The Secret of Yellow Death: Vocabulary Lessson

The Secret of Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing Key Terms

Learning Objective

​Students can determine the meaning of words and phrases by using context clues to comprehend the unit's passages.

What does determine mean to you?

Determine

Language Demand

Determine means to find out, discover, or to learn.

Determine

Language Demand

Important Vocabulary Word that will help us to determine the meaning of the key terms:

​Context Clues

Context Clues are hints within a sentence, paragraph, or passage to understand the meaning of new or unfamilar words.

Example:

The tragic ending to the story made the woman cry.

A. Long B. Dumb C. Impossible D. Sad

​What context clue helps us to determine the meaning of tragic?

Multiple Choice

The children pleaded with their mother for ice cream from Sonic.

• walked

• called

• looked

• begged

Multiple Choice

The prairie dog ran into his burrow to escape the coyote.

• doneky

• flower

• car

• hole

The Secret of the Yellow Death Key Terms

​With your partner discuss each question to determine the meaning of the words or phrases by using context clues in each non- fiction sentence.

Multiple Choice

When the young man finished, Reed was impressed. Dean seemed honest.

• organized plan

• think highly

• sick, weak person

• without mistake

Multiple Choice

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According to one of the young doctors stationed at Camp Columbia for three years, the two men discussed yellow fever.

• sent for duty

• introduced to

• without mistakes

• terrible

Multiple Choice

Carroll was an invalid, due to contacting yellow fever.

• dead bodies

• without mistake

• sick, weak person

• introduced to

Multiple Choice

Agramonte was still away, so Reed plunged into the work on his own—and one of the first items on his agenda was investigating the interesting case of Private Dean.

• books

• dead bodies

• time

• an organized plan

Multiple Choice

Ree was “terribly depressed” by the dreadful loss of Lazear—was very frustrated.

• sent for duty

• introduced to

• without mistake

• terrible

Multiple Choice

He definitely hadn’t been in contact with yellow fever victims before his bite. what does the underline statement means?

• impressed

• touched or been around

• remains

• agenda

Multiple Choice

If Dean truly hadn’t left Camp Columbia before or after his mosquito bite, there was no way he could have been exposed to the yellow fever epidemic in Havana.

• without mistake

• terrible

• introduce to

• sent for duty

Multiple Choice

The case looked watertight; no errors, but Reed had many questions.

• started with great focus

• terrible

• without mistake

• thinking highly

Multiple Choice

Carroll might have been infected by the remains of yellow fever victims when he visited the autopsy lab

• dead bodies

• invaild

• watertight

• plunged

Multiple Choice

Reed plowed through material and tried to find an explanation. What does plowed means in this sentence?

• slowly

• information

• sent for duty

• rushed through

Multiple Choice

Agramonte was still away, so Reed plunged into the work on his own—and one of the first items on his agenda was investigating the interesting case of Private Dean.

• information

• slowly

• rushed through

• organize plan

Multiple Choice

He went through Lazear’s painstaking notes on the experiments. Lazear notes had everything in order. What does painstaking means in this sentence?

• extremely detailed

• slowly

• sick, weak person

• organize plan

Multiple Choice

The numbers whirled around Reed’s brain, and gradually the data began to make some sense. What does data means in this sentence?

• organized plan

• slowly

• information

• organized plan

Multiple Choice

The numbers whirled around Reed’s brain, and gradually the data began to make some sense. What does gradually means in this sentence?

• started with great focus

• thinking highly

• slowly

• impressed