First 5 Vocabulary Words

Define these words in this post.  Use the dictionary on your Kindle.


Gauntlet~     a stout  glove  with long loose wrist.                                                                                                                                                      


Blemish~ a small mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something





Chaotic~ in a state of complete confusion and disorder





Autopsy~ to discover cause of death




Languished~ lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble

Maniac Magee~Jump Rope Rhyme

                                                      

Ma-niac, Ma-niac

He's so cool

Ma-niac, Ma-niac

Don't go to school

Runs all night

Runs all right

Ma-niac, Ma-niac

Kissed a bull!

Maniac Magee

 Jerry Spinelli begins his story with a jump rope rhyme about Maniac Magee.  After you've read the entire book, reread this poem and see if it has new meaning for you now.

Write the jump rope rhyme here in the next post as you begin reading the book.