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                                                                                                                          Night of the Pufflings - Vocabulary

                                                                                                                          Ashore, Burrows, Instinctively, Launching, Stranded, Uninhabited, Venture

                                                                                                                          Practice

                                                                                                                          1.  Complete the Vocabulary PPB pages.  
                                                                                                                          2.  Create a PowerPoint presentation for the vocabulary words and add it to your blog.  
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                                                                                                                          Use context clues to complete the worksheet below.
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                                                                                                                          Ashore

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                                                                                                                          on or to the shore (from water.)


                                                                                                                          Instinctively

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                                                                                                                          acting on an inner feeling; done without thinking.


                                                                                                                          Stranded

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                                                                                                                          in a helpless or difficult position.

                                                                                                                          Burrows

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                                                                                                                          holes or tunnels small animals use as underground nests


                                                                                                                          Launching

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                                                                                                                          sending up in the air


                                                                                                                          Uninhabited

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                                                                                                                          having no people living there.

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