The Circuit Vocabulary

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence:

We had a surplus of strawberries that we delivered to the local orphanage.

• Obtained or gained

• An understanding

• Extra portions, leftovers

• Moving on a yearly path

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text:

Panchito tells of his early years as part of a family of migrant farm workers.

• Obtained or gained

• An understanding

• Extra portions, leftovers

• Moving on a yearly path

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text: After the man went in, Mama clasped her hands and hurried back to the car.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text:

It was an old large galvanized pot she had picked up from an army surplus store in Santa Maria.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I waited as the school secretary jotted down the information I gave her.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ito, the strawberry sharecropper, did not smile for the season of picking was over.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

That night, by the light of a kerosene lamp, we unpacked and cleaned our new home.

• Shyly or carefully

• Helpfully or agreeably

• A type of oil based fuel

• Based on the author's life

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"It's alright," my teacher Mr. Lema said understandingly, "You can read later."

• Shyly or carefully

• Helpfully or agreeably

• A type of oil based fuel

• Based on the author's life

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Would you like to read?" he asked hesitantly after seeing the expression on my face.

• Shyly or carefully

• Hopefully or agreeably

• A type of oil based fuel

• Based on the author's life

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

We were asked to annotate the text and find examples of figurative language and imagery.

• To highlight or make notes

• With excited energy

• Enjoying the taste or feeling

• In a tired manner

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C