What About Me

America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle Study Guide

Name: ______#_____ Test on: _3/27__ VOCABULARY: drowned died by suffocating underwater strokes combinations of arm and leg movements used in swimming stirred moved about medals flat pieces of metal, often shaped like a coin or attached to a ribbon, given as rewards continued went on without stopping celebrate observe or honor something special with ceremonies and activities current a part of a body of water that is moving along in a path

COMPREHENSION SKILL: Fact and Opinion A statement of fact can be proved true or false. A statement of opinion gives someone’s thoughts or feelings about something. Words that express feelings, such as best and worse, are clue that a statement might be an opinion. GUIDING QUESTIONS:  What was Gertrude Ederle’s nickname that her family gave her? What did everyone else call her?  What did Gertrude Ederle think was the ultimate challenge?  Be able to distinguish between sentences that are facts and those that are opinions.

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