Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg Vocabulary Practice and Craftivity Created by Gay Miller decade (noun)β ten years; period, era, time, span Within a decade their little house was overflowing with ten more children. ππππππππππππππππππππππππ tranquil (adjective) β quiet and calm; serene, peaceful, still, relaxing, restful, soothing Watching the apples grow inspired in John a love of all of nature. He often escaped from his boisterous house- hold to the tranquil woods. ππππππππππππππππππππππππ boisterous (adjective) β noisy and rowdy; energetic, lively, active, unruly Watching the apples grow inspired in John a love of all of nature. He often escaped from his boisterous house- hold to the tranquil woods. ππππππππππππππππππππππππ incite (verb) - to bring about, especially by angering or upsetting; provoke, inflame, rouse, goad, push, stir up In 1812 the British incited the Indians to join them in another war against the Americans. ππππππππππππππππππππππππ invade (verb) β to break into without being wanted; attack, occupy, enter, conquer, overrun, raid The settlers feared that Ohio would be invaded from Lake Erie. ππππππππππππππππππππππππ recollections (noun) β something that is remembered, memories, recalls During his long absences, folks enjoyed sharing their recollections of Johnny. They retold his stories and sometimes they even exaggerated them a bit. Vocabulary Bookmarks Johnny Appleseed Vocabulary List Johnny Appleseed Vocabulary List decade tranquil boisterous incite invade recollections decade tranquil boisterous incite invade recollections ~ Page 3 Johnny Appleseed Vocabulary List decade decade tranquil tranquil boisterous boisterous invaded incite recollections invade incited recollections © Gay Miller ~ Johnny Appleseed Vocabulary List decade decade tranquil tranquil boisterous boisterous invaded incite recollections invade incited recollections d tr b in re in decade tranquil boisterous invaded recollections incited ~ Page 4 © Gay Miller ~ Answer Key Page 4 Page 1 minute hour day week year year decade century millennium = = = = = = = = = 60 seconds 60 minutes 24 hours 7 days 52 weeks 12 months 10 years 100 years 1000 years 1. Answers will vary. calling to mind, remembered, recalls, memories 2. tranquil 3. recollections 4. boisterous 5. invade 6. decade Page 5 1. bring about inflame provoke goad stir up cause Page 2 1. b ~ antonyms 2. tranquil Page 6 boisterous calm rowdy peaceful restful quiet unruly energetic active serene lively relaxing bouncy 3. When it became boisterous in his home, John had to go outside where he enjoyed the tranquil quiet of nature. Page 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. attack raid assault occupy conquer overrun b ~ asking a friend to spend the night invaded boisterous tranquil invading ~ Page 5 © Gay Miller ~ ο· V ocabulary Storage Pocket ο· Making the Mini-Book Your pages must be duplicated on the front and the back. I ran my pages front and back directly from the printer. This is a simple process with only four pages. Simply place the page that has been printed on one side back into the printer for the reverse side to be printed. Once all the pages have been printed arrange them in numerical order and staple down the middle to form the book. [See the completed book on page 5.] To print the vocabulary book back-to-front follow this guide: ο· ο· Cover and Page 6 on the front and Page 5 on the back Pages 4 & 1 front with Pages 2 & 3 on back After printing this page on colored paper, have the students cut out the pocket on the bold lines. Next fold the left and right sides toward the back of the pocket on the dotted lines. Then fold the bottom flap up toward the back. Glue the flaps in place. Finally glue the pocket to the inside front cover of the practice booklet. This pocket may be used to store the word cards found on page 4. Print the cards from page 4 onto cardstock. Cut the cards apart. Have students create word webs on the backs of the cards. Store these in the pocket provided on this page. ~ Page 6 © Gay Miller ~ Across 3. to break into without being wanted 5. something that is remembered Down 1. quiet and calm 2. noisy and rowdy 4. ten years 6. to bring about, especially by angering or upsetting Page 6 ~ Page 7 © Gay Miller ~ Vocabulary for Johnny Appleseed incite 1. Circle six words in the box that are synonyms of incite. bring about inflame avoid stop provoke block hinder prevent goad stir up cause put off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Write a paragraph about Johnny Appleseed using your vocabulary words. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ο₯ο€ο£ο¦ο₯ο€ο£ο¦ο₯ο€ο£ο¦ο₯ο€ο£ο¦ο₯ο€ο£ο¦ο₯ο€ο£ο¦ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Page 5 ~ Page 8 © Gay Miller ~ Recollections decade 1. Make a word web for recollections. Fill in the chart. minute = _________ seconds hour = _________ minutes day = _________ hours week = _________ days year = _________ weeks year = _________ months decade = _________ years 2. We enjoyed a ___________________________________ walk through the woods. century = _________ years 3. My earliest __________________________________ Uncle Tom was when he took me to the zoo. millennium = _________ years recollections Fill in each blank using a vocabulary word. of 4. The neighbors complained when the party became __________________________. 5. The army was sent __________________________________ the town. doing so, supplies could not be sent to the troops. to By 6. Every __________________________________, each ten years, my family goes on a special vacation to the beach. Write a sentence using the word decade. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Page 4 Page 1 ~ Page 9 © Gay Miller ~ tranquil and boisterous invade 1. What relationship do the words boisterous and tranquil have? a) synonyms b) antonyms c) homophones d) analogies 1. Circle six words in the box that are synonyms of invade. attack withdraw raid surrender protect assault occupy conquer overrun 2. Place the following words in the correct locations on the Tchart. assist respect leave calm unruly relaxing 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of invade? rowdy peaceful energetic active lively restful serene quiet bouncy a. the German army going into Poland in 1939 with tanks and guns b. asking a friend to spend the night c. going into your sisterβs bedroom without knocking d. cancer cells going through someoneβs body ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tranquil boisterous ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ 3. Fill in the sentence using the words tranquil and boisterous. When it became ___________________ in his home, John had to go outside where he enjoyed the __________________________ quiet of nature. Page 2 ~ Page 10 Fill in the blanks using invading, boisterous, tranquil, or invaded. 3. My baby sister ____________________ my thoughts by yelling every few minutes. 4. When the young children became ______________, their parents made them leave the movie theater. 5. Fishing by the banks of the river is always ____________________________. 6. Slide over. You are ________________________ my space. Page 3 © Gay Miller ~ Step 1 ~ Give each student one closed grocery bag. Students are to cut one inch strips from the opened end of the bag to approximately half way down the bag. Note: These do not need to be exact. Step 2 ~ Open the bag. Hold the bottom against a table with one hand. With the other hand twist the middle portion of the bag to form the trunk of the tree. Step 3 ~ Hold approximately every two strips together and twist beginning at the trunk end out to the ends to form branches. Step 4 ~ Print the next two pages onto heavyweight paper. Construction paper works well. Step 5 ~ Have students write a vocabulary word, definition, or a short sentence on each apple. Step 6 ~ Cut out the apple and leaf shapes. Step 9 ~ Hang the apples on the tree. Glue the leaves onto the branches. Step 7 ~ You can hang the finished apples with paper clips, bread ties, or yarn. On the back of one apple in each set, tape a hanger making sure it sticks up high enough to tie/hang onto the finished tree. Step 8 ~ Glue the three apple pieces back-to-back. ~ Page 11 © Gay Miller ~ ~ Page 12 © Gay Miller ~ ~ Page 13 © Gay Miller ~ Visit my website at http://bookunitsteacher.com/ Visit my Teachers Pay Teachers Store at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Gay-Miller Visit me on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/lindagaymiller/ Clipart Credits ~ Page 14 © Gay Miller ~
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