"How I Spent My Summer Vacation" pages 42-59

By Mark Teague

Summary

Wallace tells his class how he spent his summer vacation.  He tells how he was captured by cowboys and became a "first rate" cowboy.

Vocabulary

captured: took control over

imagination: the ability to think of things that aren't real

manners: polite ways to behave

matador: bullfighter

plains: flat open areas of land

relax: have fun doing very little

vacation: time off from work or school

Spelling Words

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cowboys

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enjoyment

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point

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soil

joy

coin

around

without

fire

train

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