2. Vocabu-Lit lesson 19 By Dr. Orso

3. Fiction  Noun  literature comprising works of imaginative narration  What are some of your favorite fiction books?

4. About the passage… by George MacDonald, 1864. (This is only part of a bigger story.)  A king and queen, after some time, have a bay princess (daughter). The King’s sister (Old Princess Makemnoit) is very jealous of the new baby, and puts a curse on her to have no gravity.  The little princess loves to swim, and when she swims, she gets her gravity back! This leads to the proposal that if she could be brought to cry, it might break the curse. The kingdom wants to break the curse.  Mean Princess Makemnoit discovers that her niece loves the lake. The water is drained from the lake, the springs are stopped up, and the rain stops.

5. Listen and Read

6. Master Words These are the master words you will study in this selection.  Cease  Festering  Hideous  Pine  Proclamation  Ferocious  Foresight  Import  Proceed  Want

7. Context Clues  As you read, look for context clues in the story.  Circle any words that give clues to the meaning of the master words.

8. Cease  Verb  To Stop I cease my car at a stop sign.

9. Ferocious  Adjective  Cruel  Savage  Very mean The stray dog was very ferocious.

10. Festering  Decaying  Rotting  Adjective The fish was festering because it was left out on the counter.

11. Foresight (forsee)  Thing ahead  Think for the future  noun I can forsee myself going to college.

12. hideous  Very bad  Horrible  adjective The old princess has a hideous laugh.

13. import  Meaning  Significance  Matter We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.

14. pine Crave To want something so badly that one waste away wanting it I pine for hot Cheetos at lunch.

15. proceed  To start an action  To go I will proceed to lunch after bear time.

16. proclamation  Public, formal announcement Ms. Eng made a proclamation to the class to study for their unit test.

17. want  Lack  Something desired or needed I want to make an “A” in English this school year.