Mystic Horse

LindaC/Callison/2011

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Routine for Vocabulary

• 1. Listen to the word. Say the word with your teacher.

• 2. Listen to the definition.• 3. The teacher will give an example of the word,

showing you a picture.• 4. Think of an example. When your teacher tells

you, share your example with your partner.• 5. Say the word three times.

places on the skin that are broken open and painful

soresYou don’t really want to see pictures of sores do you?

to make something less tight

loosenedEven the president loosened his tie to relax.

something that is hard to understand or explain

mysteries

when something causes surprise and wonder

amazement

when you are in the middle of something

midst

having a job or duty to perform

responsibility

a series of people relieving each other or taking turns

relays

chunks of time or space between things

intervals

These are one-week intervals.

the part of a country where people are just beginning to settle

frontier

a method of long-distance communication through wires

telegraph

High Interest Words

These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

someone who follows a religious belief having to do with communicating with the divine

mystic

a rope used for catching horses, cows, etc.

lariat

to hold somebody or some-thing tightly with the hands

clasped

a traditional animal-hide tent used by the Plains Indians

teepee

something that extends across a continent

trans-continentalIn 1869 the trans-continental railroad was completed connecting the east and west coasts.

soresloosenedmysteriesamazementmidstresponsibilityrelaysintervals

frontiertelegraph

High Interest Wordsmysticlariatclaspedteepeetranscontinental