Pink and Say Vocabulary

I had never seen a man like him so close before. His skin was the color of polished mahogany.

• reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.a reddish-brown color

• purple

• yellow

• gold

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

“We gotta keep movin’. If we stay in one spot, marauders will find us. They’re draggin’ along and lookin’ for wounded.”

• teachers

• a person who travels around plundering through things

• animals

• family

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Raw milk and corn bread never tasted so good in all my born days. It was the first time in months my vittles didn’t have any mealy worms in it.

• ice cream

• dirt

• uniform

• food

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

“No, no, my babies…my dear babies!” she cried. She was inconsolable for a time, then she sat still and afeared as she listen

• not able to comfort

• quiet

• happy

• tired

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Child, bein’ brave don’t mean you ain’t afeared. Don’t you know that?”

• afraid

• happy

• sad

• quiet

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The next mornin’ we mustered to leave. We packed corn bread, salt pork, and dried beans.

• ran

• to come together

• separated

• ate

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

When the marauders came in, my heart was poundin’ so hard I was sure they could hear it up there above us. There was a terrible commotion as they ransacked, lookin’ for food

• planned

• cooked

• left

• searched

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4