Grade 4 Lesson 20
Name: _____________________________________
You MUST use complete sentences for each question.
Sacagawea by: Lise Erdich
Genre: ____________________________________
1. Page 590. Why do you think the members of the expedition were greeted
with great excitement?
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2. Page 592. Charbonneau was described as wily which means “cunning.”
What ways is he proving to be wily?
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3. Page 596. What qualities and skills do you think made Sacagawea a good
translator?
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Grade 4 Lesson 20
4. Page 599. Why was it so important to Sacagawea that she accompany
Captain Clark to see the ocean?
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5. Page 601. Why might the Corps of Discovery have divided into two groups
at this point in the mission?
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6. What do you think Sacagawea was thinking and feeling as she watched
the Corps of Discovery set off?
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Grade 4 Lesson 20
Focus Skills
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a literary device to help readers _______________ what
something __________________ like.
Examples: meow, bark, buzz, splash, sizzling
1. Page 594. The word roaring is used in the first paragraph. Why did the
author use the word roaring?
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2. What other examples of onomatopoeia are used on page 594? Why are
they used?
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3. Create your own sentence(s) using onomatopoeia.
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Grade 4 Lesson 20
Text Structure
Text structure is the way an author _________________ ideas in text or part of a text.
Historical texts are usually structured in the ___________________ in which they happen.
What happened on each date?
May 14, 1804
October
1804
February
1805
April 1805
June 1805
July 1805
August 1805
Grade 4 Lesson 20
Main Ideas and Details
Main idea is what the text is _______________ about. Details are used to
________________ the main idea. Details include ___________ and _______________
to tell about the text.
What is the main idea of this story? Use details from the text to support your main idea.
