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Academic and Social Language Preview
Learning Targets
• Develop knowledge of a growing set of academic and social vocabulary to comprehend when reading and to create precision shades of meaning in one’s own speaking, and writing. PI.7.12a
• Use knowledge of morphology, context, and reference materials to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words. PI.7.6c
ACTIVITY 3.2
VoCABuLARY PREVIEW
assuming: (verb) thinking something is true
civilized: (adjective) having well-organized laws and rules
discarding: (verb) throwing something away
economy: (noun) the system where goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country explode: (verb) to expand very quickly
landfill: (noun) a place where trash is deposited
poisoning: (verb) putting something harmful into something
prohibit: (verb) to say that something is not allowed
scale: (noun) the size of something compared to something else
trash: (noun) things that people no longer want
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