Nature at Work / Mississippi Solo Vocab

to have an influence on or create a change in something

• affect

• bewilder

• ensure

• splinter

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

a part or aspect of something

• element

• refute

• splinter

• circumstance

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to make sure or certain

• ensure

• select

• participate

• affect

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to be active & involved in something; to share in something

• participate

• specify

• memoir

• ensure

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to state exactly or in detail what you want or need

• specify

• defy

• pontificate

• participate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

a large mass of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down a mountain

• avalanche

• tsunami

• earthquake

• kerfuffle

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to prevent the passage of heat through something

• insulate

• ensure

• radiate

• snuggle

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to break up into thin, sharp pieces

• splinter

• participate

• rubble

• meager

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

• ethereal

• pithy

• elemental

• Leonardo DiCaprio

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

a form of writing in which the author tells about personal experiences

• memoir

• dystopia

• science fiction

• historical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10