Four Dollars and Fifty Cents Eric A. Kimmel

1. Four Dollars and Fifty CentsEric A. Kimmel Unit 5 Lesson 6 Preteaching Vocabulary

2. collecting • “You got as much chance of collecting that money as seeing Custer ride back from the Little Bighorn.” (p168) • The paperboy is collecting the money for last month’s newspapers. (transparency) • collecting: getting payment for a debt

3. decent • “But if you let me take Shorty back to town, I’ll see he gets a decent burial.” (p170) • Telling him that I was sorry for being rude was the only decent thing to do. (transparency) • decent: proper; respectable; acceptable to the community

4. determined • Shorty saw stars when the coffin hit the ground, but he was bound and determined not to pay that four dollars and fifty cents, so he lay still. (p172) • Even though his tummy hurt, the little boy was determined to finish eating his pie. (transparency) • determined: firm and unwilling to change; stubbornly continuing as planned

5. suspicions • But she still wasn’t sold, although she kept her suspicions to herself. (p170) • I’m not sure who stole my new backpack, but I have my suspicions. • suspicions:uneasiness; a sense of distrust about something but without proof or certainty

6. blacksmith • He owed everybody money, from Big Oscar the blacksmith to Widow Macrae, who ran the Silver Dollar Cafe and baked the best biscuits west of the Rockies. (p168) • The blacksmith made the horseshoes for the bronco. • blacksmith: someone who makes and repairs things made of iron

7. tombstone • Widow Macrae ducked behind a tombstone. (p173) • The words written on the tombstone were sincere. • tombstone: a stone on a grave that shows the name of the dead person and the dates of his/her birth and death

8. buzzards • It ain’t decent leaving a feller out in the open where the buzzards can get at him. (p176) • The hungry buzzards kept flying around the sick cow, waiting for it to die. • buzzards: large wild birds that eat dead animals

9. bronco • A bronco threw him. (p170) • The wild bronco was hard to tame. • bronco: a wild horse

10. collecting decent determined suspicions blacksmith tombstone buzzards bronco A someone who makes and repairs things made of iron B uneasiness; a sense of distrust about something but without proof or certainty C getting payment for a debt D a wild horse E a stone on a grave that shows the name of the dead person and the dates of his/her birth and death F firm and unwilling to change; stubbornly continuing as planned G a large wild bird that eats dead animals H proper; respectable; acceptable to the community Match vocabulary words with definitions C H F B A E G D