Unit 4 Word of the Day Vocabulary

Tommy was right when he advised Dakota. Excessive student loans can blight your life, Brooklynn.

• have a bad or harmful effect on

• arrange again, after a problem

• happen again and again without planning

• claim one's right or ownership to something again

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'blight' mean?

• to lean towards something

• to absorb completely

• to cause trouble or distress to

• to seclude in a monastery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Among the smaller ______ of the forest are the squirrel and porcupine.

• apostrophes

• altitudes

• democracies

• denizens

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

denizen means

• person living in a place

• distraction

• fire-starter

• troublemaker

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Elude is a term used when Brooklynn managed to _______ Tommy at the school playground.

• remove

• avoid

• open

• smell

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

During a city-wide game of cops and robbers, who would most likely try to elude the police?

• Brooklynn, who is playing the role of a reporter

• Dakota, who is playing the role of a bank robber

• Tommy, who is playing the role of a victim of a crime

• A cadet in the police academy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

About the same time, a strange traffic began at home: college football coaches come to entice Jim to their schools.

• assign

• lure

• inform

• relate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

entice means to

• hire for a job or task

• meet to discuss something

• convince someone to do something by persuading them

• remove from consideration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Some land is simply lying fallow, as farmers find better pay elsewhere but still prefer not to give up their land.

• unplowed

• ingrown

• outdated

• unremarked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Tommy and Dakota were discussing about their farms. Tommy mentioned that his land is opposite of fallow. What does that mean?

• His land has leftover crops

• His land is foreign

• His land is piecemeal

• His land is cultivated

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5