House On Mango Street Vocabulary Worksheet Template Page 7
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8Mango Street Vocabulary Worksheets Page 7
Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut . . . - What Sally Said
Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Context Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can
find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on
the lines provided.
1.
The boys at school think she's beautiful because her hair is shiny black like raven feathers ....
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2.
They don't look down at all except to be content to live on hills.
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3.
I'll offer them the attic, then ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house.
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4.
. . . But I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the
ball and chain.
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Part II: Determining the Meaning
Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.
1.
raven
A.
a room directly below the roof
2.
content
B.
satisfied
3.
attic
C.
an entrance or doorway
4.
threshold
D.
a large bird with black feathers
Look at my comadres. She means Izaura whose husband left and Yolanda whose husband is dead.
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