Grade 8 Vocabulary Sept-Dec

4. It is important not to talk to a classmate during writing time so that you and they can ________.
6. Slave holders thought that it was fine for them to ____________ enslaved people.
9. The man who killed his brother was charged with ___________.
11. In my weather report, I will __________ the word 'cold' so that they know to wear a coat.
14. The narrative as written in ____________ order.
18. Sally is always smiling; James says she has a sunny ___________.
19. The ___________ sent anyone who disagreed with him to jail.
20. There were no fields to work, so the tractor sat ______.
21. It is easy to ___________ the claim that enslaved people had good lives.
23. I can smell _______________ in the air; I think it will rain soon.
24. A word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
25. Gary was not happy that he had to cross such a ______________ desert.

1. That man is a ____________; he yelled at me for littering, but he just dropped his candy wrapper on the ground.
2. The Confederate army had less ______________ than the Union army.
3. Enslaved people were expected to be _____________ to free people.
5. A person, place, thing, or idea.
7. A word that describes an action.
8. A word that takes the place of a name.
10. And, yet, but, because, and so are all examples of _____________.
12. The king claimed that he had ________________ over the colonies.
13. The sponge was entirely ___________ with blue punch.
15. The ___________ spoke loudly about the need to help veterans.
16. After the Civil War, America entered a period called _________________.
17. The author's __________ was very serious and somber.
22. An action.