Fifth and Sixth Grade Vocabulary Pages with Definitions and Sentences 5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages
5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages Index
Vocabulary/Spelling Words 03/30/05
1. Internment A place of confinement
Bens family was sent to an internment camp at Mirror Lake.
2. Camp A temporary living place
The camp was a cold and windy place far from any city.
3. Motto Saying
Bens friend was called motto man because he made up sayings.
4. Madness Chaos, craziness
The world was a place of madness after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
5. Promise To swear, to make a commitment
One must be careful not to promise without being sincere.
6. Journal A daily record
When you get to do something interesting it is good to keep a journal.
7. Pinky Little finger
Kids used to make an oath or promise using their pinky finger.
8. Japanese People from Japan or of Japanese descent
The Japanese are an ancient and proud people.
9. Switching Changing
The workers were switching trains around in the yard.
10. Yards Large areas where activities take place
The yard is where many trains meet and are rearranged.
11. Tracks The rails trains run on, parallel metal beams
The train moved swiftly along the tracks.
12. Clue A hint
Everyone was silent and that was a clue that something was very wrong.
13. Announcer One who speaks aloud in public
The announcer was telling everyone what had happened that day.
14. Surprise Sudden, unexpected
The attack on our base at a Pearl Harbor was a terrible surprise.
15. Attack An assault, a physical attempt to injure
The attack at Pearl Harbor came without warning.
16. Pearl Harbor A harbor in the Hawaiian Islands, a U.S. Navy base
Thousands of sailors and others died in a few hours at Pearl Harbor.
17. Hawaii Islands in the Pacific Ocean 5,000 miles west of California
Hawaii is a state of the United States and is a group of islands.
18. Bomb A military explosive, something that blows up
The bomb blew a huge hole in the side of the ship.
19. Enemy One who is determined to destroy you
Japan became our enemy during World War II after December 7, 1942.
20. Manzanar An internment camp about 150 miles north of Lancaster
You can visit the site of the camp at Manzanar but the buildings are gone.
21. Mirror Lake An internment camp
Mirror Lake was a prison camp for people of Japanese descent.
22. Horrible Awful, terrible
War is a horrible thing and causes people to act in ugly ways.
23. Packets Papers tied together in small bundles
Bens mother untied the packets of papers and letters from Japan and burned them.
24. Hesitate To wait, to stop briefly, to falter
There is a saying that he who hesitates is lost.
25. Album A group or collection of pictures or clippings
An album can preserve happy and sad memories.