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Lois Lowry's "The Giver" Chapter 1

Wed Jan 13 14:38:58 EST 2010
Vocabulary study list for Lois Lowry's "The Giver" (Chapter 1).
childcare
His parents were both at work, and his little sister, Lily, was at the Childcare Center where she spent her after-school hours.
nightclothes
"Lily," Mother said, beckoning to the little girl, "go on now and get into your nightclothes.
family unit
Most of the people on the night crew had not even been given spouses because they lacked, somehow, the essential capacity to connect to others, which was required for the creation of a family unit.
overfly
Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.
street cleaner
Looking through the front window, he had seen no people: none of the busy afternoon crew of Street Cleaners, Landscape Workers, and Food Delivery people who usually populate the community at that time of day.
rumple
He smoothed his rumpled tunic and sat down.
landing field
Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the river bank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from t
instructional
He turned and wrote "distraught" on the instructional board.
hatchery
"I left home at the correct time but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating some salmon.
after-school
His parents were both at work, and his little sister, Lily, was at the Childcare Center where she spent her after-school hours.
navigational
Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn.
populate
Looking through the front window, he had seen no people: none of the busy afternoon crew of Street Cleaners, Landscape Workers, and Food Delivery people who usually populate the community at that time of day.
wheedle
But like all parents -- all adults -- they didn't fight and wheedle for their turn.
paying attention
I guess I wasn't paying attention.
misread
Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn.
wiggle
"You go, Lily," he said, seeing his sister, who was much younger -- only a Seven -- wiggling with impatience in her chair.
cleaners
Looking through the front window, he had seen no people: none of the busy afternoon crew of Street Cleaners, Landscape Workers, and Food Delivery people who usually populate the community at that time of day.
squinting
Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed.
bellied
It was not a squat, fat-bellied cargo plane but a needle-nosed single-pilot jet.
unidentified
Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.
rasping
IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice through the speakers had said.
clenched fist
She held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture.
final decision
For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.
Department of Justice
Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
complicate
His feelings were too complicated this evening.
takeoff
Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the river bank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from t
fascinate
At first, he had been only fascinated.
rumpled
He smoothed his rumpled tunic and sat down.
school day
"When we were Sixes, we went and shared a whole school day with a group of Sixes in their community."
jeering
Even the children were scolded if they used the term lightly at play, jeering at a teammate who missed a catch or stumbled in a race.
distraught
I guess I just got distraught, watching them.
crackle
Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn.
sifting
He wanted to share them, but he wasn't eager to begin the process of sifting through his own complicated emotions, even with the help that he knew his parents could give.
go past
Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed.
time of day
Looking through the front window, he had seen no people: none of the busy afternoon crew of Street Cleaners, Landscape Workers, and Food Delivery people who usually populate the community at that time of day.
unloading
Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the river bank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from t
nurture
We have him in the extra care section for supplementary nurturing, but the committee's beginning to talk about releasing him."
keep going
One of them -- a male; I don't know his name -- kept going right to the front of the line for the slide, even though the rest of us were all waiting.
cache
Asher ran through the standard apology phrase rapidly, still caching his breath.
giggle
Lily giggled.
recognizable
Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny.
uneducated
Neither child knew what the word meant, exactly, but it was often used to describe someone uneducated or clumsy, someone who didn't fit in.
supplementary
We have him in the extra care section for supplementary nurturing, but the committee's beginning to talk about releasing him."
obediently
LEAVE YOUR BICYCLES WHERE THEY ARE. Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family's dwelling.
in unison
The class recited the standard response in unison.
teammate
Even the children were scolded if they used the term lightly at play, jeering at a teammate who missed a catch or stumbled in a race.
pedal
Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.
streaked
Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.
rasp
IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice through the speakers had said.
sympathetically
"Oh, no," Mother murmured sympathetically.

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