1. Unit 5 Theme: Turning Points
Making a choice can change your life.
What are some important choices you have made in your life?
Who are some important historical figures whose choices have changed people’s lives?

2. Weekly Theme: Taking a Stand
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Weekly Theme: Taking a Stand
Talk about it: These people took a stand for equality in What is something in your life that you would take a stand on?

3. How have you shown defiance?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
defiance
Defiantly
defy
The willingness to fight or put up a challenge
How have you shown defiance?

4. How is something evident different from something confusing?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
evident
Evidence
Evidently
Clear to the sight or understanding
How is something evident different from something confusing?

5. What is a synonym or persistent?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
persistent
Persistence
Persist
persistently
Someone/thing continues on despite opposition or difficulty
What is a synonym or persistent?

6. What are some of your convictions?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
Convictions
Convict
Beliefs or morals
What are some of your convictions?

7. How can you fight oppression?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
oppression
Oppress
Oppressed
Unjust use of power or authority
How can you fight oppression?

8. How can momentum affect the outcome of events?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
Momentum
The strength gained through the development of events
How can momentum affect the outcome of events?

9. What remedies have you taken?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
remedies
Remedial
remediation
Medicines for curing disease
What remedies have you taken?

10. What is another meaning of resonated?
Unit 5 ● Week 5
Key Words
Resonated
Resound
echoed
What is another meaning of resonated?

11. Name: ___________________
Unit 4 ● Week 4
Vocabulary Assessment
Which of the following is accessible to most people:
1. president? Yes No
2. gold? Yes No
3. public library? Yes No
Which event could be described as bewildering:
4. ancient pyramids? Yes No
5. an easy math problem? Yes No
6. a 500-piece puzzle? Yes No
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE REPLACING THE UNDERLINED WORDS WITH
7/8. When the frozen pipe ruptured, the plumber uttered
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12. Name: ___________________
Unit 4 ● Week 4
Vocabulary Assessment
Would a typical 2 year old be able to say:
9. “tomorrow”? Yes No
10. “mommy”? Yes No
11. “juice”? Yes No
Which of the following can be severed?
12. trust? Yes No
13. telephone cord? Yes No
14. snow? Yes No
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE REPLACING THE UNDERLINED WORDS.
15./16. Getting mud in the car’s interior made the father very edgy.
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