Transcript Roadrunner`s Dance

Roadrunner’s Dance
Mrs. Breeding
4th Grade
Interfere
• to take part in the
affairs of others when
not asked
Guardian
• someone or
something who
watches over or
protects
Agile
• able to move and
react quickly and
easily
tottered
• walked or moved with
unsteady steps
Awkward
• without grace in
movement or
behavior
Proclaimed
• announced publicly
Story Words
• inhibiting- slowing down or holding back
• coiled- moved in a circling or twisting way
• mesquite- a shrub with thorns that grows
in the southwestern United States
• yucca- a warm climate plant with long
leaves, strong stems, and white flowers
• ruckus- a lot of noise and activity
Genre
• Folk tale- A story based on the traditions
of a people or region, told by parents to
children and then by the children to their
children.
Strategy
• Evaluate- You should begin evaluating a
text by identifying the reason the author
has written it.
• Authors Purpose- An author’s purpose
may be to entertain, persuade, instruct or
inform.
Synonyms
• A word that has the same or a very similar
meaning to another word. You can find
synonyms in a thesaurus or a synonym
finder.
awkward-clumsy
agile- graceful
tottered- wobbled
proclaimed- announced