Unit 2: Lesson 10

This list features words from "Children of the Midnight Sun" (literary nonfiction) and Native American poetry.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6, Unit 2's texts from HMH's Scope and Sequence series: Lesson 6, Lesson 7, Lesson 8, Lesson 9, Lesson 10, Freedom Walkers

Here are links to all the 2014 Journeys units: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6
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  1. lore
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  2. abundance
    the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
  3. lush
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  4. teeming
    abundantly filled with especially living things
  5. altered
    changed in form or character without becoming something else
  6. sophisticated
    having worldly knowledge and refinement
  7. retain
    secure and keep for possible future use or application
  8. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  9. cultural
    relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
  10. heritage
    practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
  11. ceremony
    a formal event performed on a special occasion
  12. generation
    group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
  13. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  14. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
  15. inspiring
    stimulating or exalting to the spirit
  16. idle
    not in action or at work
  17. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
Created on Fri May 13 11:02:03 EDT 2016 (updated Fri May 13 14:48:34 EDT 2016)

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