How The Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots

Edited by Mrs. Randolph

Ralph Witters Elementary

Unit 4 Lesson 4

Glossy

• Bright and shiny• Synonym: glistening• Antonym: dull• Nganga the Guinea Fowl had glossy black

feathers all over.

delicate

• Not strong• Something easily removed, or broken• Synonym: breakable• Guinea Fowl craned her head and admired the

delicate speckle covering her back.

reeds

• Tall grass• Antonym: mowed lawn• But something yellow was twitching in

the reeds.

bank

• The land along a stream of river• Synonym: edge• She scratched and scrambled up the bank as fast as she could.

admired

• To think well of someone or something• Synonym: Respected, loved• Antonym: unwanted• Guinea Fowl craned her head and admired

the delicate speckles covering her back.

temper

• Mood, a way of feeling• Synonym: feeling• He went home in a terrible temper,

growling like his empty belly.

glossy

delicate

reeds

bank

admired

temper

More Story Words

whirlwind

calabash

tasseled

My lovely spots are just the thing for hiding in the shadows and grass.

I am so pretty! I know you must think so, too!

You just did a whirlwind of a job of reading!