ELLEN OCHOA
ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK
VOCABULARY
MAIN EVENTS
COMBO
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1990?

ELLEN CHOA WAS ACCEPTED BY NASA FOR THEIR ASTRONAUT TRAINING PROGRAM

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WHO ARE THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS?

MA AND PA

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WHAT DOES PATCHED MEANS?

PIECE TOGETHER

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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN LAURA DISOBEIED HER PARENTS?

LAURA ALMOST DROWNED

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WHAT DOES WADED MEAN?

IS THE ACTION OF WALK IN THE SHALLOW WATER

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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1994?

ELLEN TOOK ANOTHER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

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WHAT IS THE SETTING?

THE SETTING IS THE CREEK AND THE HOUSE

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WHAT DOES BANK MEANS?

LAND ALONGSIDE A RIVER OR LAKE

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WHO SAVED LAURA?

PA SAVED HER

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WHAT DOES DEEP MEANS?

IS THE OPOSSITE OF SHALLOW

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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1958?

ELLEN OCHOA WAS BORN

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WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS?

LAURA AND MARY

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WHAT DOES BADGER MEANS?

AN ANIMAL

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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN LAURA, MARY, PA AND MA WERE DINNING?

PA AND MA  FORBID THEM GO TO THEDEEP WATER

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where did laura mary pa and ma go?

to the deep waters

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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1991?

ELLEN OCHOA BECAME AN OFFICIAL ASTRONAUT

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WHAT IS THE GENRE?

HISTORICAL FICTION

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WHAT DOES RUSHES MEANS?

A PLANT

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WHAT DID LAURA AND MARY SEE ON THE CREEK?

WATERBUGS AND RUSHES

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what happened in 1993

ellen took her first flight into space

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what does ruffled means?

gathered into a ruffle to trim a garment

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what were doing laura and mary at the beginning of the story?

they were cleaning