A Chance in the World Vocabulary and Idioms

What does boogeymen mean?

• Imaginary monsters

• Real life boogeymen

• A booger

• Ugly men

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What are tape worms?

• Worms you find inside of books

• A type of long tape you use for books

• long, flat worms that live in the intestines of people

• The reason Steve was skinny

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"If it didn't move, it was fair game." What does fair game mean?

• A type of game you play

•  something permitted according to the rules

• something not permitted according to the rules

• A game you play that is fair

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The rotten cheese was no longer fit to be eaten. What does "fit to be eaten" mean?

•  suitable to eat

• not suitable to eat

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

These abandoned items have served their purpose, but the Robinsons held on to them, believing that someday someone foolish enough to value them would take them off their hands." What does "take them off their hands" mean?

•  relieve them of the burden or responsibility

• take them off their hands

• help them with their stuff

• wash their hands

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does "steal down to the cellar" mean?

• Steal something from the cellar

• Throw something down into the cellar

• Run quickly to the cellar

• go quietly or secretly down to the cellar

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"My books became my shelter, protecting me as the Robinson's slings and arrows rained overhead." What does slings and arrows mean?

• something unpleasant that is not one’s fault

• Playful teasing

• Weapons used in battle.
• Unexpected surprises or difficult challenges

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The books sowed the seeds of my rebellion." What does "Sow the seeds" mean?

• plant a seed or crop

• finish something

• start or cause something

• teach someone something

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Create a sentence using one of the words:

Boogeymen

Tapeworms

Fair game

Squirrel it away

Fit to be eaten

Take them off their hands

Steal down to the cellar

Slings and arrows

Sow the seeds

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Create another sentence using a different one of the words:

Boogeymen

Tapeworms

Fair game

Squirrel it away

Fit to be eaten

Take them off their hands

Steal down to the cellar

Slings and arrows

Sow the seeds

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4