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Vocabulary
Facts vs Opinions
Proper Nouns
BOOM TOWN QUESTIONS
BOOM TOWN Questions
100
Small chunks
What is nuggets?
100
The gold fields are no place for children.
What is an opinion?
100
The schooner comes one DAY in December. Replace DAY with a proper noun.
What is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
100
It is a story that is set in the past and portrays people, places, and events that did happen or could have happened.
What is Historial Fiction?
100
She tells Peddler Pete to start one.
How does Amanda help get her town a trading post?
200
Heavy iron pan used for cooking and frying
What is a skillet?
200
There were no stores.
What is a fact?
200
They have moved to California because Pa wants to be a gold miner.
Where has Amanda's family moved to? Why?
200
Cabin
What kind of house do they live in?
300
To make a home in a new place
What is settle
300
A stage stop, a pump house, and a few log cabins made up the whole "town."
What is a fact?
300
I plan to visit THAT STATE. Replace THAT STATE with a proper noun.
What is A STATE(any of the states or possible)?
300
He works in the gold fields from Monday through Saturday and comes home on the weekends: he works hard but doesn't make any money.
What is Pa's job as a gold miner like?
300
boring
Was life exciting or boring for Amanda?
400
people whose job is working in a mine to extract minerals or ores from the earth
What is miners?
400
Amanda thought the town needed better roads and sidewalks.
What is an opinion?
400
The SCHOOL has lots of great teachers. Replace SCHOOL with a proper noun.
What is PECAN PARK?
400
It burns to a crisp, and her brothers whack it into pieces.
What happens when Amanda bakes the first pie?
400
She opens a bakery. She encourages newcomers to start other businesses.
How does Amanda help her town become a boom town?
500
a community that experiences sudden and rapid growth
What is boom town
500
People liked Amanda's ideas for starting businesses.
What is an opinion?
500
SHE is the principal of Pecan Park Elementary. Replace SHE with a proper noun.
Who is MRS. ILLICH?
500
three
How many times did she try to bake a pie?
500
The family has a successful pie business; they live in a town they like.
Why does Pa say he's a lucky man?