Raymond’s Run Mrs. Bouchard/ Mrs. Pierre after Wed.

Monday: Read pgs. 26 - 30 in the text. Do all the "Close Reads" questions. The vocabulary is attached along with a vocabulary worksheet. You'll need to print 3 copies of the vocabulary worksheet.

Wednesday: Read pgs. 37 - 46. Do the plot worksheet and answer questions 1 -3, 5 - 8 on pg. 47

Friday: Answer inference questions on pgs. 40, 42, and 45. Do the quiz. Find a short article on Hydrocephalus and write a one-paragraph summary.
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within the ventricles (fluid-containing cavities) of the brain and may increase pressure within the head.
https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Hydrocephalus

Vocabulary

Sentinel Spectral

Impetuous Clutch

Crouch Liable

Prodigy Relay

Sidekick Inference

sen·ti·nel /ˈsent(ə)nəl/

noun a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch.

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a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch.

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verb station a soldier or guard by (a place) to keep watch.

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   "a wide course had been roped off and sentineled with police"

SPECTRAL

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adjective

1. of or like a ghost.

   
   

   "a spectral, menacing face"

   
   

   synonyms:

   ghostly, wraithlike, shadowy, phantom, incorporeal, insubstantial, disembodied, unearthly, otherworldly; More

IMPETUOUS
done quickly and without thought or care.
"her friend was headstrong and impetuous"

synonyms:

impulsive, rash, hasty, overhasty, reckless, heedless, foolhardy, incautious, imprudent, injudicious, ill-conceived, ill-considered, unplanned, unreasoned, unthought-out, unthinking; More  moving forcefully or rapidly. "an impetuous but controlled flow of water"

synonyms:

torrential, powerful, forceful, vigorous, violent, raging, rampant, relentless, unrestrained, uncontrolled, unbridled

CLUTCH

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verb "he stood clutching a microphone" synonyms: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to, hang onto, clench, hold More become nervous and panicked. "doctors could clutch up and lose control as easily as anyone" noun noun: clutch; plural noun: clutches 1. a tight grasp or an act of grasping something. "she made a clutch at his body" a person's power or control, especially when perceived as cruel or inescapable. plural noun: someone's clutches "she escaped the clutches of her temperamental family" synonyms: power, control, domination, command, mastery, rule, tyranny; More 2. a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting a vehicle engine from its transmission system. the pedal operating a vehicle's clutch. 3. NORTH AMERICAN a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap. adjective INFORMAL•US adjective: clutch; comparative adjective: clutcher; superlative adjective: clutchest (in sport) denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake. "they both are hard-nosed players who seem to thrive in clutch situations" (of a player or action) achieving or characterized by success at a critical moment in a game or competition. "a clutch quarterback" Phrases clutch one's pearls be extremely or excessively shocked or appalled."apparently everyone at the film festival is clutching their pearls in horror over the explicit sex scenes in his new film" in the clutch at a critical moment. "why are some athletes able to perform in the clutch while  CROUCH verb adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, sometimes to avoid detection or to defend oneself. "we crouched down in the trench" synonyms: squat (down), duck (down), hunker down, bob down, hunch over; More noun a crouching stance or posture. Choose languageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBanglaBasqueBelarusianBosnianBulgarianBurmeseCatalanCebuanoChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdishKyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianNepaliNorwegianNyanjaPashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScottish GaelicSerbianShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSouthern SothoSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshWestern FrisianXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu LIABLE adjective 1. responsible by law; legally answerable. "the supplier of goods or services can become liable for breach of contract in a variety of ways" synonyms: responsible, legally responsible, accountable, answerable, chargeable, blameworthy, at fault, culpable, subject, guilty, faulty, censurable "he held the defendants liable for negligence" 2. likely to do or to be something. "patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly" synonyms: likely, inclined, tending, disposed, apt, predisposed, prone, given; informalin the cards "my income is liable to fluctuate wildly" PRODIGY noun a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities. "a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day" synonyms: child genius, genius, wonder child, mastermind, virtuoso; More an impressive or outstanding example of a particular quality. "Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline" synonyms: model, classic example, paragon, paradigm, epitome, exemplar, ideal, prototype, archetype, type "Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline" an amazing or unusual thing, especially one out of the ordinary course of nature. "omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work" RELAY noun /ˈrēˌlā/ 1. a group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a fixed period of time and then replaced by a similar group. "the wagons were pulled by relays of horses" 2. an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit. Verb. receive and pass on (information or a message). "she intended to relay everything she had learned" synonyms: pass on, hand on, transfer, repeat, retail, impart, communicate, send, transmit, broadcast, live-stream, feed, disseminate, make known, publish, spread, circulate "it is better for individuals to talk directly to each other rather than relay messages through a third party" SIDEKICK noun INFORMAL a person's assistant or close associate, especially one who has less authority than that person. "Sherlock Holmes' bumbling sidekick Watson" INFERENCE noun a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. synonyms: deduction, conclusion, reasoning, conjecture, speculation, surmise, thesis, theorizing, hypothesizing, presumption, assumption, supposition, reckoning, extrapolation, reading between the lines; More the process of inferring something. "his emphasis on order and health, and by inference cleanliness"