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By: Stephanie Wilson-Murray

Mount Rainier ES

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Bringing Words To Life

Boss of the Plains • Opportunity

• Picturesque

• Distinctive

Opportunity

In the story, John had the opportunity to travel west with

a group of travelers.

An opportunity is a good chance.

Opportunity

The boy had an opportunity to go to football camp so that he

could improve.

Opportunity

Which situation would be a great opportunity? Getting

a scholarship to go to college?

Opportunity

Or strolling around an amusement park?

Opportunity

That’s right! Getting a scholarship to go to college

is a great opportunity.

Opportunity

Share some examples of opportunities you have had.

Discuss them with your partner.

Picturesque

John made a big and picturesque hat, so that everyone would

want to wear one.

Something that is picturesque is beautiful, as if it were a picture.

Picturesque

They looked at the gorgeous beach, the crystal blue water

and the sunny day and thought, “How picturesque!”

Picturesque

Which place is picturesque? A dirty alley?

Picturesque

Or a river valley?

Picturesque

That’s right! A river valley is picturesque.

Picturesque

Describe something that is picturesque.

Discuss it with your partner.

DistinctiveThe cowboy paid a lot of money

to wear John’s distinctive hat.

If something is distinctive, it is unusual or not like all the

others.

Distinctive I could hear the roomful of people laughing and I knew my mom was

in there because her distinctive laugh was louder than all the

others.

DistinctiveWhich situation would be

distinctive? Wearing a bathing suit in winter?

DistinctiveOr wearing a scarf in winter?

DistinctiveThat’s right! Wearing a bathing

suit in winter would be distinctive.

DistinctiveName examples of distinctive

clothing that you own.

Discuss them with your partner.

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Would you like the opportunity to wear a distinctive hat? Why or

why not?

Would seeing the picturesque Great Wall of China be an

opportunity? Why or why not?

Would a picturesque painting be distinctive? Why or why not?

Would you marvel at a picturesque view? Why or why not?

Would you have wanted the opportunity to go lurching across the country in covered wagons?

Why or why not?

What made John’s hats distinctive?

John wanted to make big and picturesque hats, did he succeed?

What else in the story could be described as picturesque?

How did John get the opportunity to go West?

What other opportunities did he take advantage of?

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Assessment-Day Assessment-Day 66

Yes or No?

Would going to jail be an opportunity? Explain.

Yes or No?

Could you design a distinctive costume? Explain.

Yes or No?

If you had a picturesque house, would you want to give it away?

Explain.

THE END

Let’s try to use these words as we work and play today.