table of Contents in the Enhanced Reader to open the START anchor. Then use the dropdown to select the END anchor.

OPEN THE MARKED PASSAGE IN TUMBLELIT

SOLO: read independently. SUPPORTED: use narration + highlighting. LISTENING: listen to the exact passage. The question and evidence task stay the same.

• 1.MARK - Underline Lucy’s claims that she trusts Elinor. Circle the information that places Elinor

in a difficult position. Star the moment the 'confidence' gives Lucy an advantage rather than simply relief.

• 2.NOTICE - What would Lucy risk by keeping the engagement completely secret from Elinor?

What does Elinor lose once she is made the keeper of the secret? How can sharing private information create power over the person who receives it?

• 3.THINK - Answer provisionally: What does Lucy gain by telling Elinor about her engagement to

Edward?

• 4.WRITE - Write a short response using at least two pieces of evidence from this passage.

Use evidence from the assigned passage. Show what you noticed and how the text supports your interpretation.

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