The Crossover: Vocabulary Warm-up & First Quarter

"Josh Bell is my name. But Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame. Folks call me that 'cause my game's acclaimed, so downright dirty, it'll put you to shame."

What is meaning of the word acclaimed as used in the text.

• awful

• glorious

• filthy

• shameful

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Hustle dig

Grind push

Run fast

Change pivot

Chase pull

Aim shoot..."

What does the word pivot means as used in the text?

• outstanding, remarkable, or amazing

• a feeling of friendship

• to run after

• to turn around in one spot

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"If my hair were a tree I'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it."

What does the word enshrine mean as used in the text?

• cherish

• disrespect

• trim

• bury

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"And just like that we're rummaging through a box filled with newspaper clippings about Chuck "Da Man" Bell and torn up ticket stubs and old flyers and ..."

What is the meaning of the word rummaging as used in the text?

• to challenge someone with insults

• to protect something valuable

• actively searching for something

• imitation of someone else

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"On the way to the game I’m banished to the back seat with JB, who only stops playing with my locks when I slap him across his bald head with my jockstrap."

What is the meaning of the word banished as used in the text?

• expelled

• welcomed

• accepted

• included

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"JB's the second most phenomenal baller on our team. He has the better jumper, but I'm the better slasher. And much faster. We both pass well. Especially to each other."

What is the meaning of the the word phenomenal as used in the text?

• to challenge someone with insults

• laughs loudly

• rarely

• outstanding, amazing, remarkable

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"JB likes to taunt and trash talk during games like Dad used to do when he played."

What is the meaning of taunt as used in the text?

• compliment

• mock

• respect

• praise

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"In the locker room

after the game,

JB cackles like a crow."

What is the meaning of the word cackles as used in the text?

• frowns

• pouts

• moans

• squawk

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"As in: The HUGE bald patch

on the side

of my head

is a dreadful

calamity."

What is the meaning of the word dreadful as used in the text?"

• delightful

• beautiful

• displeasing

• satisfying

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I am not

a mathematician— a + b seldom equals c."

What is the meaning of seldom as used in the text?

• daily

• rarely

• often

• frequently

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4