1. Open Court Vocabulary for
“ AKIAK”

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

3. ( 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.

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

5. 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.

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

7. ( 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.

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

9. Rumble

10. rugged

11. shifted

12. snapped

13. snowdrift

14. burrowed

15. squinted