Brave as a Mountain Lion
Genre – Realistic Fiction
Comprehension focus – Visualizing
Selection Vocabulary
Definition
*afraid
frightened; feeling fear
*brave
without fear; having courage
*reservation
land set aside by the government for a special purpose
*silent
quiet; still; noiseless
*spelling
writing or saying letters of a word in order
*trouble
something that worries you
coyote
a small wolf-like animal living mostly on prairies of western North America
dreaded
feared greatly what was to come
mountain lion
a large cat with brownish-yellow fur that lives in parts of North and South America
mural
a picture painted on a wall
*tested vocabulary word
Spelling List: Suffixes –ful, -ly, -tion, -sion