Multiple Meaning

Multiple-Meaning
Words to Know
Read Words in Context

Getting Started
Materials Needed
Student Reproducible, p. 111 Mystery Word of the Week Clue 1
Transparency 1, p. 415 I am not going to read every word of this book;
Word Web Graphic I am going to it.
Organizer, p. 421
Vocabulary Words
The mystery word of the week is skim.
angle
axes Model/Teach
baste Distribute the Student Reproducible page 111.
bluff Ask them to read the Word Learning Tip. Point out that in this lesson,
they will be dealing with at least two meanings for each vocabulary
compound
word. The meanings may or may not have the same part of speech.
cricket
Have students look at the Vocabulary Building Strategy. Remind
dock students that in the case of a multiple-meaning word, examining its
excise context is the only way to determine which of its meanings is
grave intended.
junk Read the passage aloud with your students following along.
league
Tell students that you are going to reread the passage. Have them read
pitcher silently as you reread aloud.
relay After you have reread the first two sentences aloud, pause and do the
strand on page 105.
vault Tell students that you will read the rest of the passage aloud and stop
at each boldface word so they can determine its meaning by using the
Word Learning Tip and the Vocabulary Building Strategy. Explain that
all fifteen of the multiple-meaning words are used in the passage, but,
of course, only one meaning of each word is illustrated.
Chapter 1 Context Clues

104 Powerful Vocabulary for Reading Success: Combined Edition, Grade 6 Scholastic Teaching Resources
Think Aloud
Heres what I would do to determine what the
word relay means in the first sentence. I would
Place Transparency 1 on the overhead projector. Let
look for clues to its meaning in the surrounding
students know that you will record their thinking as they
words and sentences. The title of the passage
determine the meanings of the vocabulary words in the Sports Time tells me that it is about sports,
context of this particular passage. and the first sentence compares baseball, a
Continue reading aloud. Pause at each sentence with a slow sport, with faster sports. Relay is given as
boldface word. Ask students to explain their thinking as an example, along with basketball, of a sport
they determine each words intended meaning. Encourage that is faster than baseball. But what kind of
students to refer to what they learned about multiple- sport is relay? The context clue foot races tells
me that the relay is one of those sports in which
meaning words in the Word Learning Tip and Vocabulary
people run, and, of course, a running sport
Building Strategy. Write student responses on the
would be fast. I also see the words in which
transparency.
team members run and pass the baton. A relay,
Divide the class into small groups. Have them use then, must be a race in which people do this.
flashcards to reinforce word meanings. No other meaning of relay makes sense in this
context.
English Language Learners
Some students may confuse the words pitcher and picture
and excise and exercise. Write these word pairs on the chalkboard and
say them aloud. Demonstrate one meaning of pitcher by showing how
you would throw a ball. Then point to a picture on the wall to show
its meaning. Ask a student volunteer to do jumping jacks to
demonstrate the meaning of the word exercise. Then write the word
exercise on a piece of paper. Cut out the letters er to form the word
excise and show its meaning.
Independent Activity
Create a Word Web Distribute copies of the Word Web Graphic
Organizer. Have students write their favorite sport in the center circle.
To fill in the outer circles, they should brainstorm as many words as
they can that relate to this sport.
Answer Key
See page 390 for definitions.
Lesson 7 Multiple-Meaning Words to Know

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Multiple-Meaning
Words to Know
Connect Words and Meanings

Getting Started
Materials Needed
Student Reproducibles,
Mystery Word of the Week Clue 2
pp. 112113
We watched the ducks lightly over
the surface of the lake as they took flight.
Think Aloud
I want to share with you my Review and Share Give students the opportunity to share the
thinking as I do this activity. Lets word webs they created for the activity on page 105 of the
do the first item together. I see teachers pages. Make a word wall of sports words. Ask students to
that angle has two very different review the words. Which words do they think have one meaning
meanings. It can mean the when used in sports and another when used in everyday life? Place a
shape made by two lines that star next to these words.
start at the same point, like the
angle of a triangle. Or it can Model/Teach
mean a way of looking at
Distribute the Student Reproducible pages 112 and 113.
something, for example, when I
report a story, I might find a Before students begin the activity, do the .
humorous angle to tell it from. Have students complete the rest of the activity by themselves and
Both of these meanings are share their responses and the thinking behind them.
for nouns. Now I look at the
sentence: The detective looked
English Language Learners
at the problem from many
The word axes may be difficult for some students to pronounce. First,
different angles. Aha, I see the
the English /ks/ sound for the letter x may confuse students who
word look in this sentence, so I
speak languages where this letter is often silent (such as French) or is
think its the second meaning
that fits herean aspect or way
pronounced like a guttural ch (Spanish, Greek). Second, axes is the
of seeing things. I write B in the only plural word on this vocabulary list and the only one that has two
blank to indicate my choice. distinct pronunciations. The e is short in the more common meaning
long-handled tools for chopping wood, and long in the more
technical meaning, imaginary lines through the middle of an object.
Independent Activity
Write a Paragraph Before students start, give them the
Answer Key opportunity to work with a partner to come up with ideas for
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. B
7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. A their paragraphs. As an example, tell them that they can describe a
13. B 14. A 15. A pitcher throwing a vase instead of a baseball.

Materials Needed
Student Reproducible, p. 114
Use Words in Context

Getting Started

This kind of milk is called
milk, because the fat has been taken off
the top.
Think Aloud
The directions tell me that I am to match the
Review and Share Ask students to share their
clues in the right-hand column with the correct
paragraphs from the activity on page 113. Have one words in the left-hand column. I note that unlike
student read a paragraph, and invite others to identify the the usual matching-column activity, each clue
different meanings of the vocabulary words that were used here combines more than one meaning of the
in the paragraph. Invite students to display their paragraphs vocabulary word. I read the clues over quickly. I
on a bulletin board. see that most of them involve some sort of
wordplay or humorous stretch of the imagination.
Model/Teach I read the first clue cut taxes. Next, I go down
Distribute the Student Reproducible page 114. the list of words in the left-hand column. Do any
of these words relate to any aspect of the
Before students begin the activity, do the .
definition? I know that excise means to cut out
After modeling how to complete the first item, have something. I am not sure how excise may be
students do the rest of the items on their own. Ask students related to taxes so I go to my glossary. Sure
to share their responses and the thinking behind them. enough, excise is a type of tax. So I will place the
letter A next to item # 3 in the left-hand column.
Independent Activities
Create Clues Encourage students to make up playful
or imaginative clues by brainstorming in informal groups.
Emphasize that their clues must include both meanings of the word
and be truly helpful in identifying it.
Talk Sports Several of the vocabulary words have meanings related
to sports. Have students list those words (cricket, junk, pitcher, league,
relay, vault) and discuss their sports-related meanings. Then have
them discuss another meaning of each word that has nothing to do
with sports. Invite volunteers to see if they can group some other
vocabulary words under common headings, such as mathematics
Answer Key
(axes, angle) or sewing (baste, strand). 1. E 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. baste
7. pitcher 8. relay 9. junk
10. grave

Multiple-Meaning
Words to Know
Put Words Into Action

Getting Started
Materials Needed
I only have time to the headlines
on my short ride to work.
Think Aloud
I know that junk means
something of little value. I will Review and Share For the Create Clues activity on page 114,
write that next to Meaning on the have students share their clues in small mixed-ability groups in
left side of the face. Since junk which they guess one anothers words. Another group can compare
with this meaning names a thing, the various clues different students created for the same word.
it probably is a noun, but I will Students can use their imaginations here and have some fun.
put it in a sentence before filling
in Part of Speech. I write This Model/Teach
old broken toy is now just a piece
Distribute the Student Reproducible page 115.
of junk next to Sentence. Yes,
junk functions as a noun here, so Use the to model how to complete the activity.
I will go back and fill in noun for After modeling how to complete the first part of the graphic, have
Part of Speech. Now I have a students do the rest of the activity on their own. Ask students to share
complete profile for one meaning their responses and their thinking.
of junk. I can go on to the other
side of the face and fill in
Independent Activities
another meaning, part of speech,
Profile More Words Visual learners may additionally enjoy
and sentence for junk.
drawing personality details on the faces in the graphic or making
new drawings to illustrate their sentences.
Answer Key
Order will vary depending on which Expand the Word List Challenge small groups to brainstorm and
definition students write first. expand the lesson list of multiple-meaning words. They may look
through magazines, newspapers, and books to find multiple-meaning
junk
1. something of little value words. Ask them to put each of these words on an index card with its
2. noun 4. a flat-bottomed Chinese part of speech, definition, and an example sentence.
sailboat 5. noun
grave
7. very serious 8. adjective
10. a burial place 11. noun
Students responses will vary. See

page 399 for sample sentences for
3, 6, 9, and 12.

Materials Needed
Review and Extend Word Web Graphic

Organizer, p. 421
Getting Started

As the stew cooked, he would
the foam off the top.
Think Aloud
The first item consists of two sentences, both
Review and Share Ask volunteers to share their word
illustrating a different use of the word dock. I
profiles with the class from the activity on page 115. read the first sentence. Ill have to use structure
Suggest that they give an oral presentation, pointing to and meaning clues to determine what part of
their graphics as they say the words, give their meanings, speech dock is. The first thing I note is that the
and read the sentences that put the words in context. word will appears just before dock. I know will is
used in the future tense of verbs. I recall also
Model/Teach that verbs describe actions and that dock in this
Distribute the Student Reproducible page 116. sentence refers to an action taken by the subject
of the sentence (boss). I write verb on the line
Before students start the activity, do the .
following the first sentence. I read the second
After you have modeled how to do the first item, have sentence. The presence of the little word the
students do the rest on their own. Ask them to share their before dock is my structure clue that dock is a
responses and their thinking. noun here, since the always comes before a
noun. I know also that nouns name persons,
Independent Activities places, or things, and dock in this context is a
Write and Sort To help students warm-up for this thing. I write noun on the line following the
second sentence.
activity, have them sort the five sentences in the main
activity into the Same/Different categories.
Create a Synonym Web Explain what a synonym is a word
that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word.
However, with multiple-meaning words, the synonym for one
meaning is not a synonym for another meaning. For example, for the
word bluff, cliff is a synonym for one meaning and fool or trick is a
synonym for another meaning. Distribute copies of the Word Web
Answer Key
Mystery Word of the Week: skim
Graphic Organizer. Have students write a vocabulary word in the Accept other words that fit the
center circle. On one side of the web, they should write synonyms for context, too.
one meaning of the word. On the other side, they should write 1. verb; noun 2. verb; verb
synonyms for the other meaning of the word. 3. adjective; verb 4. noun; noun
5. noun; noun

Multiple-Meaning
Words to Know
Check Your Mastery

Give the Test
Materials Needed Distribute the Student Reproducible page 117.
Student Reproducible, p. 117 Model how to answer the first set of questions by writing the
following item on the chalkboard and reading it aloud:
What word means both to stand at an angle and not fat?

Student A. rake B. bow C. lean D. pick
Self-Assessment Ask students to choose the word that fits both definitions. Give them
Journal Writing Ask students the opportunity to talk about how they chose Clean.
which meanings of which words
Then write the next item on the chalkboard to model how to complete
they are most likely to use in
the second set of questions.
everyday conversation or in
writing, and which ones they are Instead of playing a in the tent, we watched the wild
least likely to use. Have them in the woods.
explain why. Then have students
reinforce their knowledge of their Ask students what word would fit in both blanks. If they do not
least likely words by writing suggest the word game, offer it yourself. Have them discuss how both
those words in sentences in their meanings of game fit the context.
personal word journals. Tell students that after they finish all of the questions they should read
them over and check their answers.
Review the Check Your Mastery activity orally with the students.
Have students talk with a partner about the items they got wrong.
Ask students how the Word Learning Tip and Vocabulary Building
Strategy helped them to find the correct responses.
Tally students correct responses.
Answer Key
1. D 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B
7. D 8. C 9. A 10. A

Multiple-Meaning Words to Know
Read Words in Context
Vocabulary Words Sports Time

angle grave
Professional baseball is one of the slower
axes junk
sports, especially in comparison to fast games
baste league
like basketball or foot races like the relay in
bluff pitcher
which team members take turns running and
compound relay
cricket strand passing the baton. For example, the time it takes for
dock vault the pitcher to wind up and throw may seem long,
excise but it is not without tension and suspense. Watch
the pitcher standing on the mound, staring at the
Word Learning Tip! batter with a serious, even grave, expression. Will he throw his
Some words have two or best pitch or will he throw junk, a slow fastball or other pitch
more very different meanings. designed to fool the batter? Is he an honest pitcher, or will he rub
A clue to finding the meaning some illegal compound onto the ball, a substance he hopes will
of these multiple-meaning give it extra spin? Will he pitch the ball over the plate, or bluff and
words is to determine what
try to get the batter to swing at a bad pitch?
part of speech it is in a
sentence. For example, when This tension happens in amateur games, too. Imagine this
lean is a verb it means to situation: Your team is fighting for first place in the local league.
stand at an angle, and when Its the last inning of the last game, and the other team has a runner
it is an adjective it means on base. What can your team do to strand the runner, to keep him
thin.
from advancing and scoring? A skilled pitcher or infielder can
excise a base runner like a surgeon removing an appendix. In this
Vocabulary
instance, baseball is not slow but filled with excitement.
Building Strategy
However, most of the pleasure of baseball comes from the
Use Context Clues Context slow process of watching the players size up each situation from
is particularly important when
various angles and then act. This all takes place in the course of
you read or hear multiple-
meaning words. Even if you three hours or so, a very different kind of pleasure from that of
know all the meanings of watching a high jumper vault over a bar in a few seconds.
such a word, you need to Now cricket, a popular British sport, is even slower than
study the words, phrases, baseball. You have time to do all kinds of things while watching
and sentences around it to
cricket. You can go into the kitchen and baste your turkey with
know which meaning would
make sense in that context. liquid. You can do your math homework and plot the axes of a
graph. You can go out on a boat, come back, retie the boat to the
dock, watch the game again, and you wont have missed a thing.
So, fast or slow, it all depends on what you like the most.
Context Clues
L
Connect Words and Meanings

angle bluff dock junk relay
axes compound excise league strand
baste cricket grave pitcher vault
Directions Read the definitions for each word below. Then read the sentence that follows the pair of
definitions. In the blank, write the letter of the definition that fits the context.
1. angle A. noun: the shape made by two lines that start at the same point
B. noun: an aspect or way of looking at something
The detective looked at the problem from many different angles.
2. axes A. noun: the plural of ax, a tool with a sharp blade on the end of a handle
B. noun: the plural of axis, the line at the side or the bottom of a graph
He plotted the batting averages along the horizontal and vertical axes.
3. baste A. verb: to sew something using loose stitches
B. verb: to moisten something by pouring juices from the pan over it
Just baste the hem now; Ill sew it up more carefully later on.
4. bluff A. verb: to pretend to be in a stronger position than you really are
or to act as if you know something you dont really know
B. noun: a steep headland or cliff
It was thrilling to stand on the high bluff and look at the waves.
5. compound A. noun: a fenced-in area of land
B. noun: something formed by combining two or more things
He rinsed with a compound of salt, baking soda, and water.
6. cricket A. noun: a game played by two teams with bats, balls, and wickets
B. noun: a jumping insect that is somewhat like a grasshopper
The night was filled with the sound of crickets chirping in the trees.
7. dock A. noun: a place to tie up boats or where ships can be loaded
B. verb: to cut off or to deduct part of a persons wages
Because he was late, his boss said he would dock his salary.
8. excise A. noun or adjective: a tax or duty on something
B. verb: to remove by cutting out
The town voted for an excise tax on long-distance phone calls.
Continued on next page

Connect More Words and Meanings

Directions Continue the activity. Read the definitions for each word below. Then read the sentence
that follows the pair of definitions. In the blank, write the letter of the definition that fits the context.
9. grave A. adjective: very serious

B. noun: a place where a dead person is buried
On Memorial Day, they visited the grave of their great-grandmother.
10. junk A. noun: worthless or useless things
B. noun: a Chinese sailing ship
C. noun: in baseball, slow fastballs or other trick pitches
Jeffs father told him to throw away all of the junk in his bedroom.
11. league A. noun: a measure of distance of about three miles
B. noun: a group of people with a common interest or activity
To get back to camp, they had to hike two leagues.
12. pitcher A. noun: a container with an open top and a handle for holding liquids
B. noun: a baseball player who throws the ball to the batter.
Mai made a pitcher of lemonade for the party.
13. relay A. noun: a team race in which members of the team take turns
running and passing a baton
B. verb: to pass on information to someone else
Please relay the message to your parents.
14. strand A. noun: a ropelike or threadlike length of something
B. verb: to leave in a difficult situation or an unpleasant place
The portrait showed a woman wearing a strand of pearls.
15. vault A. noun: a room or compartment for keeping money safe
B. verb: to leap over something without using your hands
Uncle Basil kept the combination to the bank vault in a safe place.
Write a Paragraph Choose any two of the vocabulary words you wish. Think about their
meanings. Write a paragraph in which you use two or more meanings of both of these words.
Context Clues
Use Words in Context

Directions Each lettered clue in the right-hand column combines (sometimes humorously) more than
one meaning of a vocabulary word. Write the letter of the clue next to the correct word to make these
Funny Matches.
______ 1. cricket A. cut taxes
______ 2. compound B. leaping over a bank safe
______ 3. excise C. a chemical mixture in a group of laboratory buildings
______ 4. angle D. a way of looking at the point where two lines meet
______ 5. vault E. bugs at bat
Directions On the line provided, write the word that answers the question What Word Am I?
6. Im something you can do to a roast, and Im something else

you can do to a piece of cloth. What word am I?
7. I am a container for water, and an athlete who throws a ball.

What word am I?
8. I can send a message, or run a race.

What word am I?
9. I may be sailing beautifully through the China Sea, or sitting

sadly on a garbage heap. What word am I?
10. People are always very serious when they come to visit me.
What word am I?
Create Clues Make up playful clues of your own for two or three vocabulary words. You can
imitate either the Funny Matches or What Word Am I? format, or both. The important thing
is to create clues that combine both meanings of the word.

Put Words Into Action

Directions Fill in the blanks in the two-faced graphic below. For each word, write its definition, part
of speech, and a sentence which illustrates its meaning.
Word: junk
1. Meaning 4. Meaning
2. Part of speech 5. Part of speech
3. Sentence 6. Sentence
Word: grave
7. Meaning 10. Meaning
8. Part of speech 11. Part of speech
9. Sentence 12. Sentence
Profile More Words Choose two more vocabulary words from the list, and make a similar
profile for each of them. Remember that words with different meanings may or may not have
the same part of speech. Be sure your sentence illustrates the meaning of the words as you have
defined them.
Context Clues
Review and Extend

Learn
More! The same word can have different meanings and the same part of speech, like this one:
league: 1. (noun) a group pursuing a common goal; 2. (noun) a distance of about
three miles
The same word can have different meanings and different parts of speech, like this one:
strand: 1. (verb) to leave someone in a difficult situation; 2. (noun) one of many threads
Directions Write the part of speech of the boldface word in each sentence.
1. If you are late, the boss will dock your pay.

Go slowly when you paddle up to the dock.
2. A part of sewing I like is when I first baste the stitches.

Do you have to baste a roast chicken or not? he asked.
3. An excise tax is levied indirectly on goods or services.

I will excise that growth from your neck, the surgeon said.
4. Draw the two axes in the right place on your graph.

Keep your axes sharp for good chopping.
5. This compound is a secret combination of herbs, spices, and oils.

The secret compound consisted of five buildings hidden on a
forested hillside.
Write and Sort Write pairs of sentences like the ones above for four other vocabulary words.
Then sort each pair of sentences into two columns, with one column labeled Same and the
other Different, depending on whether the two vocabulary words are used as the same or different
parts of speech.

Check Your Mastery

Directions Circle the letter of the best answer.
1. What word can mean either a kind of tax and an act of cutting?
A. baste B. dock C. compound D. excise
2. What word means both a cliff and a kind of pretending?

A. compound B. angle C. relay D. bluff
3. What word refers to either a where someone is buried or a very serious mood?
A. vault B. excise C. grave D. baste
4. What word can be either a chemical mixture or a dwelling place?

A. bluff B. compound C. grave D. dock
5. What word means leaving someone alone or in a bad spot, and also means a ropelike
or threadlike length of something?
A. pitcher B. relay C. strand D. league
Directions Decide which word fits in both blanks in the sentences. Circle the letter of the best choice.
6. Keisha kept the medal she won for her record-breaking in the .
A. grave B. vault C. pitcher D. relay
7. Tina looked at the formed by the two lines from every before
solving the problem.
A. junk B. axes C. bluff D. angle
8. The T-shirt for the team had a picture on it of a swinging a bat.

A. league B. pitcher C. cricket D. strand
9. The hiking walked a across rough terrain.

A. league B. compound C. relay D. junk
10. A fine old is not a piece of but something very valuable.

A. junk B. dock C. grave D. strand
Context Clues
DEFINITIONS
angle (ang-guhl) noun: 1. the shape made by two lines strand (strand) noun: 1. a ropelike or threadlike length
that start at the same point; 2. an aspect or way of of something. verb: 2. to leave in a difficult
looking at something situation or an unpleasant place
axes (ak-siz) noun: 1. the plural of ax, a tool with a vault (vawlt) noun: 1. a room or compartment for
sharp blade on the end of a handle; (ak-seez) keeping money safe. verb: 2. to leap over something
2. the plural of axis, the line at the side or the without using your hands
bottom of a graph
baste (bayst) verb: 1. to sew something using loose
stitches; 2. to moisten something by pouring juices
from the pan over it
bluff (bluhf) noun: 1. a steep headland or cliff; verb:
2. to pretend to be in a stronger position than you
really are; 3. to act as if you know something you
dont really know
compound (kom-pound) noun: 1. a fenced-in area of
land; 2. something formed by combining two or
more things
cricket (krik-it) noun: 1. a game played by two teams
with bats, balls, and wickets; 2. a jumping insect
that is somewhat like a grasshopper
dock (dok) noun: 1. a place to tie up boats or where
ships can be loaded. verb: 2. to cut off or bob;
3. to deduct part of a persons wages
excise (ek-size) noun or adjective: 1. a tax or duty on
something. verb: 2. to remove by cutting out
grave (grayv) noun: 1. a place where a dead person is
buried; adjective: 2. very serious.
junk (juhngk) noun: 1. worthless or useless things;
2. a Chinese sailing ship; 3. in baseball, slow fast
balls or other trick pitches
league (leeg) noun: 1. a measure of distance of about
three miles; 2. a group of people with a common
interest or activity
pitcher (pich-ur) noun: 1. a container with an open top
and a handle for holding liquids; 2. a baseball player
who throws the ball to the batter.
relay (ree-lay) noun: 1. a team race in which members
of the team take turns running and passing a baton;
verb: 2. to pass a message on to someone else
There are no symbols used in this pronunciation system (Scholastic Childrens Dictionary, copyright 2002, 1996 Scholastic Inc.).
Instead letters and letter combinations are used to stand for different sounds.
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Put Words Into Action, page 108 (TP), 115 (SP)
3. This old broken toy is now just a piece of junk.
6. The junk sailed slowly toward the rising sun.
9. After hearing the bad news, Sam looked very grave.
12. The grieving family gathered around the grave of their
beloved grandfather.
Tp = Teachers Pages; Sp = Students Pages
GLOSSARY
A J
angle (ang-guhl) noun: 1. the shape made by two junk (juhngk) noun: 1. worthless or useless things; 2.
lines that start at the same point; 2. an aspect or a Chinese sailing ship; 3. in baseball, slow fast
way of looking at something balls or other trick pitches
axes (ak-siz) noun: 1. the plural of ax, a tool with a L
sharp blade on the end of a handle; (ak-seez)
league (leeg) noun: 1. a measure of distance of about
2. the plural of axis, the line at the side or the
three miles; 2. a group of people with a common
bottom of a graph
interest or activity
B P
baste (bayst) verb: 1. to sew something using loose pitcher (pich-ur) noun: 1. a container with an
stitches; 2. to moisten something by pouring open top and a handle for holding liquids;
juices from the pan over it 2. a baseball player who throws the ball to
bluff (bluhf) noun: 1. a steep headland or cliff; verb: the batter.
2. to pretend to be in a stronger position than you
really are; 3. to act as if you know something you R
dont really know
relay (ree-lay) noun: 1. a team race in which
C members of the team take turns running and
passing a baton; verb: 2. to pass a message on to
compound (kom-pound) noun: 1. a fenced-in area of
someone else
land; 2. something formed by combining two or
more things S
cricket (krik-it) noun: 1. a game played by two teams strand (strand) noun: 1. a ropelike or threadlike
with bats, balls, and wickets; 2. a jumping insect length of something. verb: 2. to leave in a difficult
that is somewhat like a grasshopper situation or an unpleasant place
D V
dock (dok) noun: 1. a place to tie up boats or where vault (vawlt) noun: 1. a room or compartment for
ships can be loaded. verb: 2. to cut off or bob; 3. keeping money safe. verb: 2. to leap over
to deduct part of a persons wages something without using your hands
E
excise (ek-size) noun or adjective: 1. a tax or duty on
something. verb: 2. to remove by cutting out
G
grave (grayv) noun: 1. a place where a dead person is
buried; adjective: 2. very serious.
Powerful Vocabulary for Reading Success Transparency 1
Word My Thinking Meaning
Graphic Organizers
Word Web
angle axes baste
(ang-guhl) (ak-siz) (bayst)
bluff compound cricket

(bluhf) (kom-pound) (krik-it)
dock excise grave

(dok) (ek-size) (grayv)
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junk league pitcher

(juhngk) (leeg) (pich-ur)
relay strand vault

(ree-lay) (strand) (vawlt)
verb: 1. to sew something using noun: 1. the plural of ax, a tool noun: 1. the shape made by two
loose stitches; 2. to moisten with a sharp blade on the end of a
lines that start at the same point;
handle; (ak-seez) 2. the plural of
something by pouring juices axis, the line at the side or the 2. an aspect or way of looking at
from the pan over it bottom of a graph something
noun: 1. a game played by two noun: 1. a steep headland or cliff;

noun: 1. a fenced-in area of land; verb: 2. to pretend to be in a
teams with bats, balls, and
2. something formed by stronger position than you really
wickets; 2. a jumping insect that are; 3. to act as if you know
combining two or more things
is somewhat like a grasshopper something you dont really know
noun: 1. a place to tie up boats or

noun: 1. a place where a dead noun or adjective: 1. a tax or duty
where ships can be loaded. verb:
person is buried; adjective: on something.
2. to cut off or bob; 3. to deduct
2. very serious. verb: 2. to remove by cutting out
part of a persons wages
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noun: 1. a container with an open noun: 1. a measure of distance of noun: 1. worthless or useless
top and a handle for holding about three miles; 2. a group of things; 2. a Chinese sailing ship;
liquids; 2. a baseball player who people with a common interest or 3. in baseball, slow fast balls or
throws the ball to the batter. activity other trick pitches
noun: 1. a team race in which

noun: 1. a room or compartment noun: 1. a ropelike or threadlike
members of the team take turns
for keeping money safe. length of something.
running and passing a baton;
verb: 2. to leap over something verb: 2. to leave in a difficult
verb: 2. to pass a message on to
without using your hands situation or an unpleasant place
someone else

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