Scat Book Group - Week 4

Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Week 4: Read Chapters 14-17 (pages 174-234)


Vocabulary:

taut (176)
levelheaded (176)
gorge (177)
bland (177)
flailed (184)
lurched (185)
gait (189)
irate (194)
steely (200)
grousing (213)
rile (214)
dire (215)
peevishly (225)
cower (226)

Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Find the definition that most closely matches how each word is used in the book. Copy the definitions into your journal, and underline the word. Identify which dictionary you used. Write sentences for each word that shows you know what it means. Underline the vocabulary word in each sentence.

2. Describe how Wendell Waxmo likes to spend his time at home. (3 or 4 sentences)

3. Why does Jimmy Lee Bayliss go to the Scrod’s home, and what happens there? (paragraph)

4. Why does Nick believe “Smoke” isn’t guilty of setting the fire? (paragraph)