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1. Word Activities for Unit 7 (part 1)
This TextGenome report provides word activities for each reading, to help students practice vocabulary.
What does the word domesticate mean?
to speak low and indistinctly
perform by tossing and catching several objects at once
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
What does the word ancient mean?
very old
full; total
ordinary
What does the word scholar mean?
a storm with very high winds and heavy rain
the part of a truck where the driver sits
a person with much knowledge; an authority
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
When America was young, its soil was .
arab
severe
eager
fertile
What does the word civilization mean?
a piece of stone or metal that attracts iron or steel
a waterway built across land for navigation or irrigation
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious
organizations)
What does the word development mean?
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
the forces of atmosphere, such as rain or wind
where a river empties into a larger body of water
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2. Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
The members of a farm worked the land together.
generous
hind
collective
monthly
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
When we speak of life, we sometimes speak of fossils.
specific
ancient
yellow
soft
What does the word culture mean?
a part played
civilization
a large room
What does the word agriculture mean?
a large-scale farming enterprise
an actual fact, thing, or event
a writing tool that contains lead
What does the word society mean?
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
football player who snaps the ball to the quarterback
a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
A field of daisies is a plant .
thousands
ice
population
pressure
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
A "symbol" is something used to another item.
represent
sought
employed
leaned
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3. What does the word historian mean?
a long narrow container with food or water for animals
the ability to share another's interests and feelings
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
What does the word represent mean?
to express in symbols
said or written down
to be owned by someone
What does the word evidence mean?
a chemical compound that seasons and preserves food
that from which the young of some organisms develop
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
What does the word collective mean?
done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
pertaining or related to a something built
by chance; without a pattern
What does the word complex mean?
too flashy
unusually
not simple
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
Primary growth is also responsible for the of branches, leaves, and flowers.
view
bottom
population
development
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
Eventually he learned to cultivate plants and to animals.
kindle
cashing
domesticate
disfigured
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4. What does the word population mean?
a mass of land rising to a great height
flakes of frozen water falling from the sky
the people who inhabit a territory or state
What does the word fertile mean?
capable of reproducing
not bright or clear
rough; disorderly; rowdy
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vocabulary and world knowledge. Once kids love to read they read more and become proficient readers and thus great
learners. We implement a research-based systematic approach to help kids learn the words they need to know as well as the
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5. Word Activities for Unit 7 (part 1)
Key
This TextGenome report provides word activities for each reading, to help students practice vocabulary.
What does the word domesticate mean?
to speak low and indistinctly
perform by tossing and catching several objects at once
x adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
What does the word ancient mean?
x very old
full; total
ordinary
What does the word scholar mean?
a storm with very high winds and heavy rain
the part of a truck where the driver sits
x a person with much knowledge; an authority
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
When America was young, its soil was fertile .
arab
severe
eager
fertile
What does the word civilization mean?
a piece of stone or metal that attracts iron or steel
a waterway built across land for navigation or irrigation
x a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious
organizations)
What does the word development mean?
x act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
the forces of atmosphere, such as rain or wind
where a river empties into a larger body of water
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6. Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
The members of a collective farm worked the land together.
generous
hind
collective
monthly
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
When we speak of ancient life, we sometimes speak of fossils.
specific
ancient
yellow
soft
What does the word culture mean?
a part played
x civilization
a large room
What does the word agriculture mean?
x a large-scale farming enterprise
an actual fact, thing, or event
a writing tool that contains lead
What does the word society mean?
x an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
football player who snaps the ball to the quarterback
a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
A field of daisies is a plant population .
thousands
ice
population
pressure
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
A "symbol" is something used to represent another item.
represent
sought
employed
leaned
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7. What does the word historian mean?
a long narrow container with food or water for animals
the ability to share another's interests and feelings
x a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
What does the word represent mean?
x to express in symbols
said or written down
to be owned by someone
What does the word evidence mean?
a chemical compound that seasons and preserves food
that from which the young of some organisms develop
x your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
What does the word collective mean?
x done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
pertaining or related to a something built
by chance; without a pattern
What does the word complex mean?
too flashy
unusually
x not simple
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
Primary growth is also responsible for the development of branches, leaves, and flowers.
view
bottom
population
development
Use one of the given choices to fill in the blank.
Eventually he learned to cultivate plants and to domesticate animals.
kindle
cashing
domesticate
disfigured
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8. What does the word population mean?
a mass of land rising to a great height
flakes of frozen water falling from the sky
x the people who inhabit a territory or state
What does the word fertile mean?
x capable of reproducing
not bright or clear
rough; disorderly; rowdy
TextGenome
The goal for TextGenome is to help kids love reading by using books, articles and passages that match their individual interests,
vocabulary and world knowledge. Once kids love to read they read more and become proficient readers and thus great
learners. We implement a research-based systematic approach to help kids learn the words they need to know as well as the
system of language - word families, concept networks - in which words are used. To learn more about TextGenome, visit
www.textgenome.org.
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