4th Grade ELA Study Guide --- Lesson 14

MAIN STORY: The Stranger

By Chris Van Allsburg
2 STORY: A Place in the Sun
From Scholastic Atlas of Weather
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Reading Skill:
Draw Conclusions
Genre:
Fantasy
Atlas Entry
Grammar Skill:
Pronouns and Antecedents
Writing Skill:
Form: Pourquoi Tale
Trait: Sentence Fluency
Spelling Skill: Words with Ending /n/

Spelling Words: apron, button, canyon, certain, chicken, cardigan, cotton,

dragon, even, fountain, gallon, horizon, listen, orphan, pardon, pollen, prison,
siren, swollen, driven
Challenge Words: dolphin, opinion, oxygen, veteran, option

Vocabulary Words and Example of Usage

1. hermit A hermit is a person who lives alone, often far from a community.
2. fascinated When you are fascinated by something, you are very interested in
it and pay close attention to it.
3. occasionally If something happens occasionally, it happens once in a while.
4. timid A timid person is shy and unsure of himself or herself.
5. peculiar Something peculiar is something that is very strange and unusual,
usually not in a good way.
6. drab Something drab looks dull and lacks color.
7. trembling If something is trembling, it is shaking slightly.
8. dashed If someone dashed away, they quickly and suddenly ran away.