Unit stems 9-6

Biology -

• the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light

• the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person

• a science that deals with things that are alive, such as plants and animals; the study of life

• a tiny particle of light or electromagnetic radiation

Philanthropist-

• a wealthy person who gives money and time to help make life better for other people

• a US city founded by William Penn, a Quaker who believed in peace

• the study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life; your personal beliefs or opinions related to life

• a person who loves or collects books

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Hospitable-

• a name a person, such as a writer, uses instead of his or her real name

• a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word

• a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment and where babies are often born

• generous and friendly to guests or visitors

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Hostile-

•  not friendly; having or showing unfriendly feelings; harsh or unpleasant

• a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed

• not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown

• a word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Contentious-

• a reason for doing something

• likely to cause people to argue or disagree

• the act or power of carefully thinking about, listening to, or watching someone or something

• the amount that something is stretched; an uneasy feeling that makes it difficult to relax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Motive-

• to make something smaller or shorter; to become smaller

• the condition of being eager to act or work

• a reason for doing something

• able to move from one place to another

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Allocate-

• a place or position

• to force someone or something to move from a place or position

•  relating to or occurring in a particular area, city, or town; located or living nearby

• to divide and give out (something) for a special reason or to particular people, companies, or groups

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Chronological-

• arranged in the order of time that the events occurred or took place

• a description of events in the order that they happened

• a device (like a stopwatch) that is used for measuring and recording time 

  in a very exact way

•  to occur in a habitual, repeated, or long-standing manner

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C