HMH Parrots over Puerto Rico

fort

A ______________ is a strong building usually protected by guards and a wall. The wall around the old city is what remains of the old ____________.

merchant

A ____________________ ship carries products to sell, usually to a foreign country. ______________ ships docked at the port so that they could sell their wares.

toil

To ____________ is to work. Jamie was prepared to _____________ for a full day at her father's office, but she became upset when the work continued into the evening hours.

Flight

______________ is the act of flying through the air. Jeremy could spend hours looking up in the sky and watching the birds in ____________.

Informational texts

give factual information on a specific topic or event.

aggressive

If someone is ___________, he or she is often angry and ready to attack. When the dog began to bark in an ______________ way, Giorgio became frightened.

captivity

If something is kept in _________________, it is held in a place and cannot get out. At old-fashioned zoos, the monkeys were kept in ________________ behind the bars of a cage.

jabbing

If you are _____________ something, you are poking it quickly with a great deal of power. When Sally began _____________ at her brother, he wailed, "Stop poking me!"