Dear Mrs. LaRue Unit 4 Week 1 Mrs. Breeding

Genre Fantasy -A story about characters and settings that could not exist in real life.

Strategy Generate Questions -You should ask yourself questions as you read to help you understand the story.

Skill You should always look for clues in the text when drawing conclusions about the characters or plots.

Story Vocabulary

Obedience (verb) behaving properly and respectfully as asked

Risks (noun) chances of harm or loss; dangerous

Appreciated (verb) understood the value of something

Desperate (adj) Reckless because of having no hope

Bluffing (verb) fooling people by pretending

Endured (verb) put up with

Misunderstood (verb) understood someone or something incorrectly

Neglected (verb) gave to little care or attention to

Story Words behavioral- having to do with the way a person or animal acts. canine- having to do with dogs misconceptions- incorrect ideas or beliefs melodramatics- tending ot exaggerate the importance of bad or unpleasant things nightmare- a very bad dream or experience