• A myth tells how much something came to be.

• A drama is a play that tells a story and is performed

• A drama is separated into scenes and has stage directions

How do your decide what's important?

• A root word is the simplest form of a word

• A root word is a word to which no prefixes, suffixes, or endings have been added

• Use the meaning of root words to figure out unknown words

We will have a vocabulary test over the attached words on _________. Please study at home. We practice them often in the classroom, but it helps greatly if they can read the words and definitions as well.

No Test over vocab this week!!!

1. alarmed - afraid or frightened

2. anguish - a great suffering of the mind, or agony

3. necessary - needs to be done or is required

4. obsessed - think about one thing all the time and nothing else

5. possess - have or own something

6. reward - something given or received in return for something done

7. treasure - money, jewels, or other things that are valuable

8. wealth - a great amount of money or valuable things

There will be a spelling test over the attached words on Friday, April 24th. The words are listed on the back of the newsletter.

1. severe

2. prepared

3. declare

4. later

5. writer

6. cellar

7. trailer

8. author

9. person

10. circus

11. garlic

12. partner

13. restore

14. sister

15. actor