Big Question: How can our
determination affect our
ability to succeed?
Author:
Pam Munoz Ryan
Genre:
Biography
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Vocabulary Words:
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 Spelling City: Vocabulary
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Causes
Discrimination
Actions
Victims
momentous – very important
 opera –a play in which music is an essential and
prominent part; a play set to music
 prejudice – unreasonable dislike of an idea or group of
people

• privileged – having some special rights, advantage, or
favored
• recital – a musical program, given usually by a single
performer
•enraged – made very angry; made furious
• application - questionnaire form
 aud – (Greek)to hear; Example:
audience
 duc – (Latin) to lead; Example:
conductor
 bene – (Latin) good ; Example: benefit
 jud - (Latin) to judge; Example:
prejudiced
 gram - (Greek) – to write; Example:
program
Present Tense Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
become
(is, are) becoming
became
(has, have, had) become
choose
(is, are) choosing
chose
(has, have, had) chosen
fall
(is, are) falling
fell
(has, have, had) fallen
find
(is, are) finding
found
(has, have, had) found
get
(is, are) getting
got
(has, have, had) gotten
give
(is, are) giving
gave
(has, have, had) given
go
(is, are) going
went
(has, have, had) gone
hear
(is, are) hearing
heard
(has, have, had) heard
is/are
(is, are) being
was/were
(has, have, had) been
know
(is, are) knowing
knew
(has, have, had) known
leave
(is, are) leaving
left
(has, have, had) left
sing
(is, are) singing
sang
(has, have, had) sung
speak
(is, are) speaking
spoke
(has, have, had) spoken
 Test
Tip: Some irregular verbs, such
as cost, cut, hit, hurt, let, put, and shut,
have the same spelling for the present,
past, and past participle forms.
 Example: I put on my hat. (present)
 I put my on my hat yesterday. (past)
 I have put on my hat many times. (past
participle)
• international
• prehistoric
• untrustworthy
• constellation
• honorary
• disagreement
• preparation
• Philadelphia
• promotional
• constitution
• unbreakable
• biodegradable
• coordination
• compassionate
• impossibility
• entirety
• executive
• companionship
• unthinkable
• predicament
• inappropriately
• nonnegotiable
• nondiscriminatory
• instantaneously
• decaffeinated
 Sometimes
authors write broad
statements that apply to many
examples. These statements are called
generalizations. Often, clue words such
as most, all, sometimes, always, and
never help to identify generalizations.
 Generalizations supported by facts
and logic are called valid
generalizations.
 Faulty
generalizations are not
supported by facts.
 Generalizations should always be
supported with facts from the text or
your knowledge of the world.
Support
Generalization
Support
 Similes
and metaphors are
comparisons of two unlike things,
concepts, or people.
 A simile states that A is like or as
B.
 A metaphor is a more direct
comparison than a simile. It states
that A is B.
A
suffix is a word part that is added
to the end of a base word. A suffix
changes the meaning of the base word.
 Use your knowledge of suffixes to
help you determine the meaning of an
unknown word.
 Complete the chart by writing the
meaning of each suffix and providing a
definition for each word.