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to hate or really dislike something
What is to loathe?
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this spelling word drops an -e and adds -ing. It is the opposite of opening.
What is closing?
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why Janey doesn't want to go to the camp school
What is she wants to go the town school?
100
how Janey knows that her teacher is alright.
When the teacher calls Janeys new pet a horned toad?
100
not caring, unconcerned
What is indifferent?
200
undoubtedly
What means without a doubt or absolutely sure of something?
200
what you do to get better at something
What is practicing?
200
"We'll keep with our own kind," her father has once said when Janey had remonstrated with him. The word remonstrated means...
What is pleaded with?
200
the reason there is a village of little houses near the cotton fields.
What is during the picking season, the workers live there?
200
a feeling or belief that something is true
What is certainty?
300
to stick out, or to be pushed out
What is protruded?
300
this is a challenge word that refers to what you learn at school
What is education?
300
the reason that the regular school won't satisfy Janey any longer
What is she really wants to belong somewhere?
300
the reason Janey tiptoes into school
What is because Janey is very happy that she found a wonderful teacher?
300
who goes to the camp school
What is the children whose parents work for a short time in the cotton fields?
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sulkily
What is a way that shows unhappiness?
400
this word means to allow something to happen (ends with -ing)
What is permitting?
400
the reason Janey believes that she will not learn much at the camp school?
What is all the students have different educational backgrounds?
400
How does Miss Peterson show consideration for her students?
She lets them move around because they are sitting on uncomfortable benches.
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when the teacher says, "No en-o'clock-scholar about you," she means this...
What is Janey is early for school?
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heartily
What is showing much enthusiasm?
500
a word with a doubled L and added ed
What is controlled?
500
The flag is not yet flying.
What is the reason Janey knew for sure that school had not yet started?
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Why are the children able to tell their teacher so much about other parts of the United States?
They travel with their families every year to places where cotton is grown.
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this is how long Janey will attend the camp school.
What is until it is time for the cotton pickers to move on>
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