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Wacky Words. By Hiram Wigant. Where the Red Fern Grows. By Wilson Rawls Main Characters: Billy Coleman, Old Dan, and Little Ann Summary and Teaser: Billy wants to raise dogs and go racoon hunting. Eventually he competes and does really well until one day…. Wacky Words I learned.
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Wacky Words By Hiram Wigant
Where the Red Fern Grows • By Wilson Rawls • Main Characters: Billy Coleman, Old Dan, and Little Ann • Summary and Teaser: Billy wants to raise dogs and go racoon hunting. Eventually he competes and does really well until one day…
Wacky Words I learned • Hollyhock • Sprawl • Yowl • Sycamore • Errand
Hollyhock • “A tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers”(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hollyhock?s=t) • I looked at the beautiful hollyhocks as I picked them for my mother.
Sprawl • “to sitorlieinarelaxedpositionwiththe limbs spread out carelessly or ungracefully” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sprawl?s=t) • She sprawled across the carpet as she prepared to take a nap.
Yowl • “toutteralong,distressfulordismalcry, as an animal or a person; howl” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yowl?s=t) • The wolves in the distanced yowled all through the night.
Sycamore • A type of tree • He hugged the sycamore, reaching around its trunk to touch is fingers together.
Errand • “a shortandquicktriptoaccomplishaspecificpurpose,astobuysomething,deliverapackage, or convey a message, often for someone else” • My mom spends the morning running errands, like shopping and paying bills.