Preview of chapters 1-5 for Snow Falling On Cedars. For ESL students

1. Snow Falling
On Cedars
Vocabulary Preview

2. Cabin

3. Salmon

4. Coroner

5. Counsel- to formally give
advice. (2) A lawyer or
lawyers conducting a case

6. Prosecute
Institute legal proceedings against
someone/something.

7. Sea Vocabulary – Gull / Mast
Gull Mast

8. Deceased (n/adj)

9. Sheriff / Folder
Sheriff
 A sheriff is an elected officer in a
county who is responsible for
keeping the peace.
Folder

10. Skull

11. Saw

12. Gill- netter- a special net which
allows fish to pas their heads
through the net

13. Comprehension Check-
Match the words to the
vocabulary
Professions
A tree
A fish
A bird
A tool
A part of the body
A container for
paper
Part of a boat
Someone who has
died

14. Courtroom vocabulary -
Discussion
 What are the jobs of a prosecuting and
defending counsel in American courts?