Commonlit Unit 5 Vocabulary

The school cafeteria quickly filled with excited chatter after the lunch bell rang. The cafeteria staff could barely hear what each student was requesting for lunch.

• Emerge

• Clamor

• Identity

Ayana worked on her article about the mayor stealing money for weeks. When it was published, his crimes were made public.

• Exposed

• Gesture

• Internal

Sometimes Kyoko wishes other people wouldn't immediately notice her prosthetic leg. Other times, she likes the chance to talk about it because it is a part of who she is.

• Rampant

• Identity

• Emerge

On Monday, Ms. Frazier noticed some students were repeating lyrics from a new song in class. By Friday she could not get the class to focus because every student was singing the song! What word best describes the spread of the song among the students?

• External

• Rampant

• Gesture

Charles saw his mother waving at him while he played soccer with his friend. He immediately dropped the ball and ran over to see what she wanted. Which word best describes his mother's action?

• Gesture

• Clamor

• Expose

I saw my cat run behind the couch. A few minutes later, she came out with her favorite toy mouse in her mouth. Which word best describes the cat's action?

• Clamor

• Internal

• Emerge

The team worked hard all season, but their championship dreams were stopped by forces out of their control. For example, their star player moved to Puerto Rico in the middle of the year. What word best describes the forces that stopped the team's championship dreams?

• External

• Expose

• Identity

Most people knew the actor for his good looks, but he wanted more people to know what he was like on the inside. He loved reading, animals, and music. Which word best describes what the actor wanted people to know about him?

• Clamor

• Rampant

• Internal

After two days of competition, Jaylen ___ as the top contender in the bake off.

• Emerged

• Exposed

• Gestured

• Eternal

While Martin was learning English, his teachers used ___ to communicate with him, like opening and closing their hands to represent “open your books.”

• Internal

• External

• Gestures

• Exposed