"Promises to Keep" Vocabulary

The other players would ______________ Jackie on the field by yelling at him, spiking him with their cleats, and even throwing balls at him.

• torment

• legacy

• ominous

• humiliation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Branch Rickey gave examples of the ____________ Jackie might hear from the angry crowd.

• rants

• fumed

• gnarled

• accomplishments

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jackie's emotions could not be ____________ if he wanted to make it through the season.

• fragile

• prologue

• commitment

• endangered

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The other team's coach had a _____________ on his face when he saw Jackie step up to bat.

• scowl

• segregation

• fumed

• soberly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The ______________ letters Jackie received made him nervous to play in the south.

• ominous

• soberly

• momentum

• wearily

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A ______________ man would never have been able to do what Jackie did.

• frail

• legacy

• retreated

• scowl

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jackie Robinson could ______________ between the bases making it difficult to throw him out.

• dart

• retreated

• soberly

• rants

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jackie's ___________ toward desegregating baseball was often stalled by people not supporting it.

• momentum

• torment

• legacy

• soberly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jackie took the news of his trade _______________ and reluctantly chose to retire.

• soberly

• scowl

• fumed

• commitment

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.4

Although he showed a calm response to the taunting, inside Jackie ____________ with anger.

• fumed

• dart

• accomplishments

• torment

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4