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39 Week Vocabulary Lesson Plan Week #1: FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS for roots CEDE and CEPT

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Word bank for the sentences below (words are listed alphabetically): Please put your answers in the blanks within the sentences. The correct word choice answers are at the bottom of this page.

• CEDE-CESS - 11 words
• ancestor, antecedent, concede, exceed, precedent, process, recede, secede, succeed, succession, unprecedented

1. Don was forced to ____ that Jason's recollection of the canoe trip was much more accurate than his version.

2. Grandma told us about an ____ on her side of the family who had been an actual pirate on the high seas.

3. Every Wednesday morning Tim attended a ____ of college classes with only "passing" breaks until 1:00.

4. Since there had never been a ____,the Simpson's decided their family would be the first one on the block to start an annual block picnic.

5. Wasn't it amazing that the sickly puppy was able to ____the veterinarian's expectation and thrive with attentive care?

6. It took almost an hour to finish the ____ of filling out all the forms necessary for employment at the factory.

7. Conservationists made detailed notations that the bluff did ____ in the last year from the violent waves.

8. Everyone in the town assumed that the basketball player would ____ in earning a spot on the team because he practiced for hours every day.

9. The doctor needed to know about ____ illnesses in order to determine the underlying cause of this problem.

10. After much deliberation, one of the candidates for office chose to ____ from the race and devote his time to his family and local affairs.

11. As a result of the ____ drought, severe restrictions and penalties were placed on all water usage.

• CEPT-CIP-CAP - 8 words
• acceptance, anticipate, captive, emancipate, intercept, perceptive, receptive, reciprocate

1. When the local grower decided to ____ the shoots from the very small container, prolific flowers resulted!

2. Joan trusted her ____ instincts and decided to hurry to the hospital to see her father.

3. How did the police officer ever ____ that thief who ran so quickly from the mall?

4. Millie's ____ of the grim diagnosis was a tribute to her courage and intelligence.

5. Don't many students ____ sleeping late in the morning the day after their finals end?

6. At least one ____ was liberated from the dense jungles after a violent abduction by kidnappers.

7. Grandma was very ____ to a trip to a California wedding if a family member would travel with her.

8. After a delicious dinner with the Brown's, my family was eager to ____ with a great meal at our house!

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Find the Words: ["S138Level 1 WF"] -- ["S138Level 2 WF"] -- ["S138Level 3 WF"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S138Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S138Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S138Level 3-FITB"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S138Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Definition MATCH: ["S138Level 1-Match"] -- ["S138Level 2-Match"] -- ["S138Level 3-Match"]
Is It True or False?: ["S138Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 3 T/F"]
Contextual Stories: ["S138Level 1 Story"] -- ["S138Level 2 Story"] -- ["S138Level 3 Story"]

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