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UNIT THEME Measurement


116


PART 1 Context Clues “Solving Math Word Problems” . . . . . . 116


Context Clues Strategy: Look for How Something Is Done . . . . 117 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119


Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . 121


PART 2 Latin Roots: equ, min, ple


“Measuring Our Atmosphere: The Ozone Layer” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . 123 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Use Roots and Prefixes: ad-, de- . . . . 125


Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . 127


PART 3 Reference Skills: Pronunciation


“A Balancing Act: Crop Farming” . . . . . 128 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . 129 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . 133


PART 4 Review Categorize the Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Review Unit Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . 135


Taking Vocabulary Tests: Test-Taking Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Play with Language/Speak It!. . . . . . . . . . 137


7Good and Bad UNIT THEME


138


PART 1 Context Clues “Scary Fun: Disaster Films” . . . . . . . . . . 138


Context Clues Strategy: Look for What Kind of Object, Concept, or Action the Word Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139


Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It!. . 143


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PART 2 Latin Roots: horr, ject, mal “Do Your Duty: Serving on a Jury” . . . . 144 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . 145 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Use Roots and Prefixes: ab-, ob- . . . . 147 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . 149


PART 3 Reference Skills: Use a Dictionary: Looking Up Base Words


“Lance Armstrong: Cancer Survivor and Athlete” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150


Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . 151 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It!. . 155


PART 4 Review


Categorize by Connotation . . . . . . . . . 156 Review Unit Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . 157


Taking Vocabulary Tests: Test-Taking Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Build New Words: Suffixes/Speak It! . . . 159


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UNIT THEME Place and Position 160


PART 1 Context Clues “Famous Loners: Living Apart” . . . . . . . 160


Context Clues Strategy: Look for What the Word Is Compared With . . . 161 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It!. . 165


PART 2 Latin Roots: clo, clu, clud, join, junc, ext, extr


“Small Spaces and Crowded Places: More Than Fear” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166


Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . 167 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Use Roots and Prefixes: dis- . . . . . . . 169 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . 171


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