ENB 009 Sarah, Plain and Tall

Chapter 3 Vocabulary

belt	bloom	chores	dust
porch	quilt	shell	shovel
slick	smooth	sniff	stone
suspenders	windmill

belt	p. 16	“He wore a clean blue shirt, and a belt instead of suspenders.”
bloom	p. 16	“She came through green grass fields that bloomedwith Indian paintbrush, red and orange, and blue-eyed grass.”	When a flower opens
chores	p. 17	“Caleb and I did our chores without talking.”	Small jobs around the house
dust	p. 18	“We saw the dust from the wagon first, rising above the road, above the heads of Jack and Old Bess.”	Tiny pieces of dirt that float in the air.
porch	p. 17	“Caleb slipped his hand into mine as we stood on the porch, watching the road.”
quilt	p. 21	“Papa took Sarah’s bags inside, where her room was ready with a quilt on the bed and blue flax dried in a vase on the night table.”
shell	p. 19	“She gave Caleb a shell-a moon snail, she called it-that was curled and smelled of salt.”
shovel	p. 17	“We shoveled out the stalls and laid down new hay.”
slick	p. 16	“He brushed his hair so slick and shiny that Caleb laughed.”	Smooth and slippery
smooth	p. 20	“And she gave me the smoothest and whitest stone I had ever seen.”	Even and flat surface; not rough
sniff	p. 19	“Nick leaned down to sniff. Then he lay down, too.”	To smell something
stone	p. 20	“For you, Anna,” said Sarah, “a sea stone.”
suspenders	p. 16	“He wore a clean blue shirt, and a belt instead of suspenders.”
windmill	p. 18	“It rounded the windmill and the barn and the windbreak of Russian olive that Mama had planted long ago.”