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Lesson 19
List words
undo redo dislike react refill
uneasy reread unlike remove dishonest
unhappy rebuild displease uncover rewrite
recycle disagree review unclear disorder
Robust vocabulary
1. deliberately- If you move slowly and carefully, you move deliberately.
2. composed- If you made up a song, you composed it.
3. gratitude- If you thank someone for something, you are showing gratitude.
4. compassion- If you are kind to someone who needs help, you are showing
compassion.
5. swift- Something that is swift moves very quickly.
6. vain- If you are vain, you think very highly of yourself.
7. overheard- If you overheard what people said, you heard it without them
knowing that you were listening.
8. suggested- If you suggested something, you gave someone an idea.
9. enormous- Something that is enormous is very big.
10. exclaimed- If you exclaimed something, you said it excitedly.
Reading
This lesson's story, "Half-Chicken", is a folktale written by Ama Flor Ada.
A folktale is a story that has been passed down through time. It may give an
explanation of how something came to be and the theme teaches a lesson. The
paired selection is a poem titled, "I Sailed on Half a Ship". by Jack
Prelutsky.
Grammar
Action Verbs
* An actin verb is a word that tells what someone or something does.
* A verb must agree in number with its subject.
* A singular subject takes a singular verb form.
* A plural or compound subject takes a plural verb form.
