4/8/13
Greetings Room 12 Families....
I hope you all had an enjoyable break... I am sorry I had to be absent today, but we will be back on track tomorrow. Here is this week's vocabulary work.
And Then What Happened, Paul
Revere? Vocabulary
1. cargo- the freight carried by a
vehicle
2. colonies- territories governed
by a parent country (also the name of the thirteen territories that became the
original United states: Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey,
Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maryland,
South Carolina,
New Hampshire,
Virginia,
New York,
North Carolina,
and Rhode
Island.)
3. express- fast, direct
4. liberty - freedom from the
control of others
5. oppose - to act against
something or someone
6.
Patriot- a person who loves and defends his/her country (a colonist who was against the British rule
in the time of the Revolutionary War)
7. revolutionary - of or tending to
promote radical political or social change
8. sentries - soldiers who stand at
watch for danger or people without permission to pass
9.
taxes - fees for the support of government required to be paid by people
and businesses
10. militia - an army of citizens
who are not professional soldiers
11. congregation - a group of
people who regularly worship at a church
12. engraved - carved, cut or
etched into a material
13. dispatched - sent off to a
specific destination
14. overtake- to catch up with
15. succession- a sequence or
series
Monday:
Definitions
Tuesday:
Write a realistic or fantastical
Newspaper article using at least 10 of your vocabulary words.
Wednesday: Crossword puzzle
Thursday: Study for vocabulary test
Other Vocabulary to know…
but will not be tested.
*bookplates- labels posted inside books that show the
owner’s name
*porringers- shallow cups or bowls with handles
*ewers- large, wide-mouthed pitchers or jugs
*spurs- short spikes or sharp-toothed wheels attached to the
heels of a rider’s boots and used to urge a horse forward
*petticoat- a skirt or slip worn by girls and women as
undergarment
*volley- many shots fired at the same time
*green- a grassy area usually located at the center of a town or city
*lines- battle areas closest to the enemy
*foundry- a place where metals are cast and molded
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