Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type *Robust Vocabulary* Created By: Agatha Lee August 2008

brisk Brisk means quick and fast. These people were taking a brisk walk because it was cold outside.

brisk The rooster walked with a brisk, springy walk. I rode my bike in a brisk way. The opposite of brisk is slow.

* What animals have a brisk step? * When are times you might take a brisk walk? * What animals have a brisk step?

strutted If you strutted across a room, then you walked like you were the most important person in the world.

back and forth in dismay. strutted The rooster strutted back and forth in dismay. The actor strutted across the stage.

* If a rooster strutted into our classroom, what would you do? * Do you think models strut down an aisle?

Gobbled means to eat quickly.

gobbled The rooster gobbled down the kernel with one sharp peck. Would you gobble down your least favorite food? Would you gobble down your dessert?

gobbled * Tell about a favorite snack that you have gobbled down. * If you gobbled your food at every meal, what might happen to you? * What would you do if a family pet gobbled up your dinner?

pace Pace means you walk back and forth in a small area.

paced The patient paced back and forth in the small waiting room. The rooster paced back and forth. Would you be more likely to pace before a big race, or before going to bed? The patient paced back and forth in the small waiting room.

paced * Tell about a time when you or someone you know paced. * Why might an animal pace? * How would you probably be feeling if you were pacing?

When you request something, you ask for it.

Would you request help from your teacher or your pet? The cows request electric blankets. Would you request help from your teacher or your pet?

request * What would you say if you wanted to request a special dish for dinner? * What is the opposite of a request? * What flavor juice would you request at snack time?

negotiate When you negotiate, you talk, and offer to give up one thing in exchange for another, in hopes of reaching an agreement.

negotiate The cows and Farmer Brown negotiate to reach an agreement. Would you negotiate with your parents to play outside? I tried to negotiate with my babysitter to stay up later.

negotiate * If you see a skunk on your path, is it better to negotiate or to run? * Should you negotiate with your teacher?

compromise When each side in an argument gives up part of what it wants, then the sides have made a compromise.

compromise The cows and Farmer Brown compromise by trading the typewriter for the blankets. My sister and I compromised and decided to play a different game.

compromise * Is a compromise possible with just one person? Why or why not? * What compromise would you make to have a longer recess? * What is the opposite of a compromise?

Improve means to make something better.

improve The ducks want Farmer Brown to improve their lives, too. Would you improve your bedroom by throwing everything on the floor?

improve * What would you like to improve about our school? * What word or words meant the same thing as improve? * If you could improve one thing about your favorite toy, what would it be?

The hungry children ______ a snack. A. brisk B. negotiate C. compromised D. requested

Should we ________ our media center by adding more books? A. strut B. pace C. improve D. gobble

My friends and I took a ______ walk around our neighborhood. A. brisk B. requested C. paced D. compromise

My friends and I made a _______ on which movie we would watch. A. compromise B. negotiate C. strut D. paced

The graduate ______ across the stage. A. negotiate B. brisk C. strutted D. improved

The student nervously _______ outside the principal’s office. A. gobbled B. compromised C. requested D. paced

I _______ my dessert. A. strutted B. gobbled C. negotiated D. compromised

The parents did not ______ a new bedtime with their child. A. negotiate B. request C. improve D. strut