Vocabulary Enricher/ Word Wizard

1. Insinuation
   Pg. 12 P. 2
   an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature
   Reason: In the text it says there was a quality of secrecy and insinuation in his eyes. It made me wonder what that word was.
   
2. Embankment
   Pg. 20 P. 2
   a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway
   Reason: I didn't know what the author mean when he wrote "At least he didn't climb the embankment."
   
3.  Zenith
   Pg. 24 P. 5
   a highest point or state;
   Reason: I have never seen the word Zenith before and it caught my attention.
   
4. Protruding
   Pg. 24 P. 6to thrust forward; cause to project.
   Reason: I thought this word was an adjective since the author used it to describe the character's eyes, but I wanted to make sure of what it really meant and this word just happened to be a verb.
   
   
5. Declivity
   Pg. 24 P. 5a downward slope, as of ground
   Reason: In the sentence I thought this word meant like a hill and the definition was similar to it.
   
6. Swale
   Pg. 24 P. 5a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
   Reason: The word sounded unfamiliar to me, then I figured out that it's part of the middle language.
   
   
7. Perspiration
   Pg. 25 P. 8
   a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
   Reason: I thought it meant like emotion, but I guess not...that's gross.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    

Vocabulary Enricher/Word Wizard/Illustrator

My beautiful drawing of the dust bowl. I worked hard to search for this picture through Google, this describes the setting of the first few chapters which involved "dust." Any other thoughts on this?

 

 

topic of today

Why does steinbeck call the country of Oklahoma red and gray?

Why does steinbeck give so much detail on the setting in the first chapter?

Why does it not say the time or date in the beginning of the story?

Was this the time of the great depression