Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Vocabulary

Activity Overview

In this activity, students demonstrate their understanding of several vocabulary words using a spider map. After choosing the word(s), students provide the part of speech, definition, an example from the text, and demonstrate their understanding of the word(s) through an illustration in the related storyboard cell.

The example visual vocabulary board includes:

• indignant ­
  adj. expressing strong displeasure at something that is unjust


• magistrate ­
  n. a civil officer charged with the administration of the law


• bustling ­
  v. to move or act with a great show of energy

Additional vocabulary words from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon may include coax, meager, weariness, reverence, and anguish.

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