Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (study game)

definition of blight

• cause them to rot or die
• something that spoils, prevents growth, or destroy
• illness, disease
• ill

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

definition of malady

• prosperous, beautiful
• abandoned; empty
• Animal life in general disappears or does poorly.
• illness, disease

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

definition of puzzled

• confused and unable to understand something
• illness, disease
• Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
• absence of noise or motion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

definition of stricken

• ill
• very badly affected by trouble or illness
• sight and hearing
• mysterious and frightening

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

definition of stillness

• absence of noise or motion
• illness, disease
• Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
• mysterious and frightening

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

definition of deserted

• prosperous, beautiful
• very badly affected by trouble or illness
• illness, disease
• abandoned; empty

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

why might the author have used suck vivid, descriptive details to describe the town?

• prosperous, beautiful
• to depict imagery to create a clear picture in the mind of the reader.
• sight and hearing
• the quality of being

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

As described in the selection from Silent Spring, what is the town like before everything begins to change?

• evil, sickened, died, death
• something that spoils, prevents growth, or destroy
• pesticides
• prosperous, beautiful

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In the selection from Silent Spring, why are doctors in the town puzzled?

• prosperous, beautiful
• cause them to rot or die
• Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
• More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town in the selection from Silent Spring?

• evil, sickened, died, death
• abandoned; empty
• More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses.
• pesticides

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3