1. James and The Giant Peach Vocabulary Chapter 1 - 2
Fifth Grade
Novel Study

2. Chapter 1 and 2 Vocabulary
Fifth Grade
Novel Study

3. Words to Know
peculiar
enormous
escaped
spectacles
permitted
mischief

4. glasses spectacles enormous escaped mischief permitted peculiar

5. To allow someone to do something
permitted
enormous
escaped
mischief
permitted
peculiar
spectacles
To allow someone to do something

6. mischief Getting into trouble enormous escaped mischief permitted
peculiar
spectacles
Getting into trouble

7. To get away from something
enormous
escaped
mischief
permitted
peculiar
spectacles
escaped
To get away from something

8. Odd or strange peculiar enormous escaped mischief permitted peculiar
spectacles
peculiar
Odd or strange

9. Very large, big, mammoth enormous enormous escaped mischief permitted
peculiar
spectacles
enormous
Very large, big, mammoth

10. small large Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The cat was enormous and weighed almost 30 pounds.
small
large

11. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
Peter escaped from his hideous aunts.
loved
Got away from

12. go angry allowed Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
My parents permitted me to go to the concert.
go angry
allowed

13. strange interesting Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The man with the tatoos was peculiar.
strange
interesting

14. Magnifying glass glasses
Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
My grandmother has to wear her spectacles when she reads.
Magnifying glass
glasses

15. cleans Into trouble Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
My sister creates mischief when mom is not home.
cleans
Into trouble

16. You’ve got it!