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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Key Vocabulary

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Key Vocabulary

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English

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
6.NS.B.3, RI.8.4, RF.3.3B

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Brooke Petersen

Used 3+ times

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9 Slides • 10 Questions

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​The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Key Vocabulary Blocks 1 & 5

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow resurfaces every year around Halloween. Washington Irving's 1820 tale of a headless horseman who terrorizes the real-life village of Sleepy Hollow is considered one of America's first ghost stories—and one of its scariest.

Do you know "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"

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Poll

Are you ready to learn some vocabulary?!

Yes

No

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A family of young animals, especially birds, born at the same time

Ex: The mother hen watched over her brood

Brood

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Poll

Do you understand the word "Brood"?

Yes

No

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Someone who is gangly is tall and thin and moves in an awkward way

Gangly can also be used to describe animals, like a baby deer with long legs ​

Gangly

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Laden means "heavily loaded or weighed down

Ex: A student might be laden with a heavy backpack

Laden

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Multiple Choice

Tree branches of an apple tree can be ________ with apples

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Gangly

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Brood

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Laden

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A musket is an old-fashioned firearm that was once used by soldiers

Musket

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Poll

Do you understand musket?

yes

no

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Something that is rickety is in poor physical condition-it's likely to shake or even collapse

Rickety

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Multiple Choice

Question image

What word below describes the photo?

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Brood

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Gangly

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Laden

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Rickety

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A tether is a rope or a chain that is fastened to something, such as an animal or balloon, in order to restrict where it can go

Tether

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A thicket is a dense patch of bushes, shrubbery or small trees

Thicket

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Multiple Choice

Question image

Which word below describes the picture?

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Gangly

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Thicket

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Laden

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Musket

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Multiple Choice

Question image

Which word describes the picture?

1

Brood

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Gangly

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Laden

4

Musket

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Multiple Choice

Question image

Which word below describes the photo?

1

Gangly

2

Musket

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Laden

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Brood

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Multiple Choice

Question image

What word describes the image?

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Rickety

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Brood

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Gangly

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Musket

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Multiple Choice

Question image

What word describes the image?

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Rickety

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Tether

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Thicket

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Musket

​The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Key Vocabulary Blocks 1 & 5

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