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 Bad News for Outlaws

Book by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

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GENRE

Nonfiction, Picture Books, Social Studies

Vocabulary 

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Spelling 

Short Vowels

Short-Vowel Rule: When one-syllable words have a vowel in the middle, the vowel usually has a short sound. Examples: cat, dog, man, hat, mom, dad, got. If the letter after the vowel is f, l, or s, this letter is often doubled. Examples: staff, ball, pass.  

Short Vowels Can Be Spelled in Four Ways

1. The most common way: a single vowel in a closed syllable usually says a short sound.
   (In a closed syllable, a single vowel is followed by a consonant.)

• In the word cat, A is followed by T and says /ă/.

• In the word pet, E is followed by T and says /ĕ/.

• In the word dish, I is followed by SH and says /ĭ/.

• In the word mob, O is followed by B and says /ŏ/.

• In the word tub, U is followed by B and says /ŭ/.

2. Vowel teams can make short vowel sounds.
   (In a vowel team, two vowels work together to make one sound.)

• EA can say /ĕ/ as in bread and sweat.

• OU can say /ŭ/ as in touch and young.

3. Single vowels can say the short sound of other vowels.

• A after W can say /ŏ/ as in water and want.

• Y in a closed syllable says /ĭ/ as in gym and myth.

• O can say /ŭ/ as in love and oven.

4. A vowel can make the short U or short I sound in an unaccented syllable.
   (A schwa is a muffled vowel sound heard in an unaccented syllable in many English words.)

• A can say /ŭ/ as in about.

• E can say /ĭ/ as in enemy.

• I can say /ŭ/ as in family.

• O can say /ŭ/ as in bottom.

• U can say /ĭ/ as in minute.

• Y can say /ŭ/ as in syringe.

Please note: the sound a schwa makes in a particular word may vary by region.

 

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Bookbrief: This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.

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Study Guide/Handout

Nonfiction Biography Text Analysis: Bass Reeves Study Guide

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Teaching pages

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References & Web Links Digital Resources Brady, P. (2005). The Black Badge: Deputy United States Marshal Bass Reeves from Slave to Heroic Lawman. Harlem, NY: Milligan Katz, W. (2010). Black Women of the Old West. New York, NY: Atheneum. McGowan, T. (1999). African-Americans in the Old West. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Press Paulsen, G. (2008). The Legend of Bass Reeves. New York, NY: Laurel Leaf. Bass Reeves Legacy Monument. Retrieved from http://www.deputybassreeves.com/index.php Bass Reeves, The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved from http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?search=1&entryID=1747 The Life and Times of Deputy U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves. Retrieved from http://mentalfloss.com/article/33537/life-and-times-deputyus-marshal-bass-reeves The Other Pioneers: African-Americans on the Frontier. Retrieved from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4807 Black Cowboys. Retrieved from http://www.blackcowboys.com/blackcowboys.htm Buffalo Soldiers Jr. Retrieved from http://www.buffalosoldierjr.com/index.html

NUMBER OF PAGES	40
PUBLICATION DATE	2009-08-01
READING COUNTS! LEVEL	5.6

TEXT TYPE

Narrative Nonfiction

DEWEY

363.28'2092

LEXILE	860
GUIDED READING LEVEL	T
ATOS READING LEVEL	5.2
ACCELERATED READER® QUIZ	131426
ACCELERATED READER® POINTS	0.5
FEATURES	Author/Illustrator biography, Author/Illustrator note, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Primary source quotations/images, Reviewed, Source notes, Starred Reviews, and Timeline
Subjects:	Africa Americans - African American Bass Reeves - African American Freedmen - African American United States Marshalls - African American Outlaws - Crimes Indian territory - States Culture  Time, Continuity, and Change  People, Places, and Environments  Individual Development and Identity  Power, Authority, and Governance  Civic Ideals and Practices

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