Charlotte’s Web: Vocabulary list - Neshaminy School District



Charlotte’s Web: Vocabulary list

Chapter 1: Before breakfast

injustice

runt

distribute

miserable

specimen

promptly

appetite

Chapter 2: Wilbur

enchanted

relieved

vanished

amused

delightfully

manure

Chapter 3: Escape

perspiration

patient

loft

scythes

orchard

commotion

dazed

hullabaloo

instructions

captivity

appealing

reconsider

praise

Chapter 4: Loneliness

steadily

gloomily

honestly

budge

mentioned

bitterly

absolutely

frolic

cautiously

trough

certainly

endure

occasionally

Chapter 5: Charlotte

gnawing

approximately

disgust

appropriate

salutations

expression

objectionable

blundered

furiously

inheritance

innocent

excitement

Chapter 6: Summer days

morals

scruples

decency

consideration

compunctions

ancient

untenable

Chapter 7: Bad news

anesthetic

envy

conspiracy

hysterics

Chapter 8: A talk at home

vaguely

gratified

unremitting

Chapter 9: Wilbur’s boast

sedentary

Chapter 10:An explosion

gullible

crisis

scuttled

Chapter 11: The miracle

ordinary

Chapter 12: A meeting

idiosyncrasy

sensational

adjourned

Chapter 13: Good progress

aeronaut

radiant

Chapter 15:The Crickets

monotonous

reputation

audience

distinguish

inconvenient

versatile

Chapter 16: Off to the fair

smudge

cautiously

delicious

paradise

particles

veritable

fragments

loot

cargo

struggle

bewitched

pummeled

fantastic

Chapter 17: Uncle

enormous

personality

interview

Chapter 18: The cool of the evening

humble

masterpiece

Chapter 19: The egg sac

magnus opus

languishing

carousing

indigestion

confetti

Chapter 20: The hour of triumph

pompous

extraordinary

courage

distinguished

unique

valuable

appreciation

magnificent

analysis

complimentary

revived

Chapter 21: Last day

ceremony

tremendous

generous

solemn

extreme

imitating

Chapter 22: A warm wind

thermometer

precious

frantic

daintily

hallowed

brilliant

pledge

garrulous

anxious

ridiculous

panic

desperation

sentiments

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Charlotte’s Web: Chapter summaries

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1. Fern convinced her dad not to kill the runt pig and he gave it to her to take care of. She named him Wilbur.

2. Wilbur was getting bigger and bigger and eating more and more. He had to be sold so Fern called her aunt and uncle - the Zuckermans.

3. Wilbur was told by the goose that there was a loose board in his pen. He escaped but he got tired, hungry and afraid. Uncle Homer lured him back to his pen with food.

4. Wilbur had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day because it was raining and his plans got ruined. He started to cry, but then he heard a soft friendly voice.

5. Wilbur heard a voice and the voice said, "Salutations!" At first he didn’t know who said it. Then he saw a large grey spider waving at him. It was Charlotte

6. It is summer and school is out for Fern and Avery. The goslings are hatching.

7. Wilbur finds out that he’s going to be killed at Christmas. Charlotte calms him down and tells him she will save him.

8. Fern tells her mom and dad what the animals talk about in the barn. Mrs.Arable is very concerned about Fern.

9. Wilbur tried to spin a web. Templeton tied string to his tail. He climbed to the top of his manure pile and jumped. He went thump on the ground!

10. Templeton’s rotten egg got broken and made a disgusting smell in the barn. This saved Charlotte from Avery.

11. Charlotte wrote SOME PIG in her web. Everybody was surprised and happy with Charlotte’s message. They thought it was a miracle!

12. Charlotte has a meeting of all the animals in the barn. She asks Templeton if he can get a magazine clipping.

13. Charlotte wrote a new word in her web. It was…TERRIFIC!

14. Mrs. Arable is worried about Fern and has a discussion with Dr. Dorian. He says maybe the animals really do talk and kids pay better attention than adults.

15. It’s late summer and Wilbur will be going to the County Fair. Charlotte is not sure she can go because it is egg laying time.

16. Everyone was dreaming about and getting ready for the Fair. Wilbur fainted when he heard Mr. Arable talking about ham and bacon

17. There’s a pig named Uncle at the Fair and he’s bigger than Wilbur. Wilbur is worried about his "competition" and Charlotte.

18. Templeton finds another word for Charlotte-HUMBLE. Charlotte begins working on her egg sac.

19. Charlotte makes an egg sac with 514 eggs in it. The big pig, Uncle, wins the Blue Ribbon, but Wilbur gets a special prize.

20. Wilbur gets a medal, but it’s really Charlotte’s hour of triumph. She knows Wilbur will live.

21. Wilbur found out that Charlotte was dying and tried to save her but he couldn’t so he saved her egg sac.

22. All of Charlotte’s babies hatch and float away on the warm wind except for three of them. Wilbur has a happy life on the Zuckerman farm with Charlotte’s children and grandchildren but he never forgets his great friend Charlotte.

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