Key Vocabulary | Definition | Sentence |
Characters (p.468) | Symbols or letters used in printing | The red characters looked strong and fierce. |
Crest (p.460) | Something, such as feathers, that grows on an animal’s head | The Last Dragon had a faded face, a scraggly crest, and no eyes. |
Fierce (p.468) | Wild and mean; dangerous | The red characters looked strong and fierce. |
Homage (p.459) | Special public honor | She grumbled about how the dragons of her childhood were royal in appearance and received the homage of every living thing. |
Scales (p.466) | Small, thin, flat parts that cover a fish or reptile | One day she began to sew on shining scales. |
Snaked (p.476) | Moved in a winding and twisting way | … he snaked among the tables and around the room. |
Teeming (p.476) | Full, crowded | And so the Last Dragon paraded through the teeming streets of |
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Anthology Vocabulary
These are the vocabulary words that students have learned for the story, The Last Dragon.
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My group had to try to act out homage it was easy we just had to salute to the flag!
ReplyDeleteI like these words because we are learning them with Mrs.Clark but I just keep on forgeting the definition.
ReplyDeleteMy group had fringe it was HARD!
ReplyDeleteWhen my group and I had to act out characters it was funny at first, but then we got it right and it was not funny anymore. But that still was a very fun anthology activity we did! I also liked that other groups got to act out different words to and we got to write them and draw a picture. I hope we do that activity again with different words! Finally, I liked when we looked in our books and you read the paragraphs with the words in them.
ReplyDeleteI think that this book will be good!
ReplyDeleteWe had the group for characters that was the hardest Shakira!!!
ReplyDeleteHere are some other sentences that use some of the words.
ReplyDeleteWe pay homage to soldiers that have died in war when we put the flag half way up.
When I rode my bike yesterday, I snaked through the cars in the parking lot.
Here are some more sentences that use some words.
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to Andventerland it was teeming with peopl.The immens fish had a big slimy crest.