G7+2009+Vocabulary

There are many words you should know, but you will only be quizzed and have to work on the following words:

Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

An explanation for what to do for your vocabulary homework during 1st quarter can be found here.

However, you should be aware of the vocabulary you will find in the book Hatchet.

The 2nd quarter instructions and list for the vocabulary from Holes can be found here.

There is also a page to help you learn more about Latin and Greek Roots.

For the PET Exam, you will be expected to know ALL of the words listed here: YIKES!

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Week 1: February 2nd-6th

Respect - Treating others how you want to be treated Organization - Getting everything prepared for class Emphasize - Focusing on Eliminate - Getting rid of

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Week 2: February 9th-13th

Metacognition - Thinking about thinking Prior Knowledge - What you already know Modification - A change to make the work more do-able Enrichment - A change to make the work more challenging

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Week 3: February 16th-20th

Despair - a feeling of hopelessness Shelter - protection, especially from weather Starve - to die of hunger Jolt - a sudden, shocking movement Split - to break apart

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Week 4: February 26th-27th

NO VOCABULARY! HAPPY CARNAVAL!

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Week 5: March 2nd-6th

Thirst - needing to drink Wreck - the result of a crash--a plane or boat or car that has been destroyed Kneel - positioned on your knees Frantic - crazy, flustered Trap - a device for catching animals (or people!)

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Week 6: March 9th-13th

peninsula - land surrounded by water on three sides, like Florida range - a group of mountains in a line, like the Andes plateau - a large, flat-topped mountain plains - low, flat grasslands swamp - wetlands, marshes, where often you'll find mangroves

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Week 7: March 16th-20th tributary - a smaller branch of a river, which feeds into a larger river mouth (of a river) - where a river empties into a sea or ocean strait - a small narrow stretch of water between two larger bodies of water gulf - a large body of water partly surrounded by land harbor - a port, or a city on a sea or ocean where boats moor and stop

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Week 8: March 23rd-27th

precipitation - the amount of rain and snow that falls in a certain area. economy - the resources of a country or region and how the country uses those resources to produce wealth soil - the loose earth in which plants can grow agriculture - farming, or any related activities, like raising cattle density - thickness or compactness

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Week 9: March 30th-April 3rd No vocabulary- Test Week

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Week 10: April 6th-8th No vocabulary- Test Week

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Week 11: April 13th-14th No vocabulary -- Pessach

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Week 12: April 22nd-24th No vocabulary -- Short Week

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Week 13: April 27th-30th Important: Test THURSDAY not Friday!!!

should would could scale (geography/math) hook (writing)

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Week 14: May 4th-8th

ratio condition flora fauna punctual

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Week 15: May 11th-15th

manatee capture reef persecute/persecution cognate

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Week 16: May 18th-22nd

No vocab = Enjoy Recife!

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Week 17: May 25-28th

Holes Vocabulary

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Week 18: June 1st-5th

Holes Vocabulary

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Week 19: June 8th-10th

Holes Vocabulary

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Week 20: June 15th-19th

Holes Vocabulary

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Week 21: June 22nd-26th

Holes Vocabulary

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Week 22: June 29th-30th

Holes Vocabulary

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SECOND SEMESTER

All of the words for this semester are all of the words to study for the Cambridgetest.

Also, any words we encounter in Mythology or in Poetry, you should record in your Reader's Dictionary.