The Glass Castle Vocabulary Section II

Tutu

• a fluffy skirt or dress

• a small dog

• a shirt, with ruffles

• a short version of tutorial

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Gestapo

• secret state police of Nazi Germany

• police

• bill collectors

• the german word for stop

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

Flapper

• 1920's fashionable young woman that dances

• a fin on a dolphin

• part of a woman's zipper on clothes

• a one handed clapper

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Banshee

• the b word

• a female spirit that warns of death

• an Irish singer

• a souped up wildcat

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Pigeonholed

• a failure

• stuck in a pattern

• a bird's nest

• burial area for birds

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Sonar

• sound waves

• GPS to help locate address

• a whale's heartbeat

• the lack of sound

Blasphemy

• angry, making fun of

• an explosion of phlegm

• punishable by law

• a blast

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Bluffer

• someone who can hide their emotions

• a zone of safety

• a powerful floor cleaner

• whale fat

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

ergo

• therefore

• herefore

• henceforth

• thereby

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

mediocre

• average, in the middle, not special

• exceptional

• excellent

• medical vegetables

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4