MM. Vocab Week 11 Part 1

MM. Vocab Week 11 Part 1

Exert

• When you exert yourself, you work hard to do something

Exert

In this part of the story, Winnie returned home from her stay with the Tucks. One very hot morning, she stepped outside her cottage. "It was the hottest day yet, so heavy that the slightest exertion brought on a flood of perspiration, an exhaustion in the joints."

When you exert yourself, you work hard to do something. The weather in Treegap was so hot that if Winnie exerts herself, or works hard to do anything, at all, she will start sweating and feel exhausted, or very tired.

Open Ended

When you exert yourself, you work hard to do something. I exerted myself when I tore apart my kitchen to rebuild it. I exert myself whenever I go hiking in the mountains. Both of those take a lot of hard work.

When have you exerted yourself?

Use this sentence stem to answer the question: "I exerted myself when..."

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means you're working hard to do something?

• dab

• rustle

• exert

Dab

• touch something lightly and gently, usually with something soft

Dab

In this part of the story, Winnie's grandmother came outside with her to bring a bowl of water to the toad. "'I never saw such heat in my life,' said Winnie's grandmother, dabbing uselessly at her neck with a handkerchief."

Dab means to touch something lightly and gently, usually with something soft. Winnie's grandmother was sweating in the heat, so she was dabbing her neck, or touching it lightly and gently, with a handkerchief.

Multiple Choice

Tulip gently cleans her little brother's scraped knee with a cotton ball. Is Tulip dabbing?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Tulip scours her muddy boots with a rough brush until they are clean. Is Tulip dabbing?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Tulip lightly touches a soft cloth to the lenses of her glasses to clean them. Is Tulip dabbing?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means to touch something lightly and gently, usually with something soft?

• dab

• rustle

• exert

Rustle

• make a soft brushing sound

• things like paper, leaves, and stiff cloth rustle

Rustle

In this part of the story, Winnie was waiting inside her cottage for midnight, when she would help the Tucks free Mae from jail. Winnie can tell a storm is coming because of the way the air feels and the things that she sees, smells, and hears around her. "For outside, though it was almost dark, shreds of the hard brown-yellow light lingered on the rims of things, and there was a wind beginning, small gusts that rattled the fence gate and set the trees to rustling. The smell of rain hung sweet in the air." Rustle means make a soft brushing sound. Winnie heard the leaves on the trees near her house rustle- make a soft brushing sound- as small gusts of wind blew outside.

Open Ended

Close your eyes and imagine that you are in your bed, sleeping peacefully when you are awakened by rustling, or soft brushing, sounds outside your window.

What is causing a rustling sound outside your window?

Use this sentence stem to answer: "_______ is causing a rustling sound outside my window."

Open Ended

What might you do if you heard a rustling sound outside your window?

Use this sentence stem to answer:

"If I heard a rustling sound outside my window, I might..."

Multiple Choice

What new word are we learning that means to make a soft brushing sound?

• dab

• rustle

• exert