<p> Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon—Study Guide</p><p>Name______</p><p>Vocabulary: Fill in the definition and how the word was used in the story.</p><p>Example: Bashful: Shy around people .______Essie was too bashful to eat the melons at the rich boys house.______</p><p>Canvas: ______</p><p>Granite: ______</p><p>Orphanage: ______</p><p>Tornado: ______</p><p>Cemetery: ______</p><p>Story Elements:</p><p>What is the genre of this story? ______</p><p>Why did father finally buy Stella the pair of white shoes? ______</p><p>What would you say is the theme of Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon? ______Sequence of Events</p><p>The Aunt Lena Chronicles</p><p>Aunt Lena was born on a Minnesota farm in 1883 and grew up there. At age 18, she began teaching locally. When Aunt Lena first taught, schools house eight grades in one room heated by a wood stove. Water was drawn from a well outside and the bathroom was an outhouse. Aunt Lena had to leave teaching in 1917 and return home to help her family on the farm. She never taught again, but lived on the farm until her death in 1962</p><p>Directions: In the paragraph above, circle the time and sequence clues and underline the significant events.</p><p>Directions: Place the events that you circled and underlined above in a timeline.</p><p>Steps in a Process</p><p>Pancakes from Scratch To begin, beat two eggs until fluffy. The stir in a cup of milk, two spoonfuls of melted butter, a dash of salt, and a spoonful of baking soda. Now stir in white flour until the batter thickens. Light a stovetop burner and set a griddle on it. When the griddle heats, add butter and spread to cover the surface. Spoon pancake batter onto the griddle and allow to cook until the batter is covered with bubbles. Then flip over the pancakes and cook until brown. Serve hot!</p><p>Directions: In the paragraph above, circle the signal words and underline each step. Directions: Below are the steps for growing and selling strawberries. However, they are out of order. Write a number from 1 to 5 to show the correct order.</p><p>______Pick the strawberries off the runners.</p><p>______Write your name and address on the bottom of each quart box, and then box the strawberries.</p><p>______Put the strawberry plants in the ground.</p><p>______Put the boxes in create to be shipped.</p><p>______Care for the strawberries so they will ripen. </p>