Vocabulary

Students may not be familiar with all the words in this book. To prepare the class, review this list with them before or during their reading. After researching and discussing the meanings, you might have students try one of the following activities:

Act out these words:

• pompous
• tobogganed
• stupor
• strut
• subdued
• promenade
• reclining
• spar
• prostrate

Illustrate these words:

• spectacles
• debris
• derby
• troupers
• icebox
• rookery

Use these words in a sentence:

• expedition
• missionary
• trilled
• reproach
• droll
• indulgence
• burly
• judiciously
• haggard
• testimonial
• warrant
• belatedly
• spar
• debris
• subdued