Going West

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Going West

• A Changing America
• Unit 6, Lesson 5
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Vocabulary

• plodding
• parched
• sturdy
• jolted
• sentries

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plodding
The swaying wagons plodding animals, and
walking people stretched on along the trail for
almost a mile. The plodding child was always
last to get on the bus.
walk in a slow, heavy way
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parched

• It clogged the boys nose, parched his
  throat, and coated his face.
• The blazing sun parched the wilting flowers.
• made hot and very thirsty

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sturdy

• The wagon creaked and groaned, but it was
  still sturdy.
• Is the deck sturdy enough to support
• the heavy hot tub?
• strong

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jolted

• Hanging from a rope was a sealed pail of milk
  that bounced steadily as the wagon jolted along.
• The old roller coaster jolted up
• the slope.
• moved in a sudden, violent way

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sentries

• The pioneers had been up since the morning
  when the sentries started the day by firing their
  rifles.
• The sentries watched for intruders from the
  lookout tower.
• people stationed to keep watch guards

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Vocabulary

• plodding walk in a slow, heavy way
• parched made hot and very thirsty
• sturdy strong
• jolted moved in a sudden, violent way
• sentries people stationed to keep watch, guards
  

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Spelling Greek Roots

• tele (to write)
• logy (to speak)
• cycl (circle)
• graph (far off)

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tele (far off)

• television
• telegraph
• telethon
• telescope
• telegram

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logy (to speak)

• geology
• apology
• technology
• biology

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cycl (circle)

• tricycle
• bicycle
• recycle
• motorcycle

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graph (to write)

• autograph
• paragraph
• phonograph
• geography
• photograph
• graphics
• graph