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Grade ELA Study Guide --- Lesson 8
MAIN STORY: Three Little Cyberpigs
By Jane Tesh
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STORY: The Three Little Pigs Revisited
By Kik Heong McNaughton

Reading Skill:
Authors Purpose and Perspective
Genre:
Play
Grammar Skill:
Prepositional Phrases
Writing Skill:
Form: E-mail
Trait: Organization
Spelling Skill: Words with VCCV: Different Medial Consonants


Spelling Words: history, number, hunger, company, window,
welcome, blanket, perhaps, service, subject, thunder, furnish, jersey,
mother, secret, harvest, winter, problem, chapter, nurses
Challenge Words: terminals, costumes, curtail, version, tonsils


Vocabulary Words and Example of Usage
slick If something is slick, it is presented in an attractive way.
nimble If someone is nimble, he or she moves quickly, lightly, and
easily.
impressed To be impressed with someone means to admire that
person.
cease If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
exist When something exists, it is a real thing that is present in the
world.
fierce A fierce person or animal is angry, violent, or ready to attack.