Sweetgrass Basket Vocabulary (Weeks 1-6)

My feet remain fixed firmly in place.

• firmly means steadfastly, fixedly

• firmly means causing a disagreeable or painful reaction

• firmly means briefly, for a moment

• firmly means not moving, stationary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...as Sarah and I boarded the train.

• boarded means to have great size, number, or degree

• boarded means to go aboard something, like a ship, train, plane, or bus

• boarded means not gladly received, not desired

• boarded means to make something publicly known

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mattie, who is not afraid of anything, stands and stares at this strange contraption.

• contraption means a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise

• contraption means open resistance; bold disobedience

• contraption means device, gadget

• contraption means longing for family and home while absent from them

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...people whose voices are loud and harsh, even when they are not angry.

• harsh means to hold fast, to close tightly

• harsh means shaking or quivering as a result of anxiety, excitement, or weakness

• harsh means to disappear suddenly and completely

• harsh means causing a disagreeable or painful sensory reaction

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I see an enormous figure full of blackness moving stiffly down the line.

• enormous means having extraordinarily great size, number, or degree
  or exceedingly wicked

• enormous means having or revealing an exaggerated sense

  of one's own importance

• enormous means protect from danger or unpleasant experience

• enormous means a fact or condition; a state of affairs

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...I momentarily forget it is an early afternoon in late summer.

• momentarily means in every part of

• momentarily means for a moment; instantly

• momentarily means parts leftover after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed

• momentarily means to be carried slowly by a current of air or water

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...one girl holding on to the ends of her long, black braids with fists clenched.

• clenched means open resistance, bold defiance

• clenched means not moving, stationary

• clenched means soiled, rubbed or wiped in a smeary manner

• clenched means to hold fast, to close tightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...lowering her voice as though she has revealed some great secret to me.

• revealed means to make something publicly or generally known

• revealed means related to right and wrong behavior

• revealed means not gladly received or desired

• revealed means formed in a group, grouped together

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

...closely examining the space.

• examining means longing for family, home while away from them

• examining means to hold fast, to close tightly

• examining means in a way that avoids potential problems or dangers

• examining means to inspect closely

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I stared at the paper, smudged where Mattie has corrected some of my spelling.

• smudged means parts leftover after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed

• smudged means soiled, rubbed in a smeary manner

• smudged means a

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4