Week 13 Quack

1. To dance

• Trip the light fantastic
• Call your bluff
• Calm before the storm
• Let your hair down
• Little pitchers have big ears

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

2. A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.

• Calm before the storm
• Trip the light fantastic
• Call your bluff
• Let your hair down
• Little pitchers have big ears

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

3. Little children, listening to the conversation of older people, often hear and understand a lot more than people give them credit for.

• Little pitchers have big ears
• Trip the light fantastic
• Call your bluff
• Calm before the storm
• Let your hair down

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

4. To live in a rich style and own a lot of expensive things.

• Live high off the hog
• Trip the light fantastic
• Call your bluff
• Calm before the storm
• Let your hair down

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

5. To behave freely and naturally; to relax, chill, show your true self.

• Let your hair down
• Trip the light fantastic
• Call your bluff
• Calm before the storm
• Little pitchers have big ears

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

6. To demand that someone prove a claim; to challenge someone to carry out a threat.

• Call your bluff
• Trip the light fantastic
• Calm before the storm
• Let your hair down
• Little pitchers have big ears

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7. someone who is at an event but doesn’t take part

• Adobe
• Alacrity
• Authentic
• Bystanders

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

8. eager and cheerful readiness

• Adobe
• Alacrity
• Authentic
• Bystanders

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

9. a kind of clay used as a building material

• Adobe
• Alacrity
• Authentic
• Bystanders

10. genuine

• Adobe
• Alacrity
• Authentic
• Bystanders

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4