A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary 7 and 8

"Uncle spoke to him all morning in a steady, low voice."

• uneven

• firm, even, regular

• boring and dull

• the bow of a boat

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

"He kept himself awake by counting the strokes of Uncle’s paddle and trying to gauge how far the canoe traveled with every twenty strokes."

• tall reeds

• transport

• measure

• rate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

“So Salva’s father ferried the mangoes home by wedging them into the spokes of his bicycle wheels.”

• transported, carried

• trimmed and peeled

• mailed

• extreme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

1. “Some people were cutting down the tall papyrus grass by the water’s edge.”

• trees

• wet and muddy

• stalks of tall grass

• a tall, aquatic plant natve to the Nile valley.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

1. “The scenery and motion were so monotonous that Salva might have slept...”

• colorful

• boring, repetitive

• exciting

• unusual

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“Salva watched, fascinated, as little by little the curve of a prow and low sides grew from the piles of reeds.”

• back

• middle

• bow, or front

• bottom

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

“As a special treat, his father sometimes bought mangoes.”

• a yellow fleshed fruit

• an oblong sweet fruit of a tropical tree

• a type of berry

• candy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

“...Salva slapped and waved at them in desperate frustration all night long.”

• extreme

• transported

• unexplained

• hidden

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

"Salva staggered forward with another load of reeds in his arms.”

• tall aquatic plant native to the Nile valley

• the oblong sweet fruit of a tropical tree

• stalks of various tall perennial grasses

• a type of wood

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4