Vocabulary Synonyms
Greek and Latin Roots Spelling
Greek and Latin Roots
Conclusions and Generalizations
Grab Bag (Miscellaneous)
100

A synonym for clammy:

Sticky 

Crusty

Dry

Sticky

100

Not supposed to do this in a conversation (must spell correctly)

interrupt

100

Teachers make these frequently

photocopies

100

You can tell that Nathan -

is a coward

likes to help people

blames himself for the sailor's injury

likes to help people

100

What will happen after the last paragraph in the story?

Everyone will get safely back to the station

The surfmen will save the ship

The storm will keep people stranded on the shore

Nathan will work harder to become a surfman

Everyone will get safely back to the station

200

A synonym for annoyance:

Happy

Frustration

Complaining

Frustration

200

Teachers ask you to do this in your responses (must spell correctly)

Describe

200

A person who records information

scribe

200

We know that the child is frightened because _______

he clung tightly to the narrator's neck

200

What can we infer about Nathan after reading the story?

He will study medicine/become a doctor

300

A synonym phrase for secured:

released recently

held tightly

slept quietly

held tightly

300

Alexander Graham Bell invented this (must spell correctly)

telephone

300

We use this to look at constellations

telescope

300

The ship's crew believes that:

the surfmen should have been able to save their ship

women and children should be saved first

Nathan saved all of their lives because of his medical knowledge

women and children should be saved first

300

Synonym for demolished:

invented

destroyed

manufactured

Destroyed

400

A synonym for bundle:

package

group

mess


Package

400

Never do this on your work (must spell correctly)

scribble

400

a science term

photosynthesis

400

The narrator thinks the surfmen:

-are foolish

-in serious danger

-will fail to save the ship's crew

-will save the surfmen's lives

the surfmen are in serious danger

500

A synonym for squalling:

Screaming

Pointing

Laughing

Screaming

500

The word part that means break (must spell correctly)

Rupt

500

A synonym for sudden

Abrupt

500

The narrator is here (read the first paragraph of the story)

on the shore