"The Veldt" & Vocab

Front

Veldt

Back

Open, uncultivated country or grassland in Southern Africa

Front

Preoccupied

Back

Engrossed in thought or distracted

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Setting of the story

Back

Far future

Front

Shadow of the vulture across George's face

Back

Foreshadow George's death

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Reason Lydia wants to shut the house down

Back

Feels unneeded and anxious

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Example of perspiration

Back

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Front

Names Peter and Wendy in Peter Pan

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Peter and Wendy's description from "The Veldt"

Back

Spoiled

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

"The house lights followed her like fireflies."

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Author's purpose of the paragraph:

Back

Children shouldn't have thoughts of death.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6