Vocabulary

 1. Camp Green Lake, once a beautiful lake, is now just a dry, flat _______________________.

 2. The temperature usually ___________________ around ninety-five degrees in the shade.

 3. They decided to go to the air-conditioned mall because they could not tolerate the _________________ heat anymore.

 4. Once we get around these ____________________ we will begin to make better time.

 5. It was difficult to visualize the ______________ size of the Sahara Desert.

 6. With a lot of _________________________ we will be able to complete this project tonight.

 7. You _______________________ to tell me of your vacation plans.

 8. A desert is described as being __________________ because it lacks moisture and vegetation.

 9. Once a thriving and populated town, Dry Gulch was now ____________________ and depressing.

10. It is a ________________________ of my rights as a citizen to deny me the right to vote in a public election.

11. The ____________________ of spending the day is Saturday detention was not one we looked forward to.

12. All I wanted to do was to leave the auditorium and escape from this ____________________ experience.

13. The Student Council decided that a(n) __________________ would be a good way to raise money for charity.

14. I think it is ______________________ the way you treat your brother.

15. A person who is beautiful on the outside but not on the inside to considered to be a shallow person.

16. Madame Zeroni warned Elya that all of his __________________ would be cursed and doomed for

all of ____________________ if he failed to keep his promise.

17. Stanley looked down into the hole he had just _______________________ and experienced a sudden sense of pride.

18. The yellow-spotted lizards preferred to live in the holes that the boys dug because they offered them shade and protection from ____________________ birds.

19. The stranger stared at me with such ___________________ that I decided to turn around and take a different route home.

Written Expression

What was Stanley's nickname? ________________________________ Explain in five complete sentences why you think he was given that nickname.

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