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Shiloh
Stand Up For What’s Right
As you read Shiloh, fill in the inferences Chart.
Text Clues
What You Know
Inferences
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This was
mostly
about...
Vocabulary Word
injury
mournful
sympathy
delivering
couple
shrieks
decency
explorer
United States
Immigration
immigrant
Word Squares
Complete the words squares below for your two favorite vocabulary words.
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Definition
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Definition
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Example Sentence
Idiom
An idiom is a phrase that cannot be understood from the meaning of the separate words in it. An adage is an old saying that is a rule for something in life.
You can often find the meanings of idioms and adages in the dictionary. Be able to identify and explain these and other sayings will improve your
comprehension.
A. Match each idiom, adage, or other saying to what it means. Then type the correct letter on the line provided. (Type your answer in red.)
1. _____ at the eleventh hour
a. decide something quickly
without thinking about it.
2. _____ you live, you learn
b. it is better to arrive late than not
at all.
3. _____ jump to a conclusion
c. mistakes can teach useful lessons
4. _____ better late than never
d. at the last minute
B.
Underline the idiom, adage, or other saying in each sentence. Type the meaning of the saying on the next line. (Type your answer in red.)
5.
I always remind myself that an apple a day keeps the doctor away when I pick out my lunch in the cafeteria.
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6. Don’t beat around the bush, just answer the question.
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7. Knowing that too many cooks spoil the broth, I only asked one friend to help me build the boat.
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8. You can ask until you’re blue in the face, but I’m not trading you that baseball card.
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Timeline
A Time Line is a diagram that organizes information. Time lines help
you keep track of events in the order which they took place.
Look at the time line. Then answer the questions. (Type your answer in red.)
Important Civil Rights Dates
1955: Rosa
1963: March on
Parks arrested
Washington D.C.
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1954: Brown v.
Board of Education
ruling
1.
1960: Ruby
Bridges
desegregates her
school
1964: Civil Rights
Act passed
What is this time line about? ______________________________
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2. What happened in 1955? __________________________________
3. What happened first: the Civil Rights Act or the Brown v. Board of Education ruling? _______________________________
4. In which city did civil rights protesters march in 1963? _______
5. Would Rosa Parks have been arrested for refusing to give up her seat after 1964? Explain your answer. __________________
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6. Where would this event appear on the time line? In 1946, the United States Supreme Court bans segregation on buses that travel across
state lines. ___________________________________
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Spelling Definition Page
folks
aim
prey
yolk
greed
greet
grind
growth
heap
coach
oak
paid
paste
plead
shave
theme
bride
tow
spice
type
Replacements ~type the spelling word that can replace the underlined word or words in each sentence below. (Type your answer in red.)
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Davy wasn’t like any kind of person she had ever met. ___________________________________________________
He pulled up the trees and threw them in a pile. ________________
Davy’s new wife was as strong as he was. ________________________
He used to say hello to people with a wave of his coonskin cap. __________________________________________________
His goal was to pull the tail off Halley’s Comet. __________________
Davy did not want to be given money for anything he did. __________________________________________________
The message of the story is that there is a way to solve every problem. _______________________________________________
People everywhere had heard about Davy Crockett. _________________________________________________________
Type the spelling word that matches each definition below. (Type your answer in red.)
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part of an egg ______________________________________
glue _______________________________________________
pull _______________________________________________
beg _______________________________________________
kind of tree ________________________________________
crush ______________________________________________
hunted animal _____________________________________
desire for a lot of something _________________________
an increase in size ___________________________________
cut off hair _ _________________________________________
wagon pulled by horses _______________________________
something added to food ____________________________
A. Fine the misspelled words in the passage. Type the words correctly on the lines below. (Type your answer in red.)
America is in a hep of trouble. Halley’s Comet has made our country its pray. The comet is speeding toward the earth. It is
getting bigger every day. If it crashes into the planet, it will grynde everything into small pieces.
Only a special tip of man can stop the comet. That man is Davy Crockett. He lives far away in the mountains. We don’t
have to pled with him for help. As soon as news of the comet reaches him, he will be on his way. Pulling the tail off the
comet won’t be a problem for Davy Crockett. He won’t even want to be pade for saving the world!
1. _______________ 3. _______________ 5. ________________
2. ________________ 4. _______________ 6. ________________
B. Writing Activity
Suppose that you were bigger than life, like Davy Crockett. What do you imagine you could do? Write a tall tale about yourself, using four of
your spelling words. (Type your answer in red.)
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