Salt to the Sea Vocabulary 3

What is a gulag?

• a Russian prison camp used for people considered against (enemies of) Stalin's government

• a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases and mental illnesses

• a contagious and deadly lung infection

• a twisted, deforming shape or position

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a mongrel?

• a slant to one side

• a colorless liquid that quickly evaporates into gas and was used as an anesthetic

• a small recess opening off a larger room

• a negative term used to describe people and animals of mixed races/breeds

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does multilingual mean?

• the process of causing things to happen at the same time

• knowing and using more than one language

• the tendency to float in water

• small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Match each term with its definition.

• a hospital for recuperation or for the t

• insufferable

• to scold in a severe, angry way

• berate

• a contagious and deadly lung infection

• sanatorium

• not able to tolerate or endure

• synchronization

• the process of causing things to happen

• tuberculosis

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The prisoners in the (a)   were called ​ (b)   by the Russian guards.

• gulags
• mongrels
• sanatorium
• confetti

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ​ (a)   of the ship ​ (b)   its ​ (c)   and threatened to sink it.

• list
• affected
• buoyancy
• contortion
• effected
• alcove

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a contagious and deadly lung infection?

What is small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a colorless liquid that quickly evaporates into gas and was used as an anesthetic

What is knowing and using more than one language?