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A Cover Wagon Girl: The Diary of Sallie Hester, 1849-1850

Vocabulary Words


 * > • || **vast** - //adj.// large; widespread (page 303) ||
 * > • || **associations** - //n.// plural of **association:** a friendship and connection (page 302) ||
 * > • || **tremendous** - //adj.// very large (page 312) ||
 * > • || **provisions** - //n.// plural of **provision:** food or other necessary items (page 313) ||
 * > • || **engaged** - //adj.// busy with (page 306) ||
 * > • || **detained** - //v.// form of **detain:** to keep back (page 302) ||
 * > • || **permanent** - //adj.// lasting; not temporary (page 315) ||
 * < • Expanding Vocabulary ||
 * > • || **memorable** - //adj.// easily remembered ||
 * > • || **ferried** - //v.// past tense of **ferry:** to bring across on a boat ||
 * > • || **grazing** - //n.// opportunities for cattle to find grass to eat ||
 * > • || **pitch** - //v.// to set up ||
 * > • || **scarce** - //adj.// hard to find ||
 * > • || **enclosed** - //v.// past tense of **enclose:** to set inside ||

**__Spelling Words/Superlatives __**

hottest neatest fullest oldest

bravest sweetest brightest fondest

clumsiest dearest sharpest gentlest

smoothest gloomiest gladdest narrowest

fittest heaviest noblest fanciest

<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',sans-serif; font-size: large;">friendliest scarcest <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">**Name __Date__#** <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Unit 3, Lesson 4 A Covered Wagon Girl Comprehension Guide <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">__Due Thursday__ <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">1. Why do Sallie and her family leave their home in Indiana to travel to California? <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">

<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">2. Why does Sallie’s family decide to stay the winter in Fremont, California? <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">_

_ <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">3. Where will Sallie and her family finally settle? <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">

<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">4. What are the genre and the author’s point of view for this selection? <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">

<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">5. Summarize Sallie’s diary entry of June 19~. <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">

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 * The Greek root //graph// __means__ _. **

<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">** A comparative adjective compares two things. For one-syllable adjectives, add//__er__//. For adjectives with more than one syllable use //__more.__// ** <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> ** Examples: ** This street is **//wider//** than that street. <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #aeaeae; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> Neal’s project was **//more difficult//** than Dan’s.

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