*** When a word is not in the dictionary, use the closest well known meaning. Antonyms are thought of by the student. Synonyms are found in the theasuarus- if not, then use what you know to be a synonym. Merriam Webster Online is good too.

 

** Sentences are in compound (a subject and verb plus a conjunction and a subject and verb) OR a complex format ( an independent clause and a dependent clause) and tells the reader of the sentence that the students can demonstrate knowledge of the word in context. For example: John joined the picket line with the other demonstrators, so he could protest the unfair wages of the workers in the factory.

(yes, it is a 6th grade standard, and this has been modeled many times- amazing stuff!).

 

 

Unit 2- Ancient Civilizations

 

Lesson 1- Digging Up the Past

1. site
2. archaeologist
3. artifact
4. excavate
5. sift

Lesson 2- The Search for Early Americans

1. impoverished
2. prehistoric
3. fraud
4. preserve
5. ancestor

Lesson 3-  Island of the Bulls

1. presumed
2. civilization
3. curious
4. enlightened
5. oblivion

Lesson 4- The People on the Beach

1. anthropologist
2. dank
3. balustrade
4. sulphur
5. eruption
6. excavation

 

Lesson 5- The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

1. blockade
2. inscription
3. equivalents
4. associated
5. translate

 

Lesson 6- His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut

1. ewers
2. fetters
3. palanquin
4. curtailed
5. augmented

Lesson 7-The Silk Route

1. artisans
2. caravan
3. laden
4. mingle
5. cosmopolitan