Sarah, Plain and Tall - Vocabulary

Chapter 6

Chores - Plural Noun
daily or routine tasks;
Example: One of my daily chores is to make my bed.

Meadow - Noun
a grassy area where sheep and cows can rest and eat;
Example: Sarah found the sheep eating in the meadow.

Grin - Verb and noun; grinned = past tense
a big smile showing your teeth;
Example: Caleb grinned when Sarah talked about summer.

Frown - Noun and verb; frowned=past tense
a facial expression; when you are thinking hard or are angry, you frown;
Example: During the test, many students frowned when they read the difficult questions.

Biscuits - Plural Noun
a small cake of bread made from flour, water, and egg; usually eaten for breakfast or with a dinner meal; Example: In the winter, Papa and the children baked hot biscuits and ate them with butter.

Tumbleweed - Noun
a dead plant that blows about in the wind;
Example: When the wind blows, you can see tumbleweeds rolling around the yard.

Float - Verb
to rest on top of water;
Example: When Sarah went to the cow pond, she taught the children how tofloat on the water.

Tread - Verb; past tense= treaded
to move your hands so that you keep your head out of the water;
Example: In the cow pond, Sarah treaded water while she was talking to the children.

Chapter 7

There are no vocabulary exercises for this chapter. You have already studied the important vocabulary in previous chapters.

Chapter 8

Sly - Adjective
secretive (likes to keep secrets); clever; cunning
Example: A sly person may get into a little trouble.
Example: Caleb was sometimes sly when he wanted to find out information about Sarah.

Plow - A verb and a noun
a piece of farm equipment that is used to prepare the field for planting
Example: Jacob used a plow in the vegetable garden.
Example: Sarah learned how to plow the field.

Thunder - Noun
a loud sound that you hear during a bad storm
Example: I think it's going to rain. I hear thunder.
Example: My dog is afraid of thunder and other loud noises. During storms, he hides under the bed.

Pungent - Adjective
a strong smell
Example: Before a storm, there is often a pungent smell in the air.
Example: There was a pungent smell in the refrigerator, so I threw out some old food.

Lightning - Noun
a flash of light in the sky; it usually happens before or during a storm
Example: Lightning hit that tree and caused a fire.
Example: When there's a summer rain storm, there is often lightning and thunder.

Hay - Noun
dried grass; it's often given to farm animals for food.
Example: On a farm, the cows and horses eat hay.

Dawn - Noun
early morning when the sun first begins to come up
Example: My mother's a nurse and works the first shift, so she gets up at dawn.
Example: On New Year's Eve, some people stay up until dawn, about 5:00 or 6:00am to greet the new year.

Chapter 9

Leaped - A past tense verb
to jump
Example: Seal leaped onto the windowsill.

Nudged - A past tense verb
to push someone or something gently;
Example: Caleb nudged Anna to get her attention.
Example: Sarah nudged the door open with her foot.

Burst into tears - An expression; the verb "burst"
to suddenly begin to cry
Example: Caleb burst into tears because he thought that Sarah was going to go back to Maine.

This is the end of the vocabulary section