Black Sunday Vocabulary

In which sentence would the word "churning" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another ______ force: humans.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness ______through the sky."

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

• “The _______grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

In which sentence would the word "destructive" fill in the blank correctly?

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness _______ through the sky.”

• “The ______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another ______ force: humans.”

In which sentence would the word "indestructible" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another ________ force: humans.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness _______ through the sky."

• “The _______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

In which sentence would the word "heartiest" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another _______ force: humans.”

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

• “The _______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness _______ through the sky.”

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

In which sentence would the word "drought" fill in the blank correctly?

• “To lure white _______ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of _______.”

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been ________.”

• “At first, those farms ______.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

In which sentence would the word "transformed" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been _______.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of ______”

• “To lure white ______ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “At first, those farms ______.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

In which sentence would the word "settlers" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been _______”

• “To lure white _____ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of ______.”

• “At first, those farms _______”

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

In which sentence would the word "flourished" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been ________”

• “To lure white ______ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of _______.”

• “At first, those farms _______.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

In which sentence would the word "crisis" fill in the blank correctly?

• “Money was _____, but there was always food on the table.”

• “At first, those farms _____.”

• “The year 1932 brought a second and even more frightening _____: a drought

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been _________”

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

In which sentence would the word "scarce" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another _______ force: humans.”

• “The ______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “The year 1932 brought a second and even more frightening _____: a drought."

• “Money was _____, but there was always food on the table.”

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C