1. “Ribbons” by Laurence Yep
Vocabulary Words…

2. harassed
(participle)
- troubled, bothered

3. laborious
(Adjective)
- hard; difficult

4. exotic
(Adjective)
-foreign; strange in a fascinating way.

5. exertion
(noun)
-hard work or effort

6. exile
(noun)
-living away from one’s country, usually not by choice

7. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Meyers
Vocabulary words…

8. impromptu
(Adjective)
-unplanned; made or done without preparation

9. tenatively
(Adverb)
-in an uncertain or hesitant way

10. intently
(Adverb)
-with close attention

11. brittle (Adjective) -having a sharp, hard quality.
-easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail
Brittle also means “lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof”

12. ominous
(Adjective)
-threatening, seeming to indicate that something bad will happen

13. octave
(Noun)
-eight whole notes

14. “The Green Mamba” by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary words…

15. autobiography
(Noun)
-the biography of a person narrated
by himself.

16. veranda
(Noun)
- A usually roofed open gallery or portico attached to the exterior of a building

17. malevolent
(Adjective)
-wishing to harm others