Number the Stars Vocabulary Chapters 5-11

1. Number the Stars VocabularyChapters 5-11 Ms. Hicks & Jeanine Muir February 2014

2. Do Now… February 6, 2014 • Journal Entry: Write sentence below, write meaning of vocabulary word, and context clues. • The police liberate the anxious hostages after sixteen hours of confinement. • untie, free them, unshackle • Look over spelling words on page 115. • Homework: Simple Solutions pages 136 & 137, complete vocabulary graphic organizer, write missed spelling words 5 times each.

3. deftly • When an object is partially hidden, the brain deftly reconstructs it . • A. quick and skillful manner • B. slow and deficient manner • A. quick and skillful manner

4. distorted • The car was distortedand bent beyond recognition • A. to bend back into its natural form • B. to twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape • B. to twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape

5. protrude • Dwelling houses without a chimney stack: antennas should not protrude above the highest part of the roof. • A. to push inward • B. to push or thrust outward • B. to push or thrust outward

6. ruefully • The poor woman ruefully could not give her money to her friend in need.  • A. causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret • B. causing, unemotional, or no expression • A. causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret

7. tentatively • For now, tentatively, this is the schedule for the snow days. • A. not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional • B. agreed upon, concrete, worked out • A. not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional

8. distorted

9. Protrude

10. deftly

11. tentatively

12. ruefully