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Take a closer look at Chapter 5 Vocabulary
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Take a closer look at words in The Lemonade War
Chapter 5
Focus on
Vocabulary
Page 59
It was Jessie's turn to clear and scrape the dishes, Evan's turn to wash and stack. Evan looked at the pile of dirty plates on his left. Jessie was ahead. She was always ahead when it was her turn to clear, but tonight it felt like she was taunting him. To Evan, every plate-scraping sounded like "Can't keep up. Can't keep up."
What is the meaning of the
word taunting?
page 60
She'd been pretty irritated when she came down from the office and there wasn't a single cold drink in the house.
What word could replace irritated in the previous section?
A. excited
B. beautiful
C. annoyed
D. calm
page 62
Instead, she stood as tall as her runty height would allow...
Which word means the same as runty?
A. small
B. tall
C. funny
D. weight
Examining Roots
What does each
word have in common?
disappeared (page 65)
disbelieve
dislike
disown
What do you think this root means?
dis-
This Latin prefix means "apart" or "away"
Think of other words that use the root "dis-".
Looking at
Figurative Language
page 64
Mrs. Treski looked at both of them with her laser eyes.
What is the author trying to say?
page 62
Evan boiled over.
What is the author trying to say?
page 61
The words felt like disgusting spiders running out of his mouth.
What is the author trying to say?