Open Court Vocabulary for “ AKIAK” http://www.imagineitresources.com

rugged ( rough and uneven ) Miles of wind, snow, and rugged trail lay ahead, from Anchorage to Nome.

( to change position- past tense ) shifted ( to change position- past tense ) Then all at once the wind gusted, the plane shifted, and Akiak twisted out of the handler’s grip.

Akiak jumped and pulled and snapped. ( to move quickly and sharply– past tense ) Akiak jumped and pulled and snapped.

Akiak burrowed into a snowdrift to wait out the storm. ( snow piled up by the wind. ) Akiak burrowed into a snowdrift to wait out the storm.

Akiak burrowed into a snowdrift to wait out the storm. ( to dig- past tense ) Akiak burrowed into a snowdrift to wait out the storm.

( a heavy, deep, rolling sound ) rumble ( a heavy, deep, rolling sound ) It was a roar, or a rumble –she was so tired after ten days of mushing she couldn’t tell which.

Mick squinted through the snow, looking for a sign. ( to look with eyes partially closed ) Mick squinted through the snow, looking for a sign.

Rumble

rugged

shifted

snapped

snowdrift

burrowed

squinted