Teacher's Notes: The Adventures of Skippy Fishback, Chapter 3
This is the third chapter in this story.
New Words
ominous
tattered
flap
violent
to figure
display
skull
passenger
overboard
intend
slam
knock over
ever closer
arrow
helpless
rush
barrage
thus
block
clink
ricochet
what in the world
grow (become)
impatient
charge
rock
precarious
beg for mercy
relentless
yank
pearly
pierced
simultaneous
drive away
beast
monstrous
smash
obvious
indeed
whirl
suck
spin
hurricane
destruction
crash
leap into action
twist
Worksheet Answers
Match with pictures: (left to right) overboard, tattered, hurricane, arrow, skull, passenger, knock over, charge, rock, spin, pierced, suck
Synonyms: flap – flutter; display – show; intend – plan to do; slam – crash, smash; rush – hurry; ricochet – bounce off; grow – become; yank – pull hard; monstrous – huge; whirl – spin, twist; beast – big animal; tattered – ripped
Match with definition: 1. beg for mercy; 2. drive away; 3. relentless, 4. helpless, 5. overboard, 6. block, 7. simultaneous, 8. leap into action; 9. precarious, 10. ominous, 11. figure, 12. violent
Sentences: 1. passengers, 2. precarious, 3. simultaneously, 4. relentless, 5. violent, 6. helpless, 7. pierced, 8. monstrous, 9. spin, 10. blocked
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