This slideshow is not my original work. It was adapted and modified from Brent Coley at www.mrcoley.com. Thank you Mr. Coley!

1. Michelle Kwan:
Heart of a Champion
Key Vocabulary
Houghton Mifflin Reading
Theme 2 – Give It All You’ve Got
Adapted by Patrick Holt, 2012 from © Brent Coley 2008 |

2. Use the context
clues from the
sample sentences
to help you define
the following
vocabulary.

3. amateur

4. amateur
Sample Sentence:
Bob competed in golf
tournaments as an
amateur before
turning professional.

5. amateur
Definition:
n. Someone who
engages in a sport or
other activity without
being paid

6. artistic

7. artistic
Sample Sentence:
The ballerina gave a
very artistic
performance.

8. artistic
Definition:
adj. Showing skill
and good taste

9. audience

10. audience
Sample Sentence:
The audience stood
up and cheered after
the player scored a
touchdown.

11. audience
Definition:
n. The people
gathered to see and
hear a performance

12. compete

13. compete
Sample Sentence:
Susan is training
very hard so she can
compete in the track
meet next month.

14. compete
Definition:
v. To take part in a
contest

15. choreographer
s

16. choreographer
s
Sample Sentence:
The choreographers
designed the most
recent dance
moves.

17. choreographer
s Definition:
n. people who
design or plan
dance (or figure
skating)

18. distributed

19. distributed
Sample Sentence:
The teacher
distributed the
math tests
amongst the
students.

20. distributed
Definition:
v. spread out

21. elements

22. elements
Sample Sentence:
There are many
different elements of
a figure skating
program.

23. elements
Definition:
n. The parts of
which something is
made up

24. gnarled

25. gnarled
Sample Sentence:
The ancient oak
tree had a rough
and gnarled trunk.

26. gnarled
Definition:
adj. knobby, twisted

27. judge

28. judge
Sample Sentence:
The judge gave the
figure skater a
perfect score.

29. judge
Definition:
n. A person who
decides who wins a
contest

30. presentation

31. presentation
Sample Sentence:
Jeff received an “A”
for his oral
presentation on
Abraham Lincoln.

32. presentation
Definition:
n. Performance

33. pressure

34. pressure
Sample Sentence:
Allison felt a lot of
pressure when she
realized she needed
to make her final

35. pressure
Definition:
n. Urgent or forceful
demand

36. required

37. required
Sample Sentence:
We have all of the
required equipment
for our camping trip.

38. required
Definition:
adj. Necessary or
essential (not an
option)

39. technical

40. technical
Sample Sentence:
The judges scored
her on the technical
parts of her dance
routine.

41. technical
Definition:
n. Having to do with
technique