VOCABULARY PREVIEW for Tuesday of the Other June by Norma Fox Mazer
Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______
VOCABULARY PREVIEW for “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer
1.Highlight helpful context clues:“Rigid under the covers, I stared at the shifting dark and bit my knuckles and never knew when I fell asleep again.” (p. 171). / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means______
because… / 1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“Now at night it wasn’t robbers creeping up the stairs, but the Other June, coming to torment me.” (p. 174). / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because…
3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning. / 3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning.
1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“She wore big hoop earrings, sandals, and a skirt as dazzling as a rainbow” (p. 177). / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because… / 1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“Behind him came my mother and Tilly balancing a bureau between them, and behind them I carried a lamp…” (p.177). / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because…
3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning. / 3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning.
1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“I followed her around in a daze. Had I imagined seeing the other June?” (p. 178). / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because… / 1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“Goodbye,” I yelled, “good riddance to bad trash. (p. 177) / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because…
3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning. / 3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning.
1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“She frisked down the aisle, stabbing the pencils in the air toward me.” (p. 180). / 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because… / 1.Highlight helpful context clues:
“You said something, my devoted fans?” (p.181).
/ 2. Infer the word’s meaning:
I think the word means ______
because…
3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning. / 3. Record the best definition:
Identify the part of speech: / 4. Draw a picture to represent
the word’s meaning.
Write two to three sentences using at least 4 of these words in a way that demonstrates your understanding of their meanings. Underline the words.
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