McBroom the Rainmaker

1. McBroom the Rainmaker • Unit 5 – Lesson 7 1

2. Word Knowledge • Line 1 • skunk • mud • stuck • run 2

3. Word Knowledge • Line 2 • raise • please • gazed • size • uses 3

4. Word Knowledge • Line 3 • kind • keep • picnic • track 4

5. Word Knowledge • Line 4 • disposition • harvested • smallest • shrinking • dried 5

6. Sentences • Sentence 1: • Our tires keep getting stuck in the mud. 6

7. Sentences • Sentence 2: • Please raise your hand if you have an idea • to share. 7

8. Sentences • Sentence 3: • Do you remember when that skunk ruined • our picnic? 8

9. Sentences • Sentence 4: • After the lavender was harvested, it was • dried and used for flower arrangements. 9

10. Vocabulary • regard • parched • drought • genuine • prairie 10

11. regard • I dislike to tell you this, but some folks have • no regard for the truth. • While in the park, give some regard to the sign that says “Keep Off the Grass.” 11

12. thought or care regard 12

13. parched • The earth was so parched, we couldn't • raise a crop of beets and the varmints were • getting downright ornery. • After a few hours of playing basketball with • no water to drink, I was parched! 13

14. parched very hot and dry, thirsty 14

15. drought • Then it came- the Big Dry. “Not a rain cloud • in sight, Pa,” Mary called from the tree • house. An idea struck me. I’d break the • drought. • Only dried mud remained in the riverbed as • a result of the long drought. 15

16. drought a long period of time without rain 16

17. genuine • “It’s a genuine rain crow, my lambs.” • Will you choose a wallet made of genuine • or imitation leather? 17

18. real genuine 18

19. prairie • We traveled miles and miles across the • prairie, this way and the other, and not a • rattle out of that rain crow. • Some early pioneers crossed the prairie, • while others stopped to farm the rich, • rolling land. 19

20. large area of grass with few trees prairie 20