By: Leigh Twigg

1. By: Leigh Twigg

2. The red admirals reminded Emilio of wilting leaves.

3. wilting When a plant doesn’t get enough water the leaves start to droop

4. Say the word wilting

5. If you had a garden, would you rather have wilting weeds or wilting flowers?

6. The butterflies flitted in the air.

7. flitted When something moves quickly from place to place without stopping

8. Say the word flitted

9. Which would be more likely to flit about… A bird in a cage or a bird in a tree

10. Emilio watched the swirling snowflakes.

11. swirling Moving round and round quickly

12. Say the word swirling

13. When would you most likely see swirling leaves…? A rainy day or windy day

14. Emilio watched the laundry as if in a trance.

15. trance When he or she seems to be in asleep but their eyes are open

16. Say the word trance

17. Would you be more likely to be in a trance …….? While riding on a roller coaster Or Listening to a long speech

18. Ricky retraced the route that he took home.

19. route When you go the same way each time

20. Say the word route

21. Who might take the same route each day? or The mail carrier A police officer

22. Ricky used shoe polish to make a semblance of a mustache.

23. semblance When you make something that looks like something else

24. Say the word semblance

25. Which would make a better semblance of something….? A photograph or a clay sculpture

26. Ricky was distraught when he couldn’t find the mustache.

27. distraught Being very, very unhappy

28. Say the word distraught

29. Would you be distraught if you got good grades or bad grades on your report card?

30. Ricky tried to improvise to make a mustache.

31. improvise To make offhand

32. Say the word improvise

33. Would you improvise…? Forgot your or missed the bus lines in a play

34. wear

35. tough

36. young

37. woman

38. above

39. shoes

40. wash