Teacher's Notes: The Adventures of Skippy Fishback, Chapter 2
This is the second chapter in this story.
New Words
flash
distant
related
let me tell you
angle
turn out to be
repay
collection
fish hook
gold
to part
have a blast
sting ray
apologize
stretch
chuckle
squirm
gasp
plead
learn your lesson
pant
toss
catch your breath
confess
sting
tickle
piece of cake
concentrate
silly
come to think of it
pirate
flag
carefree
gloomy
bury
restless
in the process
Worksheet Answers
Match with pictures: (left to right) pirate, fish hook, bury, sting, flag, angle, toss, stingray, pant, flash, plead, stretch
Synonyms: distant – far away; to part – say goodbye, leave; plead – beg; chuckle – laugh, giggle; squirm – wiggle; confess – admit; piece of cake – easy; concentrate – think hard, focus; restless – not relaxed, not calm; carefree – having no worries; gloomy – dark and sad; silly – funny, goofy
Match with definition: 1. concentrate, 2. apologize, 3. learn your lesson, 4. bury, 5. confess, 6. related, 7. repay, 8. catch your breath, 9. have a blast
Sentences: 1. catch my breath, 2. learned my lesson, 3. have a blast, 4. chuckled, 5. confess, 6. concentrate, 7. carefree, 8. gloomy, 9. restless, 10. distant
Answers to the Review for Chapters 1-2
These worksheets are crucial to help familiarize the new words from chapters 1 and 2 before going on. In the first worksheet, students must read the beginning of the sentence and choose the ending that makes the most sense. It is possible that more than one answer could be right, if the student can explain why. The second page of the review involves matching beginning and ending sentences. They must understand the vocab within the phrases to make logical sentences.
Multiple choice: 1. c, 2. a., 3. c, 4. c, 5. b, 6. b, 7. b, 8. b, 9. c, 10. a., 11. c, 12. b, 13. a, 14. b, 15. c, 16. b.
Find the end of each sentence: 1. E, 2. L, 3. H, 4. M, 5. J, 6. P, 7. K, 8. C, 9. Q, 10. O, 11. G, 12. D, 13. R, 14. A, 15. N, 16. I, 17. B, 18. F
Go to the Chapter 2 worksheet.
Go to the Review of Chapters 1 and 2.
