Answer Key VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE RATING (VKR) Name: ______

Quarter 1 – Week 6 (4 day week) Date: ______Period:______

DIRECTIONS:

1.  Rate your prior knowledge of the vocabulary word.

2.  Using your copy of Boy of the Painted Cave, locate the vocabulary word in the text.

3.  Copy the entire sentence from the text into the “In Text Citation” box using quotation marks.

4.  Write your own sentence with the same word on the back of this page.

5.  Since many sentences we are seeing do not come across with the correct meaning you will need to have your sentence checked by the teacher during office hours or have a parent check it at home.

Vocabulary Word / Never heard it / Heard it / Have some idea / Know it well / In Text Citation of Vocabulary Word
unwary (p.115) / “They watched quietly from a distance as the hunters formed a large circle surrounding the unwary animals.”
flinch
(p. 116) / “Then he saw the big doe flinch”
whiff (p. 119) / “Then he caught a whiff of smoke.”
rakish
(p. 121) / “The massive trunk was growing at a rakish angle and he had little trouble climbing up through the branches.”
huddled (p.123) / “Bone tired, he spent the night huddled in the shadows of the riverbank, thinking about Ram.”
thongs (125) / “There was Ram, lying on the ground, alone, his legs lashed to a pole with leather thongs.”
lame (p. 132) / “Graybeard tapped the boy on the shoulder, on the same side as his lame foot.”
Vocabulary Word / Never heard it / Heard it / Have some idea / Know it well / In Text Citation of Vocabulary Word
unwary (p.115) / Adj.: not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
flinch
(p. 116) / Verb: to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous
whiff (p. 119) / Noun: a slight trace of odor or smell
rakish
(p. 121) / Adj.: having or displaying a dashing or jaunty quality or appearance:
huddled (p.123) / Verb: to gather or crowd together in a close mass
thongs (125) / Noun: a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
lame (p. 132) / Adj.: crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot