Androcles and the lion- Pre-teaching vocabulary

What does the underlined word mean?

Androcles fled to the forest

• To enter somewhere

• To run away

• To jump on something

• To go somewhere

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

A thorn is...

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of glass

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of metal

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of wood

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of paper

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the underlined word mean?

The Emperor and all his Court came to see the spectacle

• An amazing performance or display

• Glasses

• Something very bad

• A ghost

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

An emperor is someone who

• Serves food at restaurants

• Manages a shop

• Arrests people

• Rules an empire

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the underlined word mean?

But as soon as he came near to Androcles, he recognised his friend, and fawned upon him.

• To show someone love and affection

• To jump on someone

• To eat someone

• To show how much you hate someone

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the underlined word mean?

Whereupon the slave was pardoned

• To say you are sorry.

• To be forgiven.

• To be moved from one place to another.

• To be taught something

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

A slave is...

• A friend.

• A ruler of empires

• Someone forced to obey someone else.

• A sick person

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C