Word Wizard

1.  plummeted  p. 110  paragraph 1 of Chapter 35

2.  "Round and round and upside down went the peach as it 

    plummeted toward the earth, and they were all clinging  

    desperately to the stem to save themselves from being flung 

    into space."

3.  The word plummeted means dropped or crashed down.

4.  This word adds meaning to the story because it helps to

    describe the scene in which the peach was falling from the 

    sky.  The reader gets a clear picture of how it must have felt 

    to be James and the other creatures on the peach falling from

    the sky at an enormous rate.

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1.  sinister  p. 104  par. 1

2.  "Cloud after cloud went by on either side, all of them ghostly

    white in the moonlight, and several more times during the   

    night the travelers caught glimpses of Cloud-Men moving

    around on the tops of these clouds, working their sinister

    magic upon the world below."

3.  The word sinister means evil and creepy.

4.  This word adds meaning to the story because it describes the

    Cloud-Men's character to the reader.  It also helps to describe

    the atmosphere of this scene.  The author wants the reader to

    know that the Cloud-Men are scary creatures and that the

    atmosphere is dark and frightening.

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1.  immense  p. 101  paragraph starting with "Ouch!"

2.  "For what they now saw, swirling and twisting directly over

    their heads, was an immense black cloud, a terrible,

    dangerous, thundery-looking thing that began to rumble and 

    roar even as they were staring at it."

3.  The word immense means giant or enormous.  Something

    that is massive could also be described as being immense.

4.  Roald Dahl uses the word immense to describe the setting in

   this scene.  The reader can really get a feel for what it must   

   have felt like flying through the air on the peach as enormous

   black clouds billowed over them.  They must have been so 

   frightened.

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    Vocabulary Activities

Synonyms and Antonyms

Have you ever?

Describe a time when you have had an immense amount of work to do.  How did you feel about this?

This semester I have been really busy with school.  I have so much homework that I do not have time to see my friends, watch t.v. or read my book.  Sometimes I stay at school for over 12 hours working in the computer lab.  Even though it takes up all of my time and I am very worn out, I feel proud of myself because I have accomplished so much.