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Unit : 2 Week:5 Theme: Sled dogs as heroes. STORY: THE GREAT SERUM RACE. Genre. Nonfiction Nonfiction is a detailed account of real people or situations using v erifiable facts. Strategy. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Unit : 2 Week:5 Theme: Sled dogs as heroes.
STORY:THE GREAT SERUM RACE
GenreNonfictionNonfiction is a detailed account of real
people or situations using verifiable facts.
StrategySummarize- Summarizing helps you identify
what a selection is about, remember to select the most important ideas, and restate them in your own words.
SkillSequence of Events- Remember to look for
clue words and phrases to understand the chronological order of events and organize your summaries.
Unbearable (adj.)That which cannot be endured or tolerated
Trying not to cry wasalmost unbearable while looking at thepeas. Blah!!!
Rendezvous (noun)To meet at a fix place or time
The rendezvous point for the members of the sewing club was set for the local café.
PEDESTRIAN (noun)A person who travels on foot; walkers.
The pedestrian walked 10 miles within an hour!
outskirts (noun)
We discovered a beautiful pond on the outskirts of town.
The regions or sections surrounding, or at the edge of an area , as in a city.
intercept (verb)To stop on the way, to stop the course or
progress of.
The defensive back managed to intercept the quarterback’s pass
The isolation of persons , animals, ships, or goods exposed to infectious disease, to prevent the spread of the disease.
The doctors put the family under quarantine, when influenza broke out.
Quarantine (verb)
epidemic (noun)The rapid spread of a disease among people at the same time.
The elementary schoolexperienced an epidemic of chicken pox.
Plight (adj.)A bad situation or condition.
The drought created a terrible plight for farmers.
Story Wordscaribou- any of a group of large deer that live in the
northern regions of the worldantitoxin- an antibody, or protein, formed in the body
that provides protection against a specific poisondiphtheria- a serious bacterial disease that is highly
contagious, characterized by high fever and difficulty in breathing
malamutes- wolf-like dogs of a breed native to northwestern Alaska having a thick, coarse coat
mukluks- sealskin or reindeer-skin boot worn by the Inuit