Why does Rusty have trouble remembering the word crux? What ...

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Why does Rusty have trouble remembering the word crux?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

On what occasions does either Mr. Hartman or a student encourage elaboration as a cognitive process?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Mr. Hartman may have used the word when speaking yet not written it for the students to see. Some students may have difficulty encoding a new word accurately if they don't know how it appears in print.

Answer to Question 2

Following are examples:
 When Loraine says, It's man's inhumanity to man, Jean-Luc adds, There's more to it than that. Steinbeck was talking about why materialism is so bad. I think he was warning us that we only hurt ourselves when we get greedy..
 Daniel explains what he means by dark and light imagery: Light symbolizes good, and darkness symbolizes evil..
 Mr. Hartman asks, What about the title of the book? What do you think the pearl is a symbol of?