Chapter 14 Number the Stars Vocab using context clues

Only now entering the wood on the footpath, did Annemarie realize how cold it was. She had watched and helped earlier, as the other donned swetaers, jackets and coats... Donned means

• to run

• to be hot

• to put on (clothing)

• to be cold

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Now there were only the thick woods ahead; undefoot, the path latticed with thick roots hidden under the fallen leaves...

• flat and smooth

• something with a diamond or crisscross pattern

• empty

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

As Annemarie made her way to Uncle Henrik's boat, she knew there were no wolves or beasts or tigers here like those that populated Kirsti's vivid imagination. Vivid means...

• dull and boring

• bight, clear and active

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Here, her mother would tall Annemarie is where while she was walking to school, her dog, Trofast would wriggle under the fence to get to the meadow to run around. Wriggle means

• to move by twisting like a worm

• to jump

• to bark

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Annemarie would watch Uncle Henrik come home after a day or fishing, his boat full of slippery, shimmering herring floppimg around in containers. Herring is a fish.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

As Annemarie would tell Kirsti a bedtime story, she would prolong the excitng part, making Kirsti excited for what would happen at the end. Prolong means

• to make something go by fast

• to make something last longer

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Annemarie would tantalize Kirsti at the exciting part of the story, making her wait to hear what would happen so Kirsti would be bursting with excitement. Tantalize means..

• to tease

• to give

• to take

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4