Vocabulary
lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
(serene, rigorous, sluggish)
What is sluggish?
Part of speech that are used to describe nouns.
What are adjectives?
The three end marks that can be used to complete a sentence
What are periods, question marks, and exclamation points? (., ?, !)
In Number the Stars, the king of Denmark for whom it was said the whole country was his bodyguard.
Who is King Christian?
The name of the poem we read at the beginning of the year about the experiences of a twelve-year old boy on his first date.
What is Oranges?
to seize by authority; to take and keep
(confiscate, forsake, enumerate)
What is confiscate?
Am, is, may, would, has, and shall are all examples of these types of verbs.
What are helping verbs?
The punctuation marks used to enclose the words of a speaker in a sentence.
What are quotation marks?
In A Wrinkle in Time, Mr. Murry was unable to do this when Meg entered the column with him.
What is see?
The type of figurative language used in the following quote: "There was a gust of wind and a great thrust and a sharp shattering as she was shoved through-what?"
What is alliteration?
a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought
(serene, reverie, pacify)
What is reverie?
Part of speech that could describe where, when, or how an action takes place.
What are adverbs?
The punctuation mark that comes before a coordination conjunction (and, or, but) that connects two parts of a compound sentence.
What is a comma? (,)
In Number the Stars, the item hidden in the bottom of the basket that Annemarie was bringing to Uncle Henrik.
What is a handkerchief?
In the story My Achilless' Meal, this food was the food that the author could not resist as a child.
What are french fries?
good judgement; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose
(implement, vow, discretion)
What is discretion?
Nouns that express a quality or condition. They name something that cannot be seen or touched.
What are abstract nouns?
The punctuation mark used to introduce a list of items that ends a sentence.
What is a colon? (:)
In A Wrinkle in Time, the planet Mr. Murry was trying to get to when he mistakenly tessered to Camazotz.
What is Mars?
The correct plural possessive form of the noun woman
What is women's?
to unite; to combine elements into a unified whole
(designate, amalgamate, dissect)
What is amalgamate?
The verb tense that expresses an action that is continuing in the present (uses the helping verb am, is, are + "ing" verb)
What is the present progressive tense?
The punctuation mark used to join the main clauses of a compound sentence if there is no conjunction.
What is a semicolon? (;)
In Number the Stars, the symbol of the Jewish religion on Ellen's necklace
What is the Star of David?
The title (and main character's nickname) in the story we read about a boy who had to leave his home in Africa and hopes to make real friends in Ireland, where he now lives.
What is Prince Francis?