Unit 12 Vocabulary Context Clues

One of the most common of household ________, the electric toaster, was first introduced to American Kitchens in 1910.

• rotate

• appliance

• confirm

• migrant

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Early models toasted only one side of the bread at a time. In order to toast both sides, you had to ___________ the slice of bread.

• daze

• neutral

• rotate

• shred

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

These toasters did not have self-timers, either. If you didn't pay careful attention, you toast might not look very__________.

• flimsy

• daze

• pitiless

• presentable

It is estimated that in the U.S., there are about half a million_________ who follow the harvest each year in search of work at fruit and vegetable farms.

• migrants

• daze

• gauge

• abuse

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

These workers are often ________ by harsh bosses who pay too little and demand too much. Working and living conditions are often unsafe and unsanitary.

• confirm

• guage

• abused

• neutral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Rather than stay _______ about the problems that seasonal farm workers face, activists are taking up their cause by fighting for improved legal and civil rights.

• neutral

• flimsy

• confirm

• daze

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

We had to walk two miles to a gas station, with nothing more to protect us from the rain than our_______________ jackets.

• shred

• neutral

• presentable

• flimsy

When our car came sputtering to a stop on a dark and lonely country road, I was almost afraid to look at the fuel __________.

• gauge

• migrant

• rotate

• daze

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A