Lost Boy, Found

Key Vocab Terms

May 2024

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​Lost Boy, Found

NARRATIVE NONFICTION

Lost Boy, Found

The true story of a young man’s journey to freedom across a water-starved land—and his mission to save his people.

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How are you doing today?

Open Ended

Do you drink enough water every day?

Open Ended

In your home country, is it safe to drink the water?

Open Ended

Do you try to conserve water and use as little as possible?

​Key Vocab Terms

1)Accustomed

2)Ambush

3)Contaminated

4)Daunting

5)Merciless

6)Refugee

7)Remote

To be accustomed to something is to be used to it

Ex: You're probably accustomed to eating dinner at a certain time

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​Accustomed

To ambush someone is to attack them by surprise from a hidden place

Ex: A lion waits to ambush its prey

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​Ambush

If someting is contaminated, it is dirty or unhealthy as as a result of coming in contact with something unclean or harmful

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​Contaminated

Daunting means "very difficult to deal with."

Ex: Washing the dishes after a party might seem like a daunting task

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​Daunting

Merciless means "showing no mercy; cruel and unforgiving"

Ex: The opposing team was merciless. They beat us 76 to 10:

​Merciless

A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their home because of war, hunger, natural disaster or another dangerous situation

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​Refugee

Remote means "far away; a long distance from other people or places"

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​Remote

Multiple Choice

The movie was about a _______ king who threw anyone who got in his way in the dungeon without a second thought

• accustomed

• Daunting

• Merciless

• Refugee

Multiple Choice

Everyone at the party got sick after they ate the __________ salsa

• Daunting

• Merciless

• Contaminated

• Remote

Multiple Choice

Going to swim practice at 5:00 am was tough at first, but now I'm _______ to it

• Daunting

• Accustomed

• Refugee

Multiple Choice

Eduar dreams of being on a ______ island with a bag of potato chips and a big pile of books

• Daunting

• Remote

• Merciless

Multiple Choice

We organized a food drive for the many _________ who moved to out town after fleeing their home country

• Accustomed

• Refugees

• Remote

Multiple Choice

Our cats Butterface and Wayne are masters of the sneak attack-they are always _______ each other

• Daunting

• Ambushing

• Refugee

Multiple Choice

Di Aloune has a _______ amount of homework

• Daunting

• Merciless

• Ambush

• Remote