1. Mother Fletcher’s Gift Review
Sixth Grade
Unit 1 Week 2

2. Vocabulary
incident
apparently
fixtures
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flimsy
survive

3. To give your consent or approval; agree; support
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apparently
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incident
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To give your consent or approval; agree; support

4. things put in place to stay
fixtures
apparently
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survive
things put in place to stay

5. seemingly; with the appearance of; evidently
apparently
apparently
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seemingly; with the appearance of; evidently

6. flimsy easily torn or broken apparently fixtures flimsy incident
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flimsy
easily torn or broken

7. survive to continue to exist; remain; endure apparently fixtures
flimsy
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survive
to continue to exist; remain; endure

8. incident something that happens; an event apparently fixtures flimsy
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survive
something that happens; an event

9. You’ve got it!

10. More Words to Know Shades of Meaning
Some words have meanings that are alike, but not exactly the same. The meanings are just a little different. These small differences are called “shades of meaning.”

11. More Words to Know excitement artist unrest precede awkwardly
discourage

12. excitement A feeling of great enthusiasm artist precede discourage
unrest
awkwardly
A feeling of great enthusiasm

13. precede to go before artist precede discourage excitement unrest
awkwardly
to go before

14. discourage prevent by expressing an unfavorable opinion artist precede
excitement
unrest
awkwardly
prevent by expressing an unfavorable opinion

15. artist a person who practices or is skilled in art artist precede
discourage
excitement
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a person who practices or is skilled in art

16. unrest A state of dissatisfaction; disturbance or turmoil artist
precede
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excitement
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A state of dissatisfaction; disturbance or turmoil

17. Lacking grace or ease in movement
awkwardly
artist
precede
discourage
excitement
unrest
awkwardly
Lacking grace or ease in movement

18. Comprehension Skill:
Literary Elements
CHARACTER
AND
THEME

19. Characters
The people who take part in the events of the story.

20. Theme
The main idea or central meaning of a piece of writing. The theme is often not stated. You can find it using evidence from the story as clues.
Life lesson

21. Comprehension Strategy:
Inferring
Authors do not always directly tell readers everything about the characters, events, and theme in a story. Sometimes you need to infer, or figure out, what is not stated directly.

22. Essay Question Look Back and Write: (pg 72#5)
At first, Officer O’Brien doesn’t want to go to Mother Fletcher’s for Christmas dinner. Write a paragraph from Officer O’Brien’s point of view explaining how he feels after having dinner with his family at Mother Fletcher’s house. Provide evidence to support your answer.