“With all of their belongings in baskets and sacks, families came to the U.S. seeking a new life, freedom, and fortune.” http://www.sdmf.k12. wi.us/bf/ellisisland /ellis.htm Vocabulary Guy Swentek Wilson Elementary
Jan 01, 2016
“With all of their belongings in baskets and sacks, families came to the U.S. seeking a new life, freedom, and fortune.”http://www.sdmf.k12.wi.us/bf/ellisisland/ellis.htm
Vocabulary
Guy SwentekWilson Elementary
overstuffedoverstuffed• too much stuff for something to hold
Jake’s house was empty, except for the
overstuffedoverstuffed trunktrunk
in the middle of the floor.
tossetossedd
•thrown carelesslythrown carelessly
That night, the ship tossedtossed,
rolling the passengerspassengers back and forth in their narrow bunk beds.passengerpassengerss
•travelerstravelers
harmonicaharmonica• mouth harp; a musical wind instrument mouth harp; a musical wind instrument
“Whoever heard of butterfly seeds?” he said,
and just played his harmonicaharmonica.
s h u f f l e s h u f f l e ddm i x e d ; r e a r r a n g e dm i x e d ; r e a r r a n g e d
When the ferries reached Ellis Island, the passengers were s h u f f l e ds h u f f l e dinto long lines to be inspected.
inspectorsinspectors• examiners
The inspectorsinspectors looked in Jake’s ears and eyes---but not in his pockets.
allealleyy
• a narrow street with walls on a narrow street with walls on both sidesboth sides
Jake looked out
at the dark
narrow alleyalley,
cluttered with lines of drying clothes.
vendorvendor• a seller of property, goods, or servicesa seller of property, goods, or services
The next morning, The next morning, Jake was up early. Jake was up early. Below he spotted a Below he spotted a fruit fruit vendor vendor emptying emptying a crate of apples into a crate of apples into his cart.his cart.
adviceadvice • guidance; recommendation
It was Papa’s first day at his new job, and he didn’t pay much attention when Jake asked for his adviceadvice.
•a heavy a heavy block of iron block of iron
or steel on or steel on which hot which hot metals are metals are shaped by shaped by
hammeringhammering Jake
shouted over the
ring of the .
muttermutter• to speak unclearly, usually in a low voice
“Maybe your silly old grandpa
got the seeds mixed up,”
Albert would
muttermutter.