MIGHTY JACKIE THE STRIKE-OUT QUEEN LindaC/Callison/2011

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Vocabulary Word Introduction Read the word chorally Define the word: Read it chorally Example: Let the teacher give an example Ask: The teacher will ask you a question about the word. Tell your answer to your partner.

a story that has been handed down for years and has some basis in fact legendary King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

to speak in a low, unclear tone with your mouth nearly closed muttered Geez, I don’t know why I always have to answer the door.

to stare with an open mouth in surprise or wonder gaped

laughing in a disrespectful way snickering

a remark or action that hurts someone’s feelings or pride insult

to react to something un-pleasant by drawing back quickly flinched

something that is not allowed prohibited

a formal request to a court petition

when many people get the same illness at the same time epidemic small pox virus

a rich person who gives large amounts of money to charity philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, a wealthy 19 th century industrialist, paid for 1,679 public libraries all over the United States.

High Interest Words These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

a demonstration of a particular skill or craft exhibition

feeling or showing firmness or a fixed purpose determined

substantial heaviness or bulk heft

to shock, upset, or amaze somebody stunned

covered with hard, thick skin callused

legendary muttered gaped snickering insult flinched prohibited epidemic petition philanthropist High Interest Words exhibition determined heft stunned callused