Frindle, Chapters 5 & 6 Vocabulary Challenge

"Plays for keeps" means

• to keep playing.
• to keep things that people play with.
• to be serious about one's actions.
• not to be serious; just playing.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Play it straight" means

• to do something in a completely serious manner; not joking around.
• to hit the ball straight through the goal posts.
• to joke around.
• to pretend to walk in a straight line.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Eating this stuff up" means

• enjoying a scrumptious meal. 
• thinking about food.
• eating strange things. 
• believing something.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Took the bait" means

• went fishing and took some worms to attract the fish..
• accepted something that was offered to get someone to do something.
• caught a fish with bait.
• removed the bait from the hook.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Primly" means

• trying to appear pretty.
• imitating the manner of royalty. 
• in an excessively proper manner.
• in a rude way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Squinted" means

• winked an eye.
• got closer.
• partly closed her eyes.
• totally closed her eyes. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Reputation" means

• the opinion that most people have about a person.
• to have great trust in oneself.
• the ability to convince people about your beliefs.
• to be loved and admired by everyone.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Jammed" means 

• made lots of jam.
• shouted or cried.
• squeezed or packed.
• successfully taught. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Launched" means 

• thought of.
• laughed.
• sent into orbit.
• introduced.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Blur" means

• a confusing lesson about verbs and nouns and prepositions.
• a thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly, typically because it all happened very fast. 
• a list of unimportant things.
• an unfair circumstance where students are expected to do more than is humanly possible. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4