America’s People

Unit 6 Lesson 2New Hope

Created by Mrs. Perez-Vasquez

2nd Grade

Vocabulary and Definitions

Content Standard:Reading: Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.0Learning Objective:Today, you will read the selection vocabulary and definitions.

New Hope

Story written byHenri Sorensen.

Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction is a realistic story that takes place sometime in the past.

Story VocabularyDoe shed ferryBrisk Fabric leatherplains recycling adoptedcitizens

Vocabulary Definitions

The definition provides an explanation of the word.

Read the word and the definition.

Definitions

To find the definition of a word, a person may use a dictionary or a glossary.

The definition helps you understand the meaning of a word.

Doe

A female deer.

A doe and her fawn stood at the edge of the forest.

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Shed

To lose or drop. A small room used for storing things.

They build a shed for their horses .

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Ferry

A boat used to carry people, cars, and goods across a narrow body of water.

Peter build a small fairy.

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Brisk

Quick and lively.

Business was brisk. Lars’ ferry was the only way to cross the river for miles.

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Fabric

Cloth

Lars traveled to the nearest town to buy rope, shoes and fabric.

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Leather

Material made from the skin of an animalHeinrich built the New Hope Tannery to make the best leather gloves, saddles and boots .

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Recycling

Using throw away items for another purpose.

Jimmy loved the recycling dump .

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Recycling

My family loves recycling water bottles.

Plains

An area of flat land.

They traveled through forests and crossed the wide plains.

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Adopted

Past tense of adopt: to take care of as your own.

Peter and Mathilde adopted the dog and named him Fido.

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Citizens

Plural of citizen: a person who lives in a city or town.

Some people that traveled to New Hope became new citizens of the town.

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Concept Vocabulary

The concept word for this lesson is

Ancestors

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Ancestors

Plural of ancestor: Your ancestors are members of your family who lived a long time ago.

Concept Vocabulary

Who are some of your ancestors?

Ancestors

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