SECOND GRADING

LESSON 1: How Others See Me

SPELLING

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Centipede

Heave

Covey

Quail

Rife

Snicker

Quiver

Tramp

Scuds

Amble

Mangle

Apprehension

Denounce

CENTIPEDE

HEAVE

COVEY

QUAIL

RIFE

SNICKER

QUIVER

TRAMP

SCUDS

AMBLE

MANGLE

APPREHENSION

1. centipede2. heave3. covey4. quail5. rife6. snicker7. quiver8. tramp9. scuds10. amble

a.To walk at a slow relaxed speed

b.Group of same birds

c.Bad; unpleasant

d.A quiet unpleasant laugh

e.Move using much effort

f. Clouds driven swiftly by wind

g.Small brown bird whose meat and eggs are used for food

h.To shake slightly

i. Walk with heavy or noisy steps

j. A small creature like an insect with a long thin body and many legs

THE CENTIPEDE

By Rony V. Diaz (pp.2-4)

Reading Passage:

THE CENTIPEDE

By Rony V. Diaz (pp.2-4)

Reading Passage:

LEARNING TASK 2

LITERAL means there is no other meaning while FIGURATIVE statement means that there is an underlying meaning.

Determine whether each statement below is literal or figurative. Write LITERAL or FIGURATIVE.

1. Eddie was thirteen when his father first took him hunting

2. Eddie felt hate heave like a caged, angry beast.

3. Biryuk and Eddie became fast friends.

4. Eddie’s eyes were wild as scuds.

5. Even as a young boy, Eddie already had the instincts of a hunter.

6. Eddie saw his sister as a thorn on his side– something which should be plucked.

7. Eddie once thought that Delia was extending the olive branch to him.

8. The stick of Delia stabbed the eye of Eddie’s dog.

9. In the story, Eddie and Delia were like oil and water

10. With every word and gesture she hurled at me I caught and fed to my growing and restless hate.