"Becoming Darth Vader" Storyworks Vocabulary

"Reading one of his poems, his English teacher accused him of copying it." What does accused mean?

• blamed for doing something bad

• celebrated for doing something good

• reading a poem out loud

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

"...to my astonishment, the words flowed out smoothly, every one of them."

What is astonishment?

• feeling angry

• feeling happy

• feeling surprised

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

"The goal is to build the kids' confidence." What is confidence?

• to be really good at something

• a belief that you have the ability to do well

• to be shy about speaking in front of others

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"It was empowering," exclaimed Olivia as she spoke in front of her class for the first time. What is empowering?

• feel like control and power over a situation

• feel like you are being prevented from doing something

• feel like you are ready to start something new

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Doing simple things like ordering at a restaurant often make her feel humiliated." What is humiliated?

• grown up and in control

• small and childish

• embarrassed or ashamed

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"James Earl had a speech disorder known as stuttering, which made it difficult for him to say words out loud." What is a speech disorder?

• a long speech about important things

• a condition where a person has difficulty creating or forming sounds to talk

• a condition where a person can not hear sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

"As the voice behind the masked villain Darth Vader, he didn't even appear onscreen." What is a villain?

• an evil character in a book, film or game

• the main character in a book, film or game

• the character who tells the story in a book, film or game

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D