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Activity Book
Pecos Bill
REM632B
©2003
My Mother was a Coyote
This activity book was created for use after reading orlistening to the story, My Mother was a Coyote, a tall tale aboutPecos Bill. The skill pages have been sequenced by level of difficultywith the easier pages at the beginning of the book. Skills coveredare listed below.
Visual Comprehension .......................................................................... 1-2
Configuration ..............................................................................................3
Classification ...............................................................................................4
Synonyms .....................................................................................................5
Antonyms.....................................................................................................6
Contractions................................................................................................7
Alphabetizing ..............................................................................................8
Capitalization and Punctuation ..............................................................9
Writing Sentences................................................................................... 10
Inference ................................................................................................... 11
Analogies - Crossword Puzzle ............................................................... 12
Idioms ......................................................................................................... 13
Map Reading ............................................................................................. 14
Classification ............................................................................................ 15
Logic ........................................................................................................... 16
Verbs........................................................................................................... 17
Pronouns ................................................................................................... 18
Homonyms ................................................................................................ 19
Word Definitions ..................................................................................... 20
Fact or Fiction .......................................................................................... 21
Proofreading ............................................................................................ 22
Labeling a Diagram.................................................................................. 23
Comprehension - Literal Comprehension
and Critical Thinking Questions ............................................... 24-27
Picture to Color ....................................................................................... 28
Book Report .............................................................................................. 29
CONTENTS
©Remedia Publications 1 PECOS BILL ACTIVITY BOOK
Name ________________________________________
Decide which sentence belongswith which picture. Write thesentence under the picture.
There are snakes in my boots!
They went off and left me!
This horse wants me off!
This is a nice horse.
VISUAL COMPREHENSION
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Name ________________________________________ VISUAL COMPREHENSION
Decide which sentence belongswith which picture. Write thesentence under the picture.
It’s mighty cold up here!
Hey, I don’t like this one bit!
Write your own sentence to go with each picture.
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Name ________________________________________ CONFIGURATION
Put each word from the box into its correctshape. Then write the word on the line below.
cowboy west
horse wagon
river coyote
lasso snake
boot saddle
1.
3.
5.
7.
9.
2.
4.
6.
8.
10.
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Name ________________________________________
Read the words on the cowboy hat. Write each word in the right box.
CLASSIFICATION
chair doctor sleep bed whisper
model table calm couch
writer peace farmer
FURNITURE WORDS
QUIET WORDS
JOB WORDS
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Name ________________________________________ SYNONYMS
Words that mean almost the same thing are called synonyms.
Read each sentence below. Find a synonym for each underlined word. Writeit on the line.
1. Pecos Bill was afraid of nothing. _______________________________________
2. Which did you choose? ______________________________________________
3. Did he ride the bucking horse? ________________________________________
4. Did the frog jump off the log? _________________________________________
5. Do not hurt yourself. ________________________________________________
6. Did you open your gift? ______________________________________________
7. This puppy is fat. ___________________________________________________
8. That puppy is thin. __________________________________________________
present bronco harm chubbypick leap scared skinny
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Name ________________________________________ ANTONYMS
Words that have opposite meanings are called antonyms.
Complete the crossword puzzle using antonyms from the box.
together hot summer give light tellearly sell stranger always false yellaunt loud mine none
ACROSS
4. ask
8. yours
9. quiet
10. apart
12. real
13. friend
15. whisper
DOWN
1. cold
2. winter
3. all
5. dark
6. never
7. uncle
11. late
13. buy
14. take
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Name ________________________________________ CONTRACTIONS
A contraction is a word made by joining two words. An apostrophe (’) showswhere a letter or letters are left out.
Draw a line from the two words to the contraction.
1. is not can’t
2. are not won’t
3. was not isn’t
4. were not aren’t
5. can not wasn’t
6. will not weren’t
Write each contraction as two words.
7. isn’t ________ _________
8. wasn’t ________ _________
9. weren’t ________ _________
10. can’t ________ _________
Write a contraction for the two words.
11. My work (is not) _______________ finished.
12. The boys (are not) _______________ here.
13. It (was not) _______________ raining.
14. My friends (were not) _______________ there.
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Name ________________________________________ ALPHABETIZING
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
Find the Pecos Bill words in the word search
saddle burrow coyotequirt wrestling enormouspack river hitchedkettle
Write the words in abc order.
A P H I T C H E D U I K J I U N M B B
T R S A D D L N P A K C Y T O P A C K
T R E D F N C O Y O T E P P K S C V F
B U R R Q U I R G K U L M B E L K J R
U D S L U G F M N B W R E S T L I N G
R R E F I C V O P P O L K I T R E D Z
R I V E R L K U R T E F D V L F R S X
O G H V T Y T S A D D L E Q E U Y O B
W T R F G H T B V C D E F L K I J J M
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Name ________________________________________ CAPITALIZATION & PUNCTUATION
A sentence always begins with a capital letter.
The names of people begin with a capital letter.
A sentence that just tells something ends with a period.
A sentence that asks a question ends with a question mark.
1. pecos bill was a cowboy in the wild, wild west
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
2. mrs. coyote decided to raise bill
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
3. could pecos bill ride any horse
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
4. arizona kid and bullfrog doyle were bill’s friends
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
5. how far did bill’s bronco throw curley joe
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Write each sentence correctly.
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PECOS BILL ACTIVITY BOOK 10 ©Remedia Publications
Name ________________________________________ WRITING SENTENCES
Use each word group in a sentence. Remember to use capitals and endpunctuation.
1. cowboy in the wild west
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2. two big rattlesnakes
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3. a mountain lion
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4. raised by coyotes
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5. the rocky canyon
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Name ________________________________________
You can sometimes tell something about a person orsituation even though it is not stated.
What is stated: Bill’s father wanted to movebecause the country was getting too crowded.
What we can tell: Bill’s father did not like havingpeople living near him.
INFERENCE
night laws strong cold honest
died hungry scared brave thirsty
1. Bill fought all the horse thieves and robbers.
Bill was ____________________ and respected the ____________________.
2. The horse had gone to horse heaven.
The horse had ____________________.
3. Bill wrestled the mountain lion until it was as tame as a cat.
Bill was ____________________ and ____________________.
4. The cowboys traveled by the light of the moon.
The cowboys traveled at ____________________.
5. Bill grabbed two handfuls of beans and the kettle of coffee.
Bill was ____________________ and ____________________.
6. Curley Joe sat on Pike’s Peak shivering and shaking.
Curley Joe was ____________________ and ____________________.
Read each sentence, then finish the statement under it with words from thebox.
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Name ________________________________________ ANALOGIES
Complete the puzzle with words that answer the clues.
Across 5. rattles are to snake as tusks are to ______
9. bullet is to gun as arrow is to ______
10. sun is to day as moon is to ______
11. sand is to desert as water is to _______
13. Texas is to state as United States is to _____
Down 1. cowboy is to horse as sailor is to ______
2. scarf is to neck as sock is to ______
3. living is to life as dying is to _____
4. west is to east as up is to ______
6. howling is to voice as hearing is to _____
7. wheels are to wagon as wings are to ______
8. beans are to eat as coffee is to ______
9. girl is to sister as boy is to _____
12. funny is to laugh as sad is to ______
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Name ________________________________________
In the sentences below, the idiom is in dark type.Find the meaning in the box below and write it on the line.
IDIOMS
Idioms are groups of words with special meanings.
Bill was not chicken-hearted when it came to fighting bad men.
(Bill was not afraid when it came to fighting bad men.)
1. Curley Joe said he would lend a hand rounding up the cattle. _________________
2. Mother Coyote kept her burrow spic and span. ____________________________
3. The cattle rustlers were caught napping by Bill and his men.
_________________________________________________________________
4. It was in the small hours when Bill fell from the wagon.
_________________________________________________________________
5. “I’ll get that robber by hook or by crook,” said Bill.
_________________________________________________________________
6. Bill’s family had been on the road six days when they came to the Pecos River.
_________________________________________________________________
7. The cowboys sat around the campfire telling each other fishy tales.
_________________________________________________________________
taken by surprise stories that might not be true
clean early in the morning
help traveling
any possible way
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Name ________________________________________ MAP READING
1. Bill was born near a creek in the middle of Texas.
What was the name of the creek?_______________________________________
2. Name the state just west of New Mexico. _________________________________
3. The Pecos River runs into what other river? _______________________________
4. Curley Joe and Bill were at Cactus Hill when Joe tried to ride Widow-maker. What
direction is Pike’s Peak from Cactus Hill? _________________________________
5. What country is south of New Mexico? ___________________________________
6. What direction would Bill go to travel from Cactus Hill to Turtle Creek? __________
7. From Cactus Hill, what direction is Greasewood Flats? ______________________
8. What ocean would Bill reach if he kept on traveling west? ____________________
_________________________________________________________________
COLORADO
CALIFORNIA
PACIFICOCEAN
MEXICO
NEVADA
ARIZONA
Cactus HillGreasewood
Flats
Pike’s Peak
Pecos RiverTurtle Creek
NEWMEXICO TEXAS
UTAH
N
S
EW
River
RioGrande
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Name ________________________________________
Look at each word in a lasso. Find three more words on the chuck wagonthat go with that word. Write them on the lines.
CLASSIFICATION
horses knife chaps stars quirt
cookhouse biscuits handgun hat
neckerchief buffalos coffee moon
saddlebag jailhouse stream bridle
steak lariat stable coyotes
saddle
beans
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
bunkhouse
________________________
________________________
________________________
cows
________________________
________________________
________________________
boots
rifle
campfire
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
1.
3.
5.
7.
6.
4.
2.
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PECOS BILL ACTIVITY BOOK 16 ©Remedia Publications
Name ________________________________________ LOGIC
1. Alkali Ike is wearing a black hat.
2. Arizona Kid is above and between Bullfrog Doyle and Pretty Pete Rogers.
3. The cowboy with a black mustache and beard is Cheyenne Charley.
4. Pretty Pete Rogers has blond, curly hair.
5. Bill’s best pal is Curley Joe.
6. Bullfrog Doyle has the biggest ears.
Which cowboy did Bill meet first?
1. It was not Curley Joe.
2. Pretty Pete Rogers and Alkali Ike were the second two cowboys Bill met.
3. Bill met Bullfrog Doyle after he met Curley Joe.
4. Cheyenne Charley became Bill’s friend the day he was out riding with the other fivecowboys.
The first cowboy Bill met was _________________________________________ .
Pictured below are some of Bill’s cowboy friends.
Read the clues and write their names under the pictures.
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Name ________________________________________
1. to fire a gun _______________________
2. to jump suddenly _______________________
3. to come back _______________________
4. to move from side to side _______________________
5. to leave one place and go to another _______________________
6. to jar or shake roughly _______________________
7. to do something for fun _______________________
8. to sit upon something and move _______________________
9. to carry on a battle _______________________
10. to cover with something _______________________
11. to trip or stagger _______________________
12. to utter a harsh, shrill cry _______________________
13. to take suddenly _______________________
14. to hurl or fling something _______________________
15. to shake or tremble _______________________
Choose the right verb from the box to replace each phrase below.Write it on the line.
VERBS
stumble sway ride grab leap
shiver shoot move wrap throw
return jolt fight play screech
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Name ________________________________________ PRONOUNS
Circle the pronouns in the sentences below.
1. He loaded up his wagon with their household goods.
2. She told him to jump on her back.
3. He played with them as if they were his brothers and sisters.
4. He took hold of it and stretched its body out like a 30-foot rope.
5. “Stranger, I was the boss, but you are now,” he said.
Write two sentences that include pronouns.
11. _________________________________________________________________
12. _________________________________________________________________
Write a pronoun on the line in each sentence.
6. Bill grabbed the coffee and drank ________________.
7. Baby Bill was gone and his family didn’t miss _______________for four weeks.
8. Mrs. Coyote kept ________________ pups in a burrow.
9. “_______________all will go to New Mexico,” Bill said to the men.
10. Bill grabbed the snakes and shook _______________.
I me my myself mine you your yourself yours he himhis she her hers it its we us our ours they them
their theirs themselves
Some Commonly Used Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
Example: Bill put the saddle on the lion.
He put it on him.! ! !
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Name ________________________________________ HOMONYMS
Write the correct homonym in each sentence.Numbers in the word list match the sentence numbers.
1. It was _______________ weeks before Bill’s parents missedhim.
2. Mrs. Coyote _______________ a child crying.
3. “You can be _______________ boss,” the men said to Bill.
4. He whipped _______________ snake into a 30-foot rope.
5. Bill did _______________ know he wasn’t a coyote.
6. Curley Joe thought Bill had a _______________ horse.
7. Widow-maker _______________ Curley Joe to Pike’s Peak.
8. It took five _______________ to reach the Pecos River.
9. Bill decided to go to _______________ Mexico.
10. The wagon wheels were made of _______________.
11. A dude from the East _______________ into town.
12. At first, Bill didn’t _______________ the mountain lion.
13. Bad men would _______________ the ranchers’ cattle.
14. Curley Joe sat _______________ shivering and shaking.
15. It was the funniest thing he had ever _______________.
Homonyms are words that sound the samebut have different spellings and meanings.
Example: ate eight
1. four/fore
2. herd/heard
3. our/hour
4. won/one
5. knot/not
6. grate/great
7. threw/through
8. daze/days
9. Knew/New
10. wood/would
11. road/rode
12. see/sea
13. steel/steal
14. there/their
15. scene/seen
WORD LIST
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Name ________________________________________ WORD DEFINITIONS
Find the definition for each underlined word.Write it on the line below the sentence.
1. There was a hedge around the bunkhouse.
_________________________________________________________________
2. After his long ride on the range, Bill was famished.
_________________________________________________________________
3. Bill’s fallen horse had a gash in its leg.
_________________________________________________________________
4. Two enormous rattlers crawled into Bill’s boots.
_________________________________________________________________
5. It is illegal to steal cattle.
_________________________________________________________________
6. Curley Joe was confident when he said he could ride Widow-maker.
_________________________________________________________________
7. The mountain lion pounced on top of Bill.
_________________________________________________________________
8. There had been a drought in Texas.
_________________________________________________________________
9. Riding Widow-maker was like riding a cyclone.
_________________________________________________________________
10. Curley Joe had a hankering to ride Bill’s horse.
_________________________________________________________________
against the law long time with no rainfence of bushes sure of himselfvery large size very hungrylong, deep cut strong, twisting winddesire to do something jumped down suddenly
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Name ________________________________________
If the sentence is a fact, circle the letter in the FACT column.
If the sentence is fiction, circle the letter in the FICTION column.
FACT OR FICTION
A FACT is something that really can happen or did happen.
FICTION is something that is made up; it did not really happen.
Write the letters you have circled on the linesbelow:
What did cowboys in the Old West call their cattle?
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
1. There were sixteen children in the family.
2. Mrs. Coyote told Bill to jump on her back.
3. A snake can be stretched into a 30-foot rope.
4. A cowboy can ride a bucking horse.
5. The mountain lion jumped on a man.
6. The horse threw Joe to the top of Pike’s Peak.
7. They promised to be friends forever and ever.
8. He drank a kettle full of boiling coffee.
9. It was as cold as a blizzard.
10. The coyotes thought Bill was their brother.
11. He sat there shivering and shaking.
12. Bill could lasso a whole herd at one time.
FACT FICTION
L
S
W
T
L
G
D
M
G
B
E
F
A
I
T
O
R
E
Y
O
C
I
H
S
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PECOS BILL ACTIVITY BOOK 22 ©Remedia Publications
Name ________________________________________ PROOFREADING
Proofreading means reading what you have written in order to find and correctmistakes. The sentences below have spelling and capitalization errors.
Number of capitalization errors found: ________
Number of spelling errors found: ________
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B AZ Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B AZ Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B AZ Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B AZ Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A
There are __ __ __ __ __ __ __ capitalization errors.
There are __ __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ spelling errors.
YOUR SCORE:
Use the code to find out how many mistakes are in the sentences.
Circle the mistakes and write the corrections above them.
1. Bill thought mrs. coyote was a nise-looking, hard-working muther coyote.
2. A big mountain lion wuz hiding under a boosh and looking at bill.
3. curley joe was Bill’s beast pal in the hole world.
4. Widow-maker bucked Curley Joe too the tope of pike’s peak.
5. Bill wos born in texas, and he had sixten sistors and bruthers.
6. The dude frum the East looked so funnie that bill begain to lafe.
7. The cowboys sed they wood go to new mexico with pecos Bill.
8. Baby bill fell owt of the wagun going ovor the pecos river.
21 18 21 7 22 22 13
7 4 22 13 7 2 12 13 22
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10.
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Name ________________________________________
Read the description of the American range saddle.Label the parts on the diagram.
At the front and top of the saddle is a knob called the POMMEL. Straps that hold the
saddle on the horse are cinches. There is a BACK CINCH and a FRONT CINCH. The
back part of the saddle that is curved upward is the CANTLE. Between the pommel
and cantle is the SEAT. The rider’s foot is supported by the STIRRUP. The stirrup is
attached to the saddle with a STIRRUP STRAP. A leather FLAP protects the horse’s
body from scraping by the stirrup strap. The saddle SKIRT rests on the horse’s back.
SADDLE STRINGS decorate the saddle skirt.
LABELING A DIAGRAM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Name ________________________________________ COMPREHENSION
1. Why did Pecos Bill’s father want to move farther west?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
2. What caused Baby Bill to fall from the wagon? _____________________________
_________________________________________________________________
3. How did Pecos Bill get his name? _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
4. After Bill fell from the wagon, why didn’t his parents miss him right away?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
5. Who found Baby Bill and took him to her home? ___________________________
_________________________________________________________________
6. How long did Bill live with the coyote family? ______________________________
_________________________________________________________________
7. What did the coyotes teach Bill? ________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
8. When did Bill discover he was not a coyote? ______________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Answer each question.
COMPREHENSION
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Name ________________________________________
Answer each question.
1. What crawled into Bill’s boots when he was resting near a forty-foot cactus?
_________________________________________________________________
2. Describe what Bill did to the snakes._____________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
3. Why did Bill decide to leave Texas and move westward? _____________________
_________________________________________________________________
4. What happened to Bill’s first horse when he was on his way to New Mexico?
_________________________________________________________________
5. What pounced on Bill as he was walking along the trail after his horse died?
_________________________________________________________________
6. What did Bill do after he tamed the mountain lion? __________________________
_________________________________________________________________
7. Who did Bill come upon while riding down the rocky canyon on the mountain lion?
_________________________________________________________________
COMPREHENSION
8. How did Bill become the boss of the cowboys he met?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
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Name ________________________________________ COMPREHENSION
Answer each question.
1. What did Bill and the cowboys do in New Mexico? __________________________
_________________________________________________________________
2. Which cowboy was Pecos Bill’s best pal? _________________________________
3. What was the name of Bill’s second horse? Why do you think that was its name?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
4. What did Curley Joe want to do that Bill did not want him to do? _______________
_________________________________________________________________
5. What happened when Curley Joe got on Widow-maker? _____________________
_________________________________________________________________
6. How did Bill rescue Curley Joe from Pike’s Peak? __________________________
_________________________________________________________________
7. How did Pecos Bill die?_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
8. Would you have liked to live in the Wild West? Why or why not? _______________
_________________________________________________________________
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Name ________________________________________
Pecos Bill
A tall tale has details that describethings as greater than they really are.
Write down at least three (3) examplesof exaggeration that were in the storyabout Pecos Bill.
Think of another way the story couldhave ended. Write the new ending.
COMPREHENSION
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Name ________________________________________
Pecos Bill
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Name ________________________________________ BOOK REPORT
Book Title: _____________________________________________________________
Main Character: _________________________________________________________
Where was he born? _____________________________________________________
What happened to him as a baby? __________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
How did his life change when he was ten years old? ____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
As a grown-up, what kind of work did he do? __________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Who was his best pal and what terrible thing happened to him? ___________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
How does the story end?__________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Complete this book report about a famous cowboy named Pecos Bill.Include as many important details as you can remember.
BOOK REPORT
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Answer Key
PECOS BILL ACTIVITY BOOK ©Remedia Publications
PG# PG#
3 1) wagon 2) saddle 3) snake 4) cowboy 5) river6) horse 7) boot 8) lasso 9) coyote 10) west
4 Furniture Words: chair, bed, table, couch JobWords: doctor, model, writer, farmer Quiet Words:sleep, whisper, calm, peace
5 1) scared 2) pick 3) bronco 4) leap 5) harm6) present 7) chubby 8) skinny
6 Across: 4) ask 8) mine 9) loud 10) together12) false 13) stranger 15) yell Down: 1) hot2) summer 3) none 5) light 6) always 7) aunt11) early 13) sell 14) give
7 1) isn’t 2) aren’t 3) wasn’t 4) weren’t 5) can’t6) won’t 7) is not 8) was not 9) were not 10) can not11) isn’t 12) aren’t 13) wasn’t 14) weren’t
8 Word Search
16 The first cowboy Bill met was the Arizona Kid.
17 1) shoot 2) leap 3) return 4) sway 5) move 6) jolt7) play 8) ride 9) fight 10) wrap 11) stumble12) screech 13) grab 14) throw 15) shiver
18 1) He, his, their 2) She, him, her 3) He, them, they, his4) He, it, its 5) I, you, he The following may havemore than one correct answer: 6) it 7) him8) her 9) We 10) them 11-12) Sentences will vary.
19 1) four 2) heard 3) our 4) one 5) not 6) great7) threw 8) days 9) New 10) wood 11) rode12) see 13) steal 14) there 15) seen
20 1) fence of bushes 2) very hungry 3) long, deepcut 4) very large size 5) against the law 6) sure ofhimself 7) jumped down suddenly 8) long time withno rain 9) strong, twisting wind 10) desire to dosomething
21 LITTLE DOGIES
22 Corrections: 1) Mrs., nice, mother 2) was, bush,Bill 3) Curley Joe, best, whole 4) to, top, Pike’sPeak 5) was, Texas, sixteen sisters, brothers6) from, funny, Bill, began, laugh 7) said, would,New Mexico, Pecos 8) Bill, out, wagon, over, PecosRiver 9) fifteen 10) twenty-one
23 1) pommel 2) stirrup strap 3) front cinch 4) flap5) seat 6) cantle 7) skirt 8) saddle strings9) back cinch 10) stirrup
24 1) It was becoming too crowded where they were.2) The wagon hit a bump in the river bed. 3) He waslost in Pecos country, so when he was older, he wascalled Pecos Bill. 4) There were so many childrenin the family, they didn’t know he was gone. 5) Mrs.Coyote 6) 10 years 7) how to hunt rabbits and howto howl at the moon 8) A cowboy came along andtold him he was not a coyote.
25 1) two big rattlesnakes 2) He whipped one until itstretched out like a thirty-foot rope. He wrapped onearound his neck and used the other for a quirt.3) He had gotten rid of all the bad men in Texas.4) It fell, broke its neck, and died. 5) a big mountainlion 6) saddled it and rode it 7) a group of cowboysby a campfire 8) He showed he was tougher thanany of them; ate hot beans and drank boiling coffee.
26 1) They rounded up cattle, rode the ranges together,and dealt out death to bad men. 2) Curley Joe3) Widow-maker. It was so wild it threw off any manbut Bill who tried to ride it. 4) ride his horse Widow-maker 5) The horse threw him so high he landed ontop of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. 6) threw a rope aroundCurley Joe’s shoulders and dragged him down 7) Hesaw a funny dude from the East and laughed himselfto death. 8) Answers will vary.
27 Answers will vary.
A P H I T C H E D U I K J I U N M B B
T R S A D D L N P A K C Y T O P A C K
T R E D F N C O Y O T E P P K S C V F
B U R R Q U I R G K U L M B E L K J R
U D S L U G F M N B W R E S T L I N G
R R E F I C V O P P O L K I T R E D Z
R I V E R L K U R T E F D V L F R S X
O G H V T Y T S A D D L E Q E U Y O B
W T R F G H T B V C D E F L K I J J M
Alphabetical Order: burrow, coyote, enormous,hitched, kettle, pack, quirt, river, saddle, wrestling
9 1) Pecos Bill was a cowboy in the wild, wild west.2) Mrs. Coyote decided to raise Bill. 3) Could PecosBill ride any horse? 4) Arizona Kid and Bullfrog Doylewere Bill’s friends. 5) How far did Bill’s bronco throwCurley Joe?
10 Sentences will vary.
11 1) honest, laws 2) died 3) brave, strong 4) night5) hungry, thirsty 6) cold, scared
12 Across: 5) elephant 9) bow 10) night 11) ocean13) country Down: 1) ship 2) foot 3) death4) down 6) ear 7) airplane 8) drink 9) brother 12) cry
13 1) help 2) clean 3) taken by surprise 4) early inthe morning 5) any possible way 6) traveling7) stories that might not be true
14 1) Turtle Creek 2) Arizona 3) Rio Grande 4) north5) Mexico 6) southeast 7) west 8) Pacific Ocean
15 1) hat, chaps, neckerchief 2) saddlebag, quirt, bridle3) handgun, lariet, knife 4) steak, biscuits, coffee5) stars, stream, moon 6) cookhouse, jailhouse, stable7) horses, buffalos, coyotes
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