Vocab in Context: "Angela's Ashes"

Vocabulary in Context

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Drag and Drop

This 9th grade skill (​

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) means that you can use ​

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to figure out the meaning of a​

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word.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

ELA.9.V.1.3

context clues

vocabulary

EXAMPLE:

I've never met someone as loquacious as her.
I can't even get a word in!



Can you guess what this word means? What was the clue?

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the bold word:

Laughing? There’s to be NO laughing, for you could be doing serious damage to your internal apparatus.

• giggling

• hospital

• organ

• family

What were the clues?

Laughing? There’s to be NO laughing, for you could be doing serious damage to your internal apparatus.

Multiple Choice

Pick the BEST clue that reveals the meaning of apparatus.

• laughing

• internal

• damage

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the bold word:

Diphtheria is never allowed to talk to typhoid and visa versa. I warned ye. Sister Rita said one more word out of him and upstairs with him. We gave ye a warning to stop the blathering but ye wouldn’t.

• chatting

• lying

• reading

• praying

What were the clues?

Diphtheria is never allowed to talk to typhoid and visa versa. I warned ye. Sister Rita said one more word out of him and upstairs with him. We gave ye a warning to stop the blathering but ye wouldn’t.

Multiple Select

Pick TWO clues that revealed the meaning of blathering.

• "Sister Rita"

• "never allowed to talk"

• "one more word"

• "upstairs"

Get ready for the next one...

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the bold word:

I should beg God’s forgiveness for my disobedience reciting a pagan English poem about a thief on a horse and a maiden with red lips who commits a terrible sin when I could have been praying...

• hilarious

• perfect

• not Christian

• terrifying

What were the clues?

I should beg God’s forgiveness for my disobedience reciting a pagan English poem about a thief on a horse and a maiden with red lips who commits a terrible sin when I could have been praying...

Multiple Choice

Which clue revealed the meaning of "pagan" to mean "non-religious"?

• "I should beg God's forgiveness"

• "commits a terrible sin"

• "I could have been praying"

• ALL OF THE ABOVE!

Get ready for the next one...

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the bold word:

"...little children with their mouths all green from trying to eat the grass in the fields beyond, God bless us and save us and guard us from future famines."

• farms

• starvation

• children

• stains

What were the clues?

"...little children with their mouths all green from trying to eat the grass in the fields beyond, God bless us and save us and guard us from future famines."

Poll

How did you do on this Skill Practice?

BE HONEST!

• Not great... this is difficult. 😓

• I was distracted...

  but I did okay.. 😐

• Pretty well! I can do this. 🙂

• Great! I killed that! 😊