WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1 -3 • Residential “After all it wasn’t anything to get excited about, just another dogfight in a residential section. ” (designed for or suitable for housing) • Mulled “I mulled them over in my mind. ” (thought over)
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1 -3 • Eaves • “Next, I went to the barn and up in the loft. Far back over the hay and up under the eaves, I hid my can. ” • (edges of a roof) • Winced • “I took one look at my bare feet and winced. ” • (to draw back or tense the body in pain)
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1 -3 • aromatic § having a pleasant smell • cur § worthless or unfriendly dog • canebrakes § dense growth of cane plants • mulled § thought over • eaves • heft § edges of a roof § test the weight of something by lifting it • horehound • squalling § type of mint candy § loud screaming or crying
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 4 -6 • winced • gawked • sorghum • grit • vicious • painstaking • drew back or tensed body as from pain (flinch) • stared stupidly • grain used to make syrup • stubborn courage • cruel, spiteful • extremely precise and careful
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1 -6 For your vocabulary homework, you have four options: • 1). Write sentences for each word. • 2). Draw pictures of each word. • 3). Create a crossword puzzle using all the vocabulary words from chapters 1 -6. • 4). Do a combination of 1 & 2.
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 7 -10 • churn • bottoms • domain • momentum • nonchalantly • salve • fulfilled • canister for making butter • land through which a river or creek flows • dominion or field or interest • force of a moving object • casually • soothing ointment • satisfied; completed
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 11 -12 • predicament • eddy • leering • sidled • gnaw • puzzling problem or difficult solution • moving in circles in the opposite direction of the main stream (whirlpool) • looking meanly, as if eager to do evil • moved sideways • chew on
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 13 -15 • • • frayed foliage mackinaw jubilant heedless • tarp • • • worn or ragged leaves short, woolen coat joyful, triumphant careless, not paying attention • waterproof covering
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 16 -18 • gingerly • flitted • Gully • haggard • mantel • allotted • carefully • moved suddenly and quickly (like a butterfly or hummingbird) • narrow channel made by running water (ditch) • worn-out and thinlooking • shelf that forms the top of a fireplace • assigned
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 19 -20 • predatory • jugular • killing and eating animals to survive • large vein in the neck • cleaved • split by cutting • entrails • intestines • churring • low whirring sound
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