Transcript Vocabulary Words - Casita 5th Grade!

Meet the Author: Peg Kehret
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Peg Kehret (pronounced "carrot") likes to write about ordinary kids who find
themselves in extraordinary situations and use their wits to solve their
problems — kids who are a lot like Kehret herself when she was growing up.
At age 12, Kehret found out she had polio and became paralyzed from the
neck down., Because she remembers that experience and her year of recovery
so well, she says, she finds it easy to write from a kid's viewpoint. Kehret wrote
her autobiography Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, about that period in her
life. Before she began writing for children, Kehret published plays, short
stories, articles, and two books for adults.
Debris
(n)The remains of something broken or
destroyed
Devastation
There is so much
that she
is feeling
extremely upset.
(n) destruction or ruin
Fault
(n) a break in a rock mass
caused by a shifting of
the earth’s crust
Impact
(n) the striking of one body against another
Jolt
(n) a sudden jerk or bump
Shuddered
(v) shook, vibrated, or quivered
Susceptible
(adj.) easily or capable of being affected
If we live near a
fault, we are ____________________
to many earthquakes.
Undulating
(v.) moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy
motion
Upheaval
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(n) a lifting or upward
movement of the
earth’s crust
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