2017-2018 Copper Sun Chapters 14-20 Vocabulary by Marie Bell https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v Instructions: (1) Add your vocabulary word, its part of speech, and its definition. (2) Add the quote from the novel that uses the vocabulary word; include its chapter and page number. (3) Use the vocabulary word in an original sentence. (4) Add a picture from the Internet that shows the meaning of the vocabulary word. (5) Write an explanation of how that picture depicts the meaning of the vocabulary word. (6) Add your initials. en-us 2017-10-31 18:32:42 UTC 2023-03-17 00:07:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png rasp (v.): to speak in a way that sounds rough or harsh m_bell https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/202286801 Quote: " 'Nice,' Polly heard him rasp. 'I'll give ten pounds for the girl,' he said to the auctioneer, wheezing between his words" (Chpt. 14, p. 77).

Original Sentence: Being a lifelong smoker and singing on tour with the Rolling Stones for about 200 years has caused Keith Richards to rasp out his song lyrics rather than sing them.

Picture Support: Keith Richards is singing his heart out in this picture. He is using his vocal cords at full strength, which can cause them to become inflamed and make his voice sound rough, harsh, and raspy.

~ Ms. Bell]]> 2017-10-31 18:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/202286801 Pummel (v) : To repeatedly hit or punch (someone or something) very hard. (pg. 93) https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203420320 Quote: "Furious with frustration, she pummeled the lumpy straw mattress with her fists until she was out of breath."

Original sentence: He pummeled the punching bag with his fists to get out his frustration.

Picture meaning: This is a picture of Muhammad Ali pummeling a punching bag.

~ LM

]]> 2017-11-03 18:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203420320 Overseer (n): https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203420705 A person who supervises others, especially workers.
Quote: " 'For me it was the overseer, Willer Badgett. Eventually they gets tired of you and moves on--but the terribleness of it just goes to another slave woman.' " ch.18, pg. 113
The overseer at my work keeps me moving and helps me get money.
SR
This picture represents an overseer stressing out their worker because they are their boss and they can tell them what to do, even when they don't want to.]]> 2017-11-03 18:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203420705 Grimace (V) https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203422143 A facial expression, usually painful or disapproving.
 
Quote: Polly grimaced, not because she felt bad for the girl, but because the man was so repulsive. Chp 14 PG 77
Original sentence: The man grimaced at the sight of all of the dead animals. 

Our old president grimacing about something that no one will ever know.

N.A.
 
 

]]> 2017-11-03 18:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203422143 Incoherent(Adjective): Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203457452 Quote:
Original sentence:The boy was incoherent after he got hit in the head.
Meaning or picture:President Obama is being incoherent in this picture.

~ TJ

]]> 2017-11-03 19:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203457452 Gizzard (Noun): A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203670035 Quote: "That boy got a thumpin' gizzard for a heart!" (Chapter 16, Page 99)
Original Sentence: The bird used its gizzard to grind down the food it was eating.
Picture Support: This is a picture of chicken gizzards.
~D
]]> 2017-11-05 19:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203670035 Sheaf(n): https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203705190 A group of things fastened together

Quote: “...(She) unrolled a sheaf of paper...” (ch.14 pg.75)

Original sentence: They bought a sheaf of lumber from the store.

Picture support: This is a sheaf of wheat.

B.W]]> 2017-11-06 00:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203705190 Saucy adj https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203830901 Impudent; flippant
pg. 82

~ MH


]]> 2017-11-06 12:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203830901 Aura https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203838394 (N) A special quality or feeling that’s seems to come from a person, place, or thing; a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source 

Quote: “Its red-gabled roof, nestled between two huge stone chimneys, also carried an aura of perfection.”

Sentence: The girl had a very bubbly aura around her. 

Picture: This person has a aura surrounding them. 

S.A

]]> 2017-11-06 12:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203838394 Somber (adj.): Gloomy, depressing, dismal. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203995760 Quote: “Why do you think they sing?” Polly whispered one hot, humid night as they listened to the somber songs drift through the window (chpt. 20, p. 125).

Original sentence: The funeral was somber.

Picture support: The funeral was depressing or somber. Everyone was wearing black and crying over the loss of their friend.

~JB~

]]> 2017-11-06 17:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/203995760 Whisk (v) p.117 https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204069952 A quick or light brushing or whipping

Quote:  ...The annoying little monkey that would whisk into the village     
and steal papayas...

Original sentence: I whisked into class to get my homework .

~ EP]]> 2017-11-06 19:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204069952 Spoon bread https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204166423 (N) found in pg 98 
A moist cornmeal based dish that has a consisncy of pudding
My family and I ate spoonbread  pudding around Christmas time  
As Polly ate she thought with a smile of how her mother always seemed to undercook the spoonbread 
This is a bowl of spoon bread that looks good. It looks very fluffy and moistsm

~ AD

]]> 2017-11-07 00:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204166423 Diminutive (adj.), p. 120: Extremely or unusually small https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204190702 Quote: "In spite of Teenie's diminutive size, Amari noticed no one ever questioned her authority in the kitchens, not even white people who lived in the main house"

Original sentence: He is diminutive for his age.

Picture support: The man teases him because he's not smart
                                    PR]]> 2017-11-07 03:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204190702 Smolder (V) pg. 83: to show suppressed anger, hate, or jealousy https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204200162 Quote. " Polly notice a brief smoldering  anger on the girl's face, then it dissolved into a look of resigned submission."
Original sentence:  There was a brief smolder of anger on his face.
Picture support: She is smoldering with anger at the dude that she is texting.
~ AJD
]]> 2017-11-07 04:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204200162 Acquisition (N) to come in possession or ownership; get as ones’s own. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204288374 Quote: “Well Clay, what are you going to call our latest acquisition?”

Original sentence: He talked to his friends about his last acquisition.


In this it shows some one acquiring property.

~ DH]]> 2017-11-07 11:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204288374 Incoherent:(Adjective):Lacking cohesion,connection, or harmony; not coherent. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204409422 Quote:"Polly watched fascinated, as the girl squirmed and screed and babbled incoherently
Original sentence:The boy was incoherent after he got hit in the head.
Picture support: This shows president Donald Trump being incoherent during a press conference.
TJ]]> 2017-11-07 15:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204409422 Domain - (Noun): an area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204410501 Quote: "She noticed Mr. Derby looking carefully at his domain, as if checking to make sure everything was as it should be." chapter: 15  pg: 89

Original sentence: The castle was the kings domain.

Image: This a picture of a castle, which would be a kings domain.

M.O.]]> 2017-11-07 15:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204410501 Addlepated (adj.) eccentric https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204414886 quote: "He used to act all addlepated when he was around her, like  she was honey and he was the buzzin' bee."

Original sentence: My brother was acting really addlepated when he got his new video game.

image:  this is a very eccentric grandma

S.S]]> 2017-11-07 15:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204414886 Flax;textile fiber obtained from the flax plant. a blue-flowered herbaceous plant that is cultivated for its seed (linseed) and for textile fiber made from its stalks. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204656873 Quote: "...she remembered her father used to call it "golden flax.""
ch.15 pg.84
Original sentence: He put flax in his oatmeal and it was hard to eat.

image: This image shows what flax seeds look like  before they are ground up.
OM]]> 2017-11-08 02:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/204656873 Smolder (V) To show suppressed anger, hate, or jealousy. https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/208234006 Quote:"Polly notice a brief smoldering anger on the girl's face, then it dissolved into a look of resigned submission."
Original sentence: I notice his face smoldering with anger when he lost his toy.
Picture Support:These three actresses faces are smoldering with anger.
]]> 2017-11-17 18:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/208234006 Spoon bread (cont.) https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/210352487 2017-11-27 12:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bell/g5tkpn0he38v/wish/210352487