Context Clues and Wonder

Use context clues to decide on the meaning of the word in red: Next week I start fifth grade.  Since I've never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified.  

• Excited
• Terrified
• Happy
• Angry

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

About two months before I was born, the doctors realized there was something wrong with my face, but they didn't think it was going to be bad.  They told Mom and Dad I had a cleft palate and some other stuff going on.  They called it "small anomalies."

• A mistake that cannot be fixed.  
• An unresolved issue
• A frequently made error
• An unusual problem

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

And then Mom got very upset and tried to get out of bed to see where they were going, but the farting nurse put her very big arms on Mom to keep her down in the bed.  They were practically fighting because Mom was hysterical and the farting nurse was yelling at them to stay calm, and then they both started screaming for the doctor.  

• Highly emotional
• Laughing uncontrollably 
• Excited about the future
• Interested in what was happening

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It'll be a bit of a schlep, though.  The A train down to Eighty-Sixth, then the crosstown bus all the way to the East Side.  Takes an hour that way but it's just a fifteen minute drive.  

• A fun trip
• A difficult journey
• A relaxing vacation
• A simple walk

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Any saying or ground rule that can motivate you.  Basically, a precept is anything that helps guide us when making decisions about really important things.

• Something forgettable
• A funny joke
• A motto or rule
• An impossible choice

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

I stopped letting anyone take pictures of me a while ago.  I guess you could call it a phobia.  No, actually, it's not a phobia.  It' an "aversion," which is a word I just learned in Mr. Browne's class.  I have an aversion to having my picture taken.  There, I used it in a sentence.  

• A strong dislike
• A healthy attitude
• An excited feeling
• An angry outburst

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Coming home after four weeks felt very strange at first.  I remember very vividly stepping through the door and seeing August running over to welcome me home, and for this tiny fraction of a moment, I saw him not the way I've always seen him, but the way other people see him.  

• Momentarily
• Clearly
• Difficultly 
• Angrily

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Double-stunned.  Stung.  Flabbergasted.  No words formed in my mouth"

• Joyful or happy
• Focused or concentrated
• Lazy or disinterested
• Surprised or outraged

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Use context clues to find the definition of the words in red: "One thing I've learned after being a middle-school director for twenty years: there are almost always more than two sides to every story.  Although I don't know the details, I have an inkling about what may have sparked the confrontation with James."

• Guess, party
• Idea, fight
• Misunderstanding, struggle
• Joke, problem

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

"It's okay, I'm not mad," I say, thinking the tears are about me. "I honestly don't care if you are mad," she said spitefully.  

• Kindly
• Loudly
• Hatefully
• Emotionally

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3