Bump Instructions Materials

• game board

• two dice

• cubes such as Legos ~ Provide each player with an equal preset number of cubes (6 to 10) depending on the amount of time you have to play the game. Each player needs a different color.

Instructions for playing

Roll a die to determine which player goes first.

On a turn, roll two dice.

Read the sentence that corresponds with the number rolled.

Place a cube over the correct answer in the bottom boxes.

If another player’s cube is on that answer, BUMP it off.

The player takes back the cube and may use it again.

If your cube is on that answer, link the cubes together and that spot is frozen. This means no other player can bump you.

If you roll an answer that is not available, this is the end of your turn.

The winner is the player who uses all his/her cubes first.

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Context Clues Bump 2. This is the dock guard tower, a popcorn stand on stilts where somebody’s dad sits with enough firepower to blow us all to --- .

3. “Put her in an asylum, Helen. It’s the --- thing to do,” Mrs. McCraw said between bites of cinnamon nut cake

4. My father told me having Natalie as a sister is like playing ball when you’re 100 times better than your --- .

5. “When convicts first arrive on Alcatraz, I speak with them personally. Let them know what I expect. I don’t usually talk to new --- , but Piper felt I should make an exception in your case,” the warden says.

6 Laws you must obey or you could --- yourself and everyone else on this island.

7. Women are not to wear bathing suits, shorts or any --- that is anything but completely modest.

8. “How do I look?” She whirls around, her whole --- .

9We can’t have a child who screams like a --- at five-fifteen in the morning in a neighborhood like this.

10The foghorns --- deep low notes.

11. Miss Bimp starts rattling on about the importance of good posture and how no --- lady or gentleman would dream of slumping during oral reports the way certain members of this class are doing.

12. The wind blows the --- trees, a buoy clangs, a boat horn toots, Natalie drags her toes.

eucalyptus

banshee

bellow

smithereens

radiant

attire

opponent

cultivated

endanger

civilians

humane

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Context Clues Bump 2. This is the dock guard tower, a popcorn stand on stilts where somebody’s dad sits with enough firepower to blow us all to --- .

3. “Put her in an asylum, Helen. It’s the --- thing to do,” Mrs. McCraw said between bites of cinnamon nut cake

4. My father told me having Natalie as a sister is like playing ball when you’re 100 times better than your --- .

5. “When convicts first arrive on Alcatraz, I speak with them personally. Let them know what I expect. I don’t usually talk to new --- , but Piper felt I should make an exception in your case,” the warden says.

6 Laws you must obey or you could --- yourself and everyone else on this island.

7. Women are not to wear bathing suits, shorts or any --- that is anything but completely modest.

8. “How do I look?” She whirls around, her whole --- .

9We can’t have a child who screams like a --- at five-fifteen in the morning in a neighborhood like this.

10The foghorns --- deep low notes.

11. Miss Bimp starts rattling on about the importance of good posture and how no --- lady or gentleman would dream of slumping during oral reports the way certain members of this class are doing.

12. The wind blows the --- trees, a buoy clangs, a boat horn toots, Natalie drags her toes.

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eucalyptus

banshee

bellow

smithereens

radiant

attire

opponent

cultivated

endanger

civilians

humane

Answer Key

smithereens 2. This is the dock guard tower, a popcorn stand on stilts where somebody’s dad sits with enough firepower to blow us all to smithereens.

humane 3. “Put her in an asylum, Helen. It’s the humane thing to do,” Mrs. McCraw said between bites of cinnamon nut cake

opponent 4. My father told me having Natalie as a sister is like playing ball when you’re 100 times better than your opponent.

civilians 5. “When convicts first arrive on Alcatraz, I speak with them personally. Let them know what I expect. I don’t usually talk to new civilians, but Piper felt I should make an exception in your case,” the warden says.

endanger 6 Laws you must obey or you could endanger yourself and everyone else on this island.

attire 7. Women are not to wear bathing suits, shorts or any attire that is anything but completely modest.

radiant 8. “How do I look?” She whirls around, her whole face radiant.

banshee 9We can’t have a child who screams like a banshee at five-fifteen in the morning in a neighborhood like this.

bellow 10The foghorns bellow deep low notes.

cultivated 11. Miss Bimp starts rattling on about the importance of good posture and how no cultivated lady or gentleman would dream of slumping during oral reports the way certain members of this class are doing.

eucalyptus 12. The wind blows the eucalyptus trees, a buoy clangs, a boat horn toots, Natalie drags her toes.

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Figurative Language Bump 2. Besides the guard tower, there’s water all around, black and shiny like tar.

3. Make a beeline there, Theresa. You know the rules.

4. Everything is quiet except the sound of gulls squawking overhead and wind rattling a window somewhere.

5. My mother nods short and fast. She pushes at the corner of first one eye, then the other, and keeps nodding. Nodding and nodding and nodding.

6. A gap in the fence is a magnet.

7. His cries are loud enough to make dogs go deaf.

8. Drizzling rain, driving rain, lightning storms and thunder.

9. I can’t help if your mom can’t see the forest for the trees.

10. “And maybe chickens will sing and dance the polka,” I mutter, pushing open the door of my room with my elbow.

11. Jagged lines of orange and pink carve up the sky.

12. “You do know about the birds and the bees, don’t you?”

euphemism

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

idiom

sarcasm

alliteration

proverb

personification

repetition

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Figurative Language Bump 2. Besides the guard tower, there’s water all around, black and shiny like tar.

3. Make a beeline there, Theresa. You know the rules.

4. Everything is quiet except the sound of gulls squawking overhead and wind rattling a window somewhere.

5. My mother nods short and fast. She pushes at the corner of first one eye, then the other, and keeps nodding. Nodding and nodding and nodding.

6. A gap in the fence is a magnet.

7. His cries are loud enough to make dogs go deaf.

8. Drizzling rain, driving rain, lightning storms and thunder.

9. I can’t help if your mom can’t see the forest for the trees.

10. “And maybe chickens will sing and dance the polka,” I mutter, pushing open the door of my room with my elbow.

11. Jagged lines of orange and pink carve up the sky.

12. “You do know about the birds and the bees, don’t you?”

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euphemism

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

idiom

sarcasm

alliteration

proverb

personification

repetition

Answer Key

simile 2. Besides the guard tower, there’s water all around, black and shiny like tar.

idiom 3. Make a beeline there, Theresa. You know the rules.

onomatopoeia 4. Everything is quiet except the sound of gulls squawking overhead and wind rattling a window somewhere.

repetition

5. My mother nods short and fast. She pushes at the corner of first one eye, then the other, and keeps nodding. Nodding and nodding and nodding.

metaphor 6. A gap in the fence is a magnet.

hyperbole 7. His cries are loud enough to make dogs go deaf.

alliteration 8. Drizzling rain, driving rain, lightning storms and thunder.

proverb 9. I can’t help if your mom can’t see the forest for the trees.

sarcasm 10. “And maybe chickens will sing and dance the polka,” I mutter, pushing open the door of my room with my elbow.

personification 11. Jagged lines of orange and pink carve up the sky.

euphemism 12. “You do know about the birds and the bees, don’t you?”

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Do you need additional resources for your Al Capone Does My Shirts unit? Al Capone Does My Shirts Book Unit contains graphic organizers for an interactive notebook covering vocabulary, constructive response writing, and skill practice. Find it at Teachers pay Teachers.

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