Hatchet Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"Perpich used to drum that into them- 'You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have.'"

• instrument

• problem

• feeling of regret

• thing of value

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the meaning of the underlined word?"The bird had sat and he had lunged and the two points took the bird back down into the ground and killed it almost instantly."

• moved suddenly

• waited

• looked closely

• died

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"a kingfisher... left the branch while he watched and dove into the water. It emerged a split part of a second later."

• sank

• went down

• had an emergency

• came out

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word means....

to set something on fire

• indicated

• ignite

• gorge

• kindling

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

gingerly

• to recognize something clearly

• carefully do anything

• to speak to a large crowd

• to sound raspy and barely audible

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

crude

• annoyed

• constructed in a makeshift way

• tired and aggravated

• constructed as a lean-to

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

to pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust

• pulverize

• imbed

• stymie

• jolt

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He had to tear the birch bark into finer _____________ to catch the sparks.

• grimace

• seepage

• tendrils

• dormant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of the underlined word? "The pilot had a __jolt__ when the engine suddenly stopped."

• A) smooth movement

• B) sudden shock

• C) gentle push

• D) slow turn

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the meaning of the underlined word? "Brian had to __improvise__ a shelter using only the materials he could find."

• A) plan carefully

• B) create spontaneously

• C) destroy completely

• D) ignore

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4