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Vocabulary Detectives
Chapter 9/10
Reverse! Reverse!:
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Reread the selection below. Find the word that means continual, lasting forever: ____________________________
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means doing something gently and kindly:
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“I heard rustling, the sound of people moving. Then the door was pushed open. Fisk looked out. He was a very large man,
lantern-jawed, his fists clenched more often than not as though perpetually prepared to brawl. “What do you say?” He
demanded.
“Mr. Ewing wants a needle form his chest,” I said meekly.
He glowered. “Come along then,” he said, waving me in.
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Reread the selection below. Find the word that means doing something without courage or bravery:
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Reread the selection below. Find the word that means quiet or soft: ___________________________
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means doing not clear or easily understood:
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Find another word in this section which is a SYNONYM for the word above: _______________________________
Think of your own ANTONYM for these words: _________________________
“Since I did not wish to disappoint Ewing, I decided I must go and fetch the needle myself. Timidly, I approached the
forecastle door. As I did I heard muted voices from within. Indeed, it was only because they were vague and indistinct that
I found myself straining to listen. And what I heard was this…”
3.
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means a decorative chain of hanging flowers, fabric, ribbon, etc.
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Reread the selection below. Find the word that means boldly confronted: _______________________
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means disgraceful, shameful, or shocking: __________________
“I stepped forward and looked about. The only light came from the open door, just enough for me to see that the low
ceiling was festooned with dirty garments. I was accosted by a heavy stench of sweat and filth. Scraps of cheap pictures—
some of a scandalous nature—were nailed here and there to the walls in aimless fashion. Cups, shoes, belaying pins, all
lay jumped in heaps.”
4.
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means to disable someone from moving: __________________
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means looking very closely at something: _______________________
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means lacking courage, strength, or confidence:
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Look at the selection below and UNDERLINE an old wordlly wise word!
“The instant I saw him, he looked up and pinioned me with a gaze of blatant scrutiny. Then, quickly, he shifted his eyes
away. He too was spying on me. Completely unnerved, I retreated to my cabin and bolted the door. The warnings had an
effect quite opposite to what was doubtless intended.”
5.
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means something feared and strange/weird: __________________
Reread the selection below. Find the word that means floating without control: _______________________
Reread the selection below and underline the example of figurative language; explain what type it is:
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Look at the selection below and UNDERLINE an old wordlly wise word!
“Then I realized that the ship appeared o be completely unmanned. Not a sailor was to be seen anywhere, aloft or on deck.
The sails hunk like dead cloth, the wheel was abandoned, the rigging rattled with eerie irrelevance. The Seahawk was
adrift.”
New Faces in New Places:
Directions: Use the words from Wordly Wise List 6 to describe the following situations.
Describe Charlotte’s discovery of the crew’s rebellion (Blatant, Flustered)
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Describe the scene when Mr. Crannick appeared on the ship (debut, enrollment)
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Describe Captain Jaggery’s reaction to the crew & Mr. Crannick (Confront, Candid, Intimidation)
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Blast from the Past:
Directions: Use each of the following “Wordly Wise Words” in a meaningful sentence using details from the chapter.
LABEL: NOUNS (N), PRONOUNS (PN), ADJECTIVES (ADJ), VERBS (V), ADVERBS (ADV)
YOU MUST USE AT LEAST ONE OF EACH IN YOUR SENTENCES!!
CAPITULATE
SLAUGHTER
VULNERABLE
INFURIATED
DEVASTATING
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