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Vocabulary Building

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Use primary text documents to learn word roots. Learners listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence and highlight words they don't know. They compile these words and guess their meanings. They discuss roots, prefixes, suffixes, and pronunciations. They look up the words in a dictionary. Great in-context vocabulary study.

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context, meanings, words, ccss.ela-literacy.l.11-12.3, ccss.ela-literacy.l.11-12.4, ccss.ela-literacy.11-12.6, english language arts
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Grade
7th - Higher Ed
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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