This document contains 6 vocabulary words - soared, stumbled, demanded, loomed, staggered, and grunting - and provides a short example sentence for each word. The examples show an eagle flying above hikers, a hiker nearly falling on a doll, someone demanding who stole cookies, mountains appearing on the horizon while driving, a student walking clumsily due to a toe injury, and gorillas making noises and throwing food at the zoo.

1. Vocabulary
Moonwalk
By Ben Bova

2. soared
flew
An eagle soared above the hikers as
they climbed down the valley

3. stumbled
nearly
fell
Eric stumbled when he stepped on a
baby doll left on the staircase.

4. demanded
asked angrily
“Who stole the cookies out of my
lunch?” John demanded.

5. loomed
appeared
The Rocky Mountains loomed before
them as they drove west.

6. staggard
Walked clumsily
Because Nancy had a split on her big
toe, she often staggered while moving
around the school

7. grunting
groaning
The gorillas at zoo were grunting at
each other and throwing bananas.