5D+Tuck+Chapter+11-12

=Hi 5D!= =We didn't get a chance to go over these today, so make sure you read through the following explanations before you do the reading and complete the assignment. We'll talk about the vocabulary tomorrow.=

=Have a good night!= =Ms. Bedard= = = =__Sentences to help with understanding:__ =


 * 1.** **It was a good supper, __flapjacks__, bacon, bread, and applesauce, but they ate sitting about in the parlor instead of around a table.** Flapjacks are pancakes.
 * 2. And suddenly the meal seemed __luxurious__.** The meal seemed fancy and high-class.
 * 3. ...Winnie felt her __elation__, and her thoughtless pleasure, __wobble__ and collapse.** Elation is excitement. Wobble means to become unbalanced and shake.
 * 4. She had forgotten, too, about the man in the yellow suit, and now, thinking of him, she felt a __surge__ of relief.** She felt a sudden, overwhelming sense of relief.
 * 5. In fact, he seemed __supremely__ nice to her now, a kind of __savior__.** Supremely means extremely and a savior is someone who saves people from a bad situation.
 * 6. The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of the pond like color spilled from a paintbox.** Can you picture this in your head? The beginning of the sentence is comparing the color of the sky to the colors in a fire. When she mentions the "double," she's talking about the reflection of sky on the pond.
 * 7. Tuck climbed in, too, pushing off, and, settling the oars into their locks, dipped them into the __silty__ bottom in one strong pull.** The bottom was muddy.
 * 8. Here and there the still surface of the water __dimpled__, and bright rings spread noiselessly and vanished.** Dimples refers to ripples on the water.
 * 9. And Winnie, looking down saw hosts of tiny insects __skittering__ and skating on the surface.** The insects sort of dancing and sliding across the water.
 * 10. He __dragged__ on the oars.** He pulled the oars back to row the boat.
 * 11. You can't hardly see the __current__, can you?** A current is a constant movement of water.
 * 12. In the fading light, the trees along the banks were slowly losing their __dimensions__, flattening into __silhouettes__ clipped from black paper and pasted on the paling sky. The voice of a different frog, __hoarser__ and not so deep, croaked from the nearest bank.** Dimensions are the length, width, and depth of an object. Silhouettes are shadows. Hoarser mean "more hoarse" or raspy. When you have a cold, your voice tends to get hoarse.
 * 13. The rowboat had drifted at last to the end of the pond, but now its __bow__ bumped into the rotting branches of a fallen tree...** The bow of the boat is the front.
 * 14. And though the current pulled at it, dragging its __stern__ sidewise, the boat was wedged and could not follow.** The stern of a boat is the back.
 * 15. For she-yes, even she- would go out of the world __willy-nilly__ someday. It was a certainty.** Willy-nilly means whether you wish it to happen or not. We should talk about this tomorrow, as I've never heard these words used with this meaning.
 * 16. Tuck's voice was rough now, and Winnie, amazed, sat __rigid__.** She was sitting stiffly and up straight.
 * 17. They'd __trample__ each other, trying to get some of that water.** The people would stomp all over each other trying to get the water.
 * 18. He peered at her, and Winnie saw that __his face was pinched__ with the effort of explaining.** He was scrunching up his face in concentration as he was thinking about how to explain this to her.
 * 19. Winne, struggling with the anguish of all these things, could only sit __hunched and numb__...** Hunched means that she's bent over. By numb, the author means that Winnie is so overwhelmed that her mind is going blank.

=__Vocabulary__: soothingly, unsteadily, sympathy, decisively, boldly, blurt, fiercely, anguish=

=__Question # 1:__ On page 59, what does Tuck mean when he says, "I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread."= =__Question #2:__ There are SOOOO many examples of figurative language in Chapter 12. Please find 5. Write the quote, the page number, the type of figurative language, and an explanation of what the author is trying to say.=

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