““An Island An Island Scrapbook”Scrapbook”

VocabularyVocabulary

barrierbarrierThe herd of sheep on The herd of sheep on the road acted as a the road acted as a

barrierbarrier to the traffic to the traffic and the honking cars and the honking cars

made a terrible noise in made a terrible noise in the distance.the distance.

barrierbarriersomething that something that blocks the wayblocks the way

emergeemergeHave you ever seen a Have you ever seen a

butterfly butterfly emerge emerge from from its cocoon in the warm its cocoon in the warm

springtime?springtime?

emergeemergeto come outto come out

fireballfireballA great A great fireball fireball erupted from the erupted from the

volcano and lit up the volcano and lit up the sky.sky.

fireballfireballa sphere of a sphere of

glowing lightglowing light

naturalistnaturalistWe had a We had a naturalist naturalist

as our guide on a as our guide on a field trip to the field trip to the

marshland.marshland.

naturalistnaturalista person who a person who specializes in specializes in the study of the study of

naturenature

parallelparallelThe railroad tracks The railroad tracks

run run parallel parallel to each to each other.other.

parallelparallelbeing the same being the same distance apart distance apart

at all pointsat all points

teemingteemingThe flower garden is The flower garden is

teeming teeming with with butterflies of different butterflies of different

colors and sizes.colors and sizes.

teemingteemingto be full; to be full; swarmingswarming