1. The Screech Owl Who Liked Television
Vocabulary PowerPoint
The Screech Owl Who Liked Television
By Jean Craighead George

2. Wild animals are everywhere. You can find signs of their presence.

3. Presence – being in a place

4. disbelief
The girl stares in disbelief at the insect. She can’t believe her eyes.

5. Disbelief – unsure if something is true

6. endeared
Many raccoons have endeared themselves to people, who think they look loveable.

7. Endeared – attached in a positive way

8. Pigeons find that living among people is a fine plan, or arrangement.

9. Arrangement - a plan

10. tempted
People might want, or be tempted, to pet wild animals, but they shouldn’t.

11. Tempted – attracted by

12. Owls have often pounced, or jumped, on small animals.

13. Pounced – jumped on

14. Like all living things, animals have a biological need for food.

15. Biological – relating to living things

16. Utter
Coyotes in suburbs may utter, or express out loud, spooky cries during the night.

17. Utter – to say or express

18. Hastened
Animals have always hastened to flee from a wildfire. They hurry as fast as they can.

19. Hastened - hurried

20. Incident
An encounter with a skunk can be a smelly incident. It’s not an enjoyable event.

21. Incident – something that happens