Open Up - Grade 6 - ELA - Module 1 - Homework 4
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5 Questions
Reread each passage from chapter 4 of The Lightning Thief. Using strategies for determining unfamiliar vocabulary, answer the question(s) below each passage.
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“Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. A blinding flash, and she was simply . . . gone.”
Which words in this sentence do not help in understanding the meaning of dissolved?
“Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. A blinding flash, and she was simply . . . gone.”
Which words in this sentence do not help in understanding the meaning of dissolved?
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“My head smacked against a rock. When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife.”
Use the affix list as a reference to fill in the table below with clues about the word in bold.
“My head smacked against a rock. When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife.”
Use the affix list as a reference to fill in the table below with clues about the word in bold.
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Use what you know about these word parts to write a definition of vision in your own words.
Use what you know about these word parts to write a definition of vision in your own words.
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“In a flash of lightning, through the mud-spattered rear windshield, I saw a figure lumbering toward us on the shoulder of the road. The sight of it made my skin crawl.”
Explain the literal, or exact, meaning of the phrase in bold. Explain the figurative meaning of the phrase in bold. What other meaning do the words convey beyond the literal?
“In a flash of lightning, through the mud-spattered rear windshield, I saw a figure lumbering toward us on the shoulder of the road. The sight of it made my skin crawl.”
Explain the literal, or exact, meaning of the phrase in bold. Explain the figurative meaning of the phrase in bold. What other meaning do the words convey beyond the literal?
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“As he got closer, I realized he couldn’t be holding a blanket over his head, because his hands—huge, meaty hands—were swinging at his sides. There was no blanket. Meaning the bulky, fuzzy mass that was too big to be his head . . . was his head.”
Use a print or online dictionary. Below, copy the meaning of the word bulky as it is used in this sentence. (L.6.4c, L.6.4d, L.6.6)
“As he got closer, I realized he couldn’t be holding a blanket over his head, because his hands—huge, meaty hands—were swinging at his sides. There was no blanket. Meaning the bulky, fuzzy mass that was too big to be his head . . . was his head.”
Use a print or online dictionary. Below, copy the meaning of the word bulky as it is used in this sentence. (L.6.4c, L.6.4d, L.6.6)
L.6.4.d
L.6.4.c
RL.6.6
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