Practice Name Fluency As I read, I will pay attention to my pronunciation of vocabulary words. By the 1800s, huge herds of wild horses were roaming the 10 open range. 12 Picture this: You must catch a wild animal that can run as 24 fast as a train. You must tame that wild animal by riding on its 38 back. You must teach that animal to follow your every command. 49 And you must trust that animal with your life. 58 That is exactly what cowboys did when they caught, tamed, 68 and rode wild mustangs. 72 Capturing a wild mustang was a team effort. One cowboy 82 could not do it alone. Cowboys rode together on tamed horses in 94 order to catch the wild mustangs. The cowboys used their fastest 105 and strongest horses to chase the wild mustangs. 113 When the wild mustangs were exhausted, the cowboys drove 122 them into a fenced corral. The mustangs couldn’t see the fence 133 until it was too late. Tired and thirsty from the long chase and 146 glistening with sweat, the mustangs could run no more. 155 Comprehension Check 1. What was the effect that a cowboy obtained by following these steps? Cause and Effect 2. Summarize this passage. Summarize © Macmillan /McGraw-Hill Number of Words Words Read – = Errors Correct Score First Read – = Second Read – = At Home: Help the student read the passage, paying Wild Horses 180 Grade 4/Unit 5 attention to the goal at the top of the page.
Practice Literary Elements: Name Hyperbole and Figure of Speech A figure of speech is a way to use vivid or poetic language to express oneself. Example: The thirsty earth soaked up the rain. When the figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration, it is called hyperbole. Example: She was dying of thirst by the end of the tennis match. Read the following sentences. Put an X over those that have no figures of speech. For those that do, underline them. When the figure of speech is hyperbole, put a check in the box. away mare stood ther 1. The runaway y, munching the long grass and there calmly, allowing the men with the lassoes s to get a little bit close closer. 2. Timothy was as strong g as a horse. 3. Our team’s best batter hit that ball into the next county. y 4. When Jim asked his father whether he could stay out until midnight, he never expected his dad to bite his head off. 5. Jim’s dad g pp g mad. He really blew his top! got hopping p 6. Jim’s older brother asked him if he wanted him to speak to their dad, but Jim told him not to stick his neck out. 7. Omar winked and said, “We’re having ice cream cake at the party, p it under your but keep y hat.” © Macmillan /McGraw-Hill 8. Rather than preparing a speech for Open House, Samantha thought she would p play y it by y ear. 9. Roger would give g his right g arm for a new skateboard. 10. Pedro’s great-grandmother is older than the hills. At Home: Read and discuss together the meanings of Wild Horses the figures of speech above. Grade 4/Unit 5 181
Practice Name Vocabulary Strategy: Paragraph Clues Context clues can help readers determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Sometimes, you can gather context clues by reading the paragraph in which an unfamiliar word appears. A. Read the passage below. Use context clues to help you figure out the meanings of the words in dark type. We were standing around the corral, leaning on the fence and watching the horses. “Midnight’s a good mother,” I said, as the black mare’s foal followed closely behind her. Only two days old, it was still getting used to walking on its long, wobbly legs. My aunt sighed. “Sometimes I wonder if they would have been better off in the canyon, living in the wilderness instead of around people,” she said. B. Write the definition for each word, along with the context clues that helped you identify the word’s meaning. 1. corral definition: context clues: 2. foal definition: context clues: 3. wobbly definition: © Macmillan /McGraw-Hill context clues: 4. wilderness definition: context clues: At Home: Together, read a magazine article or newspaper Wild Horses 182 Grade 4/Unit 5 story. Use context clues to define unfamiliar words.