"Charles" Vocabulary practice #1

“He came home the same way, the front door slamming open, his cap on the floor, and the voice suddenly become raucous shouting, “Isn’t anybody here?””

• Being rude or disrespectful.

• Making a harsh or loud noise. Being rowdy.

• Messy and dirty.

• Causing harm.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt;”

• to believe

• to put on and flaunt

• to give up or stop using

• to disrespect

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“At the meeting I sat restlessly, scanning each comfortable matronly face, trying to determine which one hid the secret of Charles.”

• A mature/older married woman

• quietly dressed and well-behaved woman

•  arrogantly dressed older woman

• A young woman

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

“At lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby sister’s milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain.”

•  pleasantly

• respectfully

• nicely

• To exhibit boldness or contempt. Disrespectfully

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

""Wait and see,'' my husband said cynically. "When you’ve got Charles to deal with, this may mean he’s only plotting.""

• Happily

• Trusting

• Disbelief about another person's honesty.

• Excitedly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

“None of them looked to me haggard enough.”

• To look worn or tired

• Harsh or rowdy

• disrespectful

• happy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“During the third and fourth weeks it looked like a reformation in Charles..”

• To stay the same

• To get worse

• To be improved or made better. To change.

• To leave and never come back

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“..Laurie reported grimly at lunch on Thursday of the third week

• Excited and happy

• Serious or gloomy. Sad.

• Angry or mad

• Content

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4