Me and Uncle Romie

Worried or anxious

• glorious

• concerned

• smeared

• ruined

a program of events, appointments or classes

• studio

• model

• streak

• schedule

to mark or become marked with lines

• streak

• model

• yanked

• smeared

to damage beyond repair; wreck

• glorious

• feast

• ruin

• yanked

a fancy meal or banquet

• feast

• model

• studio

• glorious

to pull with sudden or sharp movement

• streak

• smear

• yanked

• ruined

having great beauty; magnificent

• feast

• concerned

• streak

• glorious

to become spread or blurred

• streak

• feast

• ruin

• smeared

the place where an artist works

• studio

• office

• bedroom

• model

How does James feel at the beginning of the story?

• Lucky to be leaving home

• Angry about missing his birthday

• Nervous about going to New York City

• Happy to be visiting Uncle Romie