La Bamba
a short story taken from Baseball in April
Vocabulary Day One
5th Grade, Theme 2,
Selection 2
applause
• Sentence: The entire
cafeteria showed how
much they loved the
performance by giving a
huge round of applause.
• Definition: the clapping of
hands to show approval
applause
• Example: at the end of
play, the audience give
applause; when your
names is called at an
awards assembly, the
audience gives applause
• Non example: thumbs- up
debut
• Sentence: My brother’s
band, which had only
been performing in our
garage for friends and
family, will debut their
new CD at the local café.
• Definition: first public
appearance
debut
• Example: Hanna Montana’s
first performance
• Non example: Hanna
Montana’s most recent
performance
duo
• Sentence: I like to listen to
duos because you get to
hear two voices that seem
to blend together.
• Definition: two performers
singing or playing together
duo
• Example:
• Non example: Hanna Montana, Beyonce
embarrassed
• Sentence: I could tell my
friend was embarrassed
when he was called to the
front of the classroom to
read his story because his
face got red.
• Definition: self-conscious
and ill at ease
embarrassed
• Example: When mom gives
you a hug and kiss in front
of your friends you might be
embarrassed.
• Non example: If you enjoy
talking in front of the class
you would not be
embarrassed if you had to.
forty-five record
• Sentence: My grandparents talk
about how they listened to
forty- fives, and drove their
parents crazy with the music.
• Definition: a small record with
one musical selection on each
side
forty-five record
• Example:
• Non example: a tape, CD, or DVD
limelight
• Sentence: Since Barack
Obama became president
he has been in the
limelight.
• Definition: focus of public
attention
limelight
• Example: Miley Cyrus turned
off her Twitter page, so she is
in the limelight
• Non example: Your mom is
not the limelight.
pantomime
• Sentence: When I was a little
boy I saw a pantomime that had
a person dressed in all white
including his face and hands,
and pretended he was trapped in
an imaginary box.
• Definition: theatrical acting that
is done in silence
pantomime
• Example:
• Non example: your school play
rehearsal
• Sentence: I didn’t want
to stay for rehearsal
because I felt like we
had practiced enough.
• Definition: practice for
a public performance
rehearsal
• Example: after school practice for the talent
show
• Non example: After school math class
talent
• Sentence: We knew Joe was a talented boy once
we saw he could kick a football 55 yards.
• Definition: a special natural or acquired ability
talent
• Example: Professional
players have talent, or
natural ability to play their
sport. The spelling bee
champion has a spelling
talent.
• Non example: If you aren’t
good at something, that is
not your talent.
Other Vocabulary
fortunately
• Sentence: Mom happily replied, “Fortunately for
me, I watched the news last night and knew it
was going to rain.”
• Definition: luckily
• Example: You have an extra
shirt at school when your
gets ketchup on it at lunch.
• Non example: While driving
in the car you get stopped at
every red light, and that
makes you late to school.
Money!!
fortunately
dramatically
• Sentence: My classmate likes
to act the vocabulary words
dramatically because she says
that helps her remember what
they mean.
• Definition: in a way that is
showy
dramatically
• Example: Talking with lots of
facial expressions and hand
movements
• Non example: Talking in a low
voice with no emotion
pharmacist
• Sentence: My best friend
studied to become a pharmacist
and now she works in a hospital
filling prescriptions for cancer
patients.
• Definition: a person who fills
prescriptions for a living
pharmacist
• Example: CVS pharmacist
who gives you your
medicine and tells you
about it
• Non example: The clerk
that takes your money
when you get your
medicine is usually not the
pharmacist.
maneuvered
• Sentence: After the Earthquake we had to
maneuver around the fallen debris in order to get
home.
• Definition: moved carefully around obstacles
and into place
maneuvered
• Example: When you
walk around the chairs
that nobody pushed in
you are maneuvering
through your classroom.
• Non example: Walk on a
straight path
Sentence- Making Fun!
• Write one sentence using the
words maneuvered, limelight, and
applause.
• Write one sentence using the
words duo and forty- five records.
Think- Pair- Share
• What word do you think
is the most interesting?
Why?
• Was there a word that
you have never heard
before?
I don’t
think
I
I don’t
think
I have
have heard of
heard of
limelight
cache
before… before.