Definitions
Parts of Speech
Secret Samantha Reading Questions
Definitions II
Use the Vocab Word in a Sentence
100

Definition: A fierce or angry stare

What is: Glare

100

What is a noun?

A person, place, thing, or idea

100

Who is the main character in Secret Samantha?

Sam, Samantha

100

Vocab word: Mary Janes

Definition: A type of flat, round-toed shoe for girls, with a strap across the foot

100

Glare

They gave me an angry glare when I didn't flush the toilet.

200

Definition: Energetic; full of enthusiasm 

What is: Peppy

200

What is an adjective?  

DAILY DOUBLE (risk points to double earn)

DD Question: Use one of vocab words as an adjective in a sentence. 

1. A word used to describe a noun

DD: The overcast sky made me sleepy

200

What is Samantha's Elf name?

Sparkles

200

Smirk

To smile in a scornful or unpleasant way

200

Pivot

I pivot the key to the right and, all of a sudden, the door unlocks.

300

Definition: an exclusive group of people or friends

What is: Clique

300

The word "glare," depending on the context of the sentence, can be used as a noun or a verb. Which of the two is it being used as in the following sentence?


That glare your Mom gave me for spilling mac n cheese on the dog was so scary!

Noun

300

Sam gets Blade two gifts: a makeup kit and skull n bone shoelaces. Which of the two gifts does Blade like the best?

The shoelaces. Blade calls them, "sick."

300

Overcast

Gloomy

300

Origami

We practiced origami last week and now I need to buy more construction paper.

400

Definition: Unable to concentrate; preoccupied

Distracted

400

What is a verb? Include an example from our vocab list

An action word. (Smirk, pivot)

400

Sam prefers to be called Samantha

True or False

False


She says she prefers "Sam."

400

Makeshift

serving as a temporary substitute

400

Mary Janes

I spilled mustard on my Mary Janes and it got under the toe strap.

500

Definition: A disaster

Catastrophe

500

I felt so distracted because of the catastrophe that I didn't even notice the makeshift shelter my clique had made. 

What part-of-speech are distracted and makeshift in this sentence? (Noun, verb, or adjective?)

Adjective

500

Theme = ?

moral of the story, lesson learned, universal, applies to everyone

500

Pivot

To turn or rotate

500

Clique

My clique only allows the silliest goofballs to join.