WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1-3

1. WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1-3 • Residential “After all it wasn’t anything to get excited about, just another dogfight in a residential section.” (designed for or suitable for housing) • Mulled “I mulled them over in my mind.” (thought over)

2. WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1-3 • Eaves • “Next, I went to the barn and up in the loft. Far back over the hay and up under the eaves, I hid my can.” • (edges of a roof) • Winced • “I took one look at my bare feet and winced.” • (to draw back or tense the body in pain)

3. aromatic cur canebrakes mulled eaves heft horehound squalling having a pleasant smell worthless or unfriendly dog dense growth of cane plants thought over edges of a roof test the weight of something by lifting it type of mint candy loud screaming or crying WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1-3

4. winced gawked sorghum grit vicious painstaking drew back or tensed body as from pain (flinch) stared stupidly grain used to make syrup stubborn courage cruel, spiteful extremely precise and careful WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 4-6

5. WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1-6 For your vocabulary homework, you have four options: • 1). Write sentences for each word. • 2). Draw pictures of each word. • 3). Create a crossword puzzle using all the vocabulary words from chapters 1-6. • 4). Do a combination of 1 & 2.

6. churn bottoms domain momentum nonchalantly salve fulfilled canister for making butter land through which a river or creek flows dominion or field or interest force of a moving object casually soothing ointment satisfied; completed WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 7-10

7. predicament eddy leering sidled gnaw puzzling problem or difficult solution moving in circles in the opposite direction of the main stream (whirlpool) looking meanly, as if eager to do evil moved sideways chew on WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 11-12

8. frayed foliage mackinaw jubilant heedless tarp worn or ragged leaves short, woolen coat joyful, triumphant careless, not paying attention waterproof covering WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 13-15

9. gingerly flitted Gully haggard mantel allotted carefully moved suddenly and quickly (like a butterfly or hummingbird) narrow channel made by running water (ditch) worn-out and thin-looking shelf that forms the top of a fireplace assigned WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 16-18

10. predatory jugular cleaved entrails churring killing and eating animals to survive large vein in the neck split by cutting intestines low whirring sound WHERE THE RED FERN GROWSVOCABULARY CHAPTERS 19-20