UNIT 1 READING 2 "Riding Freedom."

Riding Freedom.

Literary Words

• plot: the sequence of related events in a
story
• conflict: a problem to be solved in a piece of

literature

Academic Words

• achieved = succeeded in doing 

  something, especially by working hard 

➡ Women achieved the right to vote in 1920.

• attitudes = thoughts or feelings about

something or someone 

➡ In the 1800s, some men had negative attitudes

about women and their desire to vote.

• discrimination = unfair treatment of some 
  people because of their race, ethnic group, 
  religion, or gender

➡

In the 1800s, discrimination kept women from

voting and purchasing land.

• illegal = not allowed by law 

➡ A long time ago, it was illegal for women to 

vote in presidential elections.

Highlighted 

Words

• stock tender, take care of horses and cattle
• folks, parents
• registered, officially enrolled
• sound, practical, based on good judgment
• corral, pen for horses or cattle
• hitched, tied
• mustang, small wild horse
• polls, place for voting
• errands, short trips to buy something
• ruination, destruction, downfall
• politics, the issues of running a country
• registrar, official who records votes
• ballot, piece of paper that you use to vote
• Democrat, member of one of the two major political parties in the United States
  • the Democratic party
• Republican, member of the other major political party, the Republican party
• qualified, capable
• charioteer, driver of an ancient vehicle called a chariot
• deeds, official papers that say who owns a piece of land
• way station, rest stop
• federal, governmental

To Double, or Not to Double the Consonant

Prefixes adjust to the first letter of the base word to make 

pronunciation easier. Pronunciation is also the reason for base words to adjust

to the first letter of an ending. Point out that doubling the consonant before

adding -ed or -ing assures that the vowel sound of the base word remains short.

Compare the past tense of the verb hop, which contains a short o, with the past

tense of the verb hope, which contains a long o. Write the two words on the 

board and demonstrate the different o sounds: hopped versus hoped. Quite 

simply, the double consonant helps distinguish the two words.