Unit 4 - "Ellen Ochoa - Astronaut"
Genre - Biography
Skills 1. locate information
2. using a dictionary
Robust Vocabulary
1. persevere - You persevere when you keep trying to do something without
giving up.
2. confidence - If you are sure that everything will work out, you have
confidence.
3. ambitious - An ambitious person is eager to reach a goal.
4. attain - When you reach a goal, you attain it.
Story Vocabulary
1. talented - A talented person has the special ability to do something very
well.
2. apply - When you apply for a job, you are asking for work.
3. research - Research involves getting information about a question or topic.
4. invention - An invention is something completely new that someone has made.
5. hinder - When you hinder someone, you make it difficult or impossible for
them to do something.
6. disappointed - You are disappointed if you are unhappy about the way
something has turned out.
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