Making A Glossary

Reading - Inferences

How To Fall

Author: Whiti Hereaka

Illustrator: Rebecca ter Borg

Making a Glossary

WALHT - make a glossary list of the words we don’t know

SUCCESS CRITERIA -

• After I finish organizing the words I don’t know in tables, I must find the definition.
• I must write down the definition in my own words that are understandable to me.

Words I don’t know	My definition	Actual definition
Burbling	Going on and on about something	To continue going on about something.
Sympathetic	Being kind and talking nicely	Being supportive and encouraging - feeling or showing sympathy.
Disruptive	Always Irritating	Being wild and troublesome - Causing or tending to cause disruption.
Skody	A brand of protective-wear	Unattractive and not pleasing
Regain	Get back what you had before	Take possession of something (that you might have lost or other) again or once more.
Sprawled	Lying down spread out	Lounge or slump - Sit or lie with one’s arms and legs spread out; example - making snow angels.
Cautiously	Taking caution in what a person is doing	Trying to avoid potential problems or dangers.
Tension	Pressure or strength	Pressure, strain, rigidity, tightness.
Triumphant	Confident or proud of something	Feeling successful and victorious.