4th Grade ELA Study Guide --- Lesson 2 “Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen” By Marissa Moss Reading Skill: Character’s Traits and Motivations Genre: Biography Grammar Skill: Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences: Interjections Writing Skill: Form: Descriptive Paragraph Trait: Voice Spelling Skill: Words with Long Vowels and Vowel Digraphs
Spelling Words: cheese, heel, season, boast, chief, gape, aim, brain, fluke, crayon, eagle, throw, rose, student, goal, woke, ripen, cube, rainbow, scrape, Challenge Words: teenage, obedience, bowling, league, migraine
Vocabulary Words and Example of Usage legendary – Someone legendary is especially famous for something he or she did a long time ago. muttered – If you muttered, you said something very quietly because you did not want to be heard. gaped – If you gaped at something, you stared open-mouthed in surprise. flinched – If a person flinched, he or she quickly moved away from something dangerous or painful. snickering – Snickering at someone is like laughing quietly at them because they did something silly. glared – If you glared at someone, you stared at them in an angry way. stunned – When someone is stunned by something amazing, he or she is shocked and sometimes even speechless. fluke – A fluke is something unusual that happens by accident.