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Created by Gerardo Escalante, Claudia Martinez, and Ofelia Ochoa Sierra Park School Unit 5 Lesson 6 Preteaching Vocabulary Four Dollars and Fifty Cents Eric A. Kimmel
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collecting “You got as much chance of collecting that money as seeing Custer ride back from the Little Bighorn.” (p168) The paperboy is collecting the money for last month’s newspapers. (transparency) collecting: getting payment for a debt
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decent “But if you let me take Shorty back to town, I’ll see he gets a decent burial.” (p170) Telling him that I was sorry for being rude was the only decent thing to do. (transparency) decent: proper; respectable; acceptable to the community
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determined Shorty saw stars when the coffin hit the ground, but he was bound and determined not to pay that four dollars and fifty cents, so he lay still. (p172) Even though his tummy hurt, the little boy was determined to finish eating his pie. (transparency) determined: firm and unwilling to change; stubbornly continuing as planned
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suspicions But she still wasn’t sold, although she kept her suspicions to herself. (p170) I’m not sure who stole my new backpack, but I have my suspicions. suspicions: uneasiness; a sense of distrust about something but without proof or certainty
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blacksmith He owed everybody money, from Big Oscar the blacksmith to Widow Macrae, who ran the Silver Dollar Cafe and baked the best biscuits west of the Rockies. (p168) The blacksmith made the horseshoes for the bronco. blacksmith: someone who makes and repairs things made of iron
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tombstone Widow Macrae ducked behind a tombstone. (p173) The words written on the tombstone were sincere. tombstone: a stone on a grave that shows the name of the dead person and the dates of his/her birth and death
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buzzards It ain’t decent leaving a feller out in the open where the buzzards can get at him. (p176) The hungry buzzards kept flying around the sick cow, waiting for it to die. buzzards: large wild birds that eat dead animals
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bronco A bronco threw him. (p170) The wild bronco was hard to tame. bronco: a wild horse
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Match vocabulary words with definitions collecting decent determined suspicions blacksmith tombstone buzzards bronco A someone who makes and repairs things made of iron B uneasiness; a sense of distrust about something but without proof or certainty C getting payment for a debt D a wild horse E a stone on a grave that shows the name of the dead person and the dates of his/her birth and death F firm and unwilling to change; stubbornly continuing as planned G a large wild bird that eats dead animals H proper; respectable; acceptable to the community C H F B A E G D
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