Book Study Activity #3

Word: Scythed

Sentence: The long grass had to be scythed and hoed under.

Definition: a tool used for cutting crops that has a long curved blade at the end of a pole

What picture best represents the definition of the word scythed?

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Word: Milling

Sentence: People milling around, standing, sitting or crouching on the ground, lying down with their legs curled up because there was not enough room to stretch out.

Definition: moving around in a confused mass

Which picture best represents the definition of the word milling?

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Word: Emaciated

Sentence: It did not seem as if the camp could possibly hold any more, but still they kept coming: long lines of people, some emaciated, some hurt or sick, all exhausted.

Definition: abnormally thin or weak

Which picture best represents the definition of the word emaciated?

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Word: Refugee

Sentence: Most of the refugees were boys and young men who had run away from their villages when the war came.

Definition: a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

Which picture best represents the definition of the word refugee

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Word: Schoolmaster

Sentence: Young men and sometimes even boys were often forced to join the fighting, which was why their families and communities-including Salva's schoolmaster-had sent the boys running into the bush at the first sign of fighting.

Definition: a male teacher in a school

Which picture best represents the definition of schoolmaster?

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Word: Grudgingly

Sentence: But it seemed they had all forgotten that, for Salva now how to beg for scraps, which were given grudgingly

Definition: in a reluctant or resentful manner

Which picture best represents the definition of the word grudgingly?

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Word: Vivid

Sentence: He could still see the vivid spot of orange-yes, it was a headscarf.

Definition: producing clear images in the mind

Which picture best represents the definition of the word vivid?

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

My ____________ was not at school today because he is sick.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

On Saturday, my dad used a _____ to cut the grass.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Abby was _________ because she had not ate or drank anything in the last 4 days.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4