Unit : 2 Week:5 Theme: Sled dogs as heroes.

STORY:THE GREAT SERUM RACE

GenreNonfictionNonfiction is a detailed account of real

people or situations using verifiable facts.

StrategySummarize- Summarizing helps you identify

what a selection is about, remember to select the most important ideas, and restate them in your own words.

SkillSequence of Events- Remember to look for

clue words and phrases to understand the chronological order of events and organize your summaries.

Unbearable (adj.)That which cannot be endured or tolerated

Trying not to cry wasalmost unbearable while looking at thepeas. Blah!!!

Rendezvous (noun)To meet at a fix place or time

The rendezvous point for the members of the sewing club was set for the local café.

PEDESTRIAN (noun)A person who travels on foot; walkers.

The pedestrian walked 10 miles within an hour!

outskirts (noun)

We discovered a beautiful pond on the outskirts of town.

The regions or sections surrounding, or at the edge of an area , as in a city.

intercept (verb)To stop on the way, to stop the course or

progress of.

The defensive back managed to intercept the quarterback’s pass

The isolation of persons , animals, ships, or goods exposed to infectious disease, to prevent the spread of the disease.

The doctors put the family under quarantine, when influenza broke out.

Quarantine (verb)

epidemic (noun)The rapid spread of a disease among people at the same time.

The elementary schoolexperienced an epidemic of chicken pox.

Plight (adj.)A bad situation or condition.

The drought created a terrible plight for farmers.

Story Wordscaribou- any of a group of large deer that live in the

northern regions of the worldantitoxin- an antibody, or protein, formed in the body

that provides protection against a specific poisondiphtheria- a serious bacterial disease that is highly

contagious, characterized by high fever and difficulty in breathing

malamutes- wolf-like dogs of a breed native to northwestern Alaska having a thick, coarse coat

mukluks- sealskin or reindeer-skin boot worn by the Inuit