Mrs. Barron's class and my class are doing novel studies for reading for the next 2 or 3 weeks. Mrs. Barron's class will be reading Charlotte's Web and my class will be reading Chocolate Fever. They were issued books from the library today that they may take home, however every student must have their book in class everyday. We will be using them everyday!!! There are several vocab words for these books but most of them are words they are familiar with, you are only responsible for learning the vocab for the story you are reading in your class.
Mrs. Barron's class will be reading chapters 1-6 in Charlotte's Web. On Friday they will answer questions on these chapters for a grade and have a VOCAB quiz.
Charlotte's Web VOCAB Chapters 1-6
1. runt: smallest animal
2. injustice: unfair treatment
3. manure: fertilizer made from dung
4. snout: animal’s nose
5. captivity: being held prisoner
6. litter: scattered trash
7. peered: look closely
8. trough: container for animal food or water
9. slops: unappealing food
10. vanished: disappeared suddenly
11. goslings: young goose
12. glutton: person who eats too much
13. inheritance: money or property that has been inherited
14. detested: dislike something very much
15. salutations: gesture of phrase that is used to greet
16. scheming: devising deceitful plots and plans
17. decency: behavior that conforms to what is right and respectable
18. lair: wild animal’s den
19. hominy: dried corn
20. compunctions: feelings of shame and regret of doing something wrong
Mrs. Robison's class will be reading chapters 1-6 in Chocolate Fever. On Friday they will answer questions on these chapters for a grade and have a VOCAB quiz.
Chocolate Fever VOCAB Chapters 1-6
1. conceivable: believable
2. climaxed: key moment
3. wacky: entertainingly silly
4. verge: point beyond which something happens
5. extremely: to a very high degree
6. concentrate: think intensely about something
7. startling: surprising or alarming
8. riot: violent disturbance
9. phenomenon: extraordinary thing
10. chortled: gleeful laugh
11. prodded: poke somebody or something
12. appreciate: value somebody or something highly
13. welled: bring to the surface
14. peered: look closely
15. trickled: flow slowly in thin stream
16. infirmary: place for care of sick people
17. spectacles: eyeglasses
18. peculiar: unusual
19. unidentified: unable to be named
20. steadied: become or make something steady
21. recall: remember something
22. cantaloupe: orange-fleshed melon
23. bounding: go energetically
24. typical: having all or most of the characteristics shared by others
25. amazement: strong feeling of wonder or surprise at the extraordinariness of something
26. survive: live through something
27. corridor: passage inside a building
28. darted: fast move
29. pursuing: chase something
30. predicament: difficult situation
