Fourth GradeFourth GradeUnit 6 Week 1Unit 6 Week 1

My

Brother

Martin

Words to Knowgenerations

pulpit

minister

shielding

avoided

numerous

ancestors

All people born about the same time; about thirty

years

generationspulpit

ministershieldingavoided

numerousancestors

generations

Member of the clergy;

spiritual advisor; pastor

ministergenerationspulpit

ministershieldingavoided

numerousancestors

To keep away from; keep out of the way of

avoidedgenerations

pulpitministershieldingavoided

numerousancestors

Person from whom you are descended, such as your

great-grandparents

ancestorsgenerationspulpit

ministershieldingavoided

numerousancestors

Platform or raised

structure in a church from

which the minister preaches

pulpitcuriositygloriousgraniteruins

terracedthicketstorrent

Very many

numerousgenerationspulpit

ministershieldingavoided

numerousancestors

Protecting; defending

shieldinggenerations

pulpitministershieldingavoided

numerousancestors

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The minister’s voice came from the pulpit.

microphoneplatform

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

We avoided driving through large cities on our trip.

kept away fromtried

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

There are three generations in a century.

thirty yearsfamilies

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

Their ancestors had come to the United States in 1812.

great-grandparentsbrothers

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

They found ways of shielding the runaway slaves.

protectingcapturing

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

That took a long, terrible war in which numerous people died.

fewa lot

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

It took a courageous minister to speak out and work for change.

pastorpresident

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