Merry Vocabulary
To change completely
Transform
In "Home" by Helen Khan, Aleena was the BLANK. Fill in the blank.
Protagonist
Lifting a heavy object can be a...
Burden
This sentence answers the prompt and lays out the main idea of a paragraph or essay.
The Claim
We use this to understand the meaning of a new word without looking it up in the dictionary
Context
Not wanting to do something
Reluctant
In "The Medicine Bag" Martin grew to be proud of his heritage. This change was influenced by what character?
Grandfather
Kindness is one BLANK of my mother. Fill in the blank.
Trait
A sentence always ends with one of these.
Punctuation mark (. ! ?)
Characters who change and grow are not static, they are BLANK. Fill in the blank.
Dynamic
Having no hope
Despair
In "Home", Hakeem, Mother, Bilal (brother), and Aleena's friends influenced change in Aleena. These people are BLANK characters. Fill in the blank.
Secondary
After being embarrassed in front of his parents, John felt he had lost his BLANK. Fill in the blank.
Dignity
We need this to support our claims.
Evidence
Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez helped improve working conditions for these people.
Migrant farm laborers
What people think of someone or something
Reputation
The protagonist in "Taco Head" was bullied at school. The bully characters were the BLANK. Fill in the blank.
Antagonists
Lebron James has a BLANK for being a great basketball player. Fill in the blank.
Reputation
A complete sentence contains both of these things, surrounded by a capital letter and a punctuation mark.
Subject and verb.
The city Mr. Gleason visited for a wedding
Oakland, California
Worthy of honor or respect
Dignity
Martha stood up to him after talking to her grandfather in "The Scholarship Jacket"
The Principal
Mr. Gleason was BLANK to play a game with a class that can be so noisy.
Reluctant
These two things are required when citing evidence from text.
Quotation marks (") and page/paragraph number.
The person who is responsible for your decisions
Yourself