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“Sewed Up His Heart”
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 3: From Mystery to Medicine
fatal
suture
colleagues
condemnation
anesthesia
incision
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Selection Vocabulary: fatal
Use context clues, word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.
Heart wounds were usually considered fatal. (pg. 229)
The accident was not fatal. The driver survived.
fatal (adjective)—something that causes a person or animal
to die
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Selection Vocabulary: suture
Use context clues, word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.
“Any surgeon who would attempt to suture a wound of
the heart,” the surgeon wrote, “is not worthy of the
serious consideration of his colleagues.” (pg. 229)
It took six stitches to suture the cut on Marissa’s leg.
suture (verb)—stitch together a wound
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Selection Vocabulary: colleagues
Use context clues, word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.
“Any surgeon who would attempt to suture a wound of
the heart,” the surgeon wrote, “is not worthy of the
serious consideration of his colleagues.” (pg. 229)
Grandma’s colleagues came to the party to celebrate
her retirement from nursing.
colleagues (noun)—people who work together in
the same profession
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Selection Vocabulary: condemnation
Use context clues, word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.
If he opened the chest and Cornish died anyway, there
would be certain condemnation from medical groups.
(pg. 230)
Hannah’s condemnation made Lena regret her unkind
words.
condemnation (noun)—strong disapproval
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Selection Vocabulary: anesthesia
Use context clues, word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.
He walked over and looked down at Cornish, now under
the effects of anesthesia. (pg. 231)
The patient was given anesthesia so she would not feel
anything during surgery.
anesthesia (noun)—something that causes people
or animals not to feel pain during an operation
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Selection Vocabulary: incision
Use context clues, word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.
Quickly, Dr. Dan made the incision, lengthening the
stab wound to the right. (pg. 232)
The doctor stitched the small incision above the child’s
eye.
incision (noun)—cut
Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary
Background
biography of a famous historical figure
 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856 -1931)
famous for performing the first successful heart surgery.
founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago (1891)
--first interracial hospital and training center for AfricanAmericans
Dr. Williams performed a heart surgery that saved his
patient, James Cornish. His courage to perform an operation
that had never been performed before saved the lives of
untold numbers of patients.

Vuthny Prak
Palmetto Elementary