Unit 6: Lesson 30

This list features words from "Storm Chasers" and "Whiteout! The Great Blizzard of 1888" (both are informational texts). This lesson also covers the poems "Weather," "In the Night," "Snow," and "The Wind," the novels "Esperanza Rising" (click here) and "Brian's Winter," and the informational text about "Tracking Trash."

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6, Unit 6's texts from HMH's Scope and Sequence series: Lesson 26, Lesson 27, Lesson 28, Lesson 29, Lesson 30

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. desert
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  2. dessert
    a dish served as the last course of a meal
  3. hardy
    having rugged physical strength
  4. hearty
    endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
  5. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  6. morale
    a state of individual psychological well-being
  7. personal
    concerning an individual or his or her private life
  8. personnel
    group of people willing to obey orders
  9. formally
    in accord with established conventions and requirements
  10. formerly
    at a previous time
  11. healthy
    free from infirmity or disease
  12. healthful
    conducive to good functioning of body or mind
  13. precede
    be earlier in time
  14. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  15. conscious
    having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  16. conscience
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  17. immigrate
    come into a new country and change residency
  18. emigrate
    leave one's country of residence for a new one
  19. homophone
    a word pronounced the same with another meaning or spelling
  20. sympathy
    sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish
  21. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  22. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  23. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
Created on Fri May 13 12:23:10 EDT 2016 (updated Fri May 13 16:55:15 EDT 2016)

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