Hatchet Week 2 Vocabulary

Hatchet Week 2

Vocabulary Chapters 5-8

frantic

ADJECTIVE: distraught with fear, anxiety or worry

Poll

Which of these would make YOU frantic?

• a angry grizzly bear

• a cute puppy

• a yard sale

• a bowl of candy

motivated

ADJECTIVE: excited or enthusiastic about accomplishing something

Multiple Select

Check the things that are motivating. Check ALL that apply.

• cheerleaders at games

• teachers who tell you you're doing a great job

• friends who are supportive

• people who make fun of you

ruefully

ADVERB: sorrowfully, or regretfully

Biscuits laid ruefully under his owner's desk after chewing up the TV remote.

Multiple Choice

Which of these things would someone do "ruefully?"

• win a contest

• walk away from an argument with a friend

• run from a swarm of bees

crude

constructed in a makeshift way

Brian built a crude shelter from wood that he cut with his hatchet.

Poll

Have you ever built a crude shelter, like a pillow fort in your house or one outside with sticks?

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure...

gingerly

gently or lightly

gingerly

Think of a sentence using the word GINGERLY to describe what is happening in the picture.

Share your sentence with the class.

Multiple Select

Which of the following would you do "gingerly?" Check all that apply.

• run a race on the blacktop against your friends

• walk across a room when someone is sleeping

• cross a rickety old bridge

• do a cannonball jump into a swimming pool

• sneak up behind someone to scare them

cross

angry or annoyed

cross

Think of 3 synonyms for the word cross.

Share them with the class.

Multiple Choice

Brian built a ______ shelter using tree limbs and leaned them up against the scooped out rock ledge.

• cross

• crude

• dismantle

• ruefull

Multiple Choice

The man stepped ________ across the burning coals during the ceremony.

• ruefully

• regretfully

• gingerly

• joyfully

Multiple Choice

My teacher was _______ when she realized she had misplaced the stack of completed tests.

• frantic

• tragic

• logic

• crude

Multiple Choice

The students were _______ to complete their assignments when the teacher offered an extra recess.

• ruefully

• crude

• motivated

• frantic

Multiple Choice

My sister walked ________ back to her car after she realized it was her fault that we were late to the party.

• crudely

• crossly

• gingerly

• ruefully

Multiple Choice

My grandmother became _________ when she learned that my grandfather had used her knitting needle to scratch inside his ears.

• ruefully

• crude

• cross

• gingerly

Remember to continue studying your vocabulary definitions! Using the words when you speak is the best way to make them part of your vocabulary!