Old Yeller Open Court Fifth Grade Unit 5 Lesson 5  Ms. Mercer  Nicholas Elementary  SCUSD

Vocabulary tangled-up whopper yarn frantic spooked

tangled-up

whopper

yarn

frantic

spooked

tangled-up Generally, it would be a tangled-up mess of grasshoppers and worms and praying bugs and little nasty tree lizards. The playful cat left the ball of yarn in a tangled-up mess on the floor. mixed-up and stuck together

Generally, it would be a tangled-up mess of grasshoppers and worms and praying bugs and little nasty tree lizards.

The playful cat left the ball of yarn in a tangled-up mess on the floor.

whopper She said that if he ever told a bigger whopper than the ones I used to tell, she had yet to hear it. We listened as Travis told a whopper of a tale of catching a two-foot-long catfish with his bare hands. We all laughed. a tall tale or exaggerated story

She said that if he ever told a bigger whopper than the ones I used to tell, she had yet to hear it.

We listened as Travis told a whopper of a tale of catching a two-foot-long catfish with his bare hands. We all laughed.

yarn I think Mom had let him tell so many big yarns about his catching live game that he began to believe them himself. My dad likes to tell yarns about his life as a small boy. We know that most of them aren’t true. stories, tales

I think Mom had let him tell so many big yarns about his catching live game that he began to believe them himself.

My dad likes to tell yarns about his life as a small boy. We know that most of them aren’t true.

frantic Little Arliss’s second scream, when it came, was louder and shriller and more frantic sounding than the first. The woman was frantic when she could not find her purse. She raced around the store looking every place she had been. very worried and afraid; desperate

Little Arliss’s second scream, when it came, was louder and shriller and more frantic sounding than the first.

The woman was frantic when she could not find her purse. She raced around the store looking every place she had been.

spooked That spooked me. Up till then, I’d been ready to tie into that bear myself. Now, suddenly, I was scared out of my wits again. Hearing the coyote howl really spooked me. I was afraid to go to sleep. scared

That spooked me. Up till then, I’d been ready to tie into that bear myself. Now, suddenly, I was scared out of my wits again.

Hearing the coyote howl really spooked me. I was afraid to go to sleep.

Background What was life like for pioneers on the frontier? What responsibilities do you think children had on the frontier? Dad is on a cattle drive far away Life in Texas after the Civil War was hard

What was life like for pioneers on the frontier?

What responsibilities do you think children had on the frontier?

Dad is on a cattle drive far away

Life in Texas after the Civil War was hard