Following are the complete contents of the grade 7 Word Wisdom program. Unit 6 is included in this Lesson Sampler to illustrate the format of the instruction that is common to all units in grades 3–8.


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UNIT THEME The Life Cycle


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PART 1 Context Clues “Changing Plants: New Life Forms” . . . . . . 6


Context Clues Strategy: Look for the Location or Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 11


PART 2 Latin and Greek Roots: gen, mort, nasc, nat


“The Future of Science: It’s in Our Genes” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12


Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 13 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Use Roots and Prefixes: pre-, re- . . . . . 15 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . . 17


PART 3 Reference Skills: Guide Words


“Beginning in Your Own Backyard: Save the Earth” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18


Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 19 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 23


PART 4 Review Find the Root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Review Unit Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25


Taking Vocabulary Tests: Test-Taking Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26


Build New Words: Suffixes: -ment, -ity, -al, -ly/Speak It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27


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UNIT THEME Work and Money


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PART 1 Context Clues “Money Mistakes” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28


Context Clues Strategy: Look for Definitions, Descriptions, or Synonyms . . 29


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Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 33


PART 2 Latin Roots: pend, pens, pond, empt, miss, mitt


“Your Savings: Money for the Future” . . 34 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 35 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Use Roots and Prefixes: com-, ex-, pro- 37 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . . 39


PART 3 Reference Skills: Encyclopedias


“Building Dreams: Habitat for Humanity” 40 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 41 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 45


PART 4 Review Categorize the Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Review Unit Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47


Taking Vocabulary Tests: Test-Taking Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Play with Language/Speak It!. . . . . . . . . . . 49


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UNIT THEME Sight


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PART 1 Context Clues “Animal Eyes” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50


Context Clues Strategy: Look for What the Word Is Contrasted With . . . 51 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 55


PART 2 Latin Roots: vis, vid, spec, spect, spic


“A Glittering Sight: California Gold” . . . . 56 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 57 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58


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