Lesson 8

ancestor

• being close by or useful to accomplish a specific purpose

• a person in someone’s family who lived a long, long time ago

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

convenient

• being far away

• being close by or useful to accomplish a specific purpose

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

iron horse

• a nickname for the first locomotives

• a horse that is made of iron

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

spanned

• something that is very short

• covered the length of something from one end to the other

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

transcontinental railroad

• a railroad system that stretches all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast of the continental United States

• a railroad that goes to every country

What was the main idea of this passage?

• the pony express

• the transcontinental railroad

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why did people decide to build a transcontinental railroad?

• trains were faster and cheaper

• they thought steam boats were ugly

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

How would you describe the people who worked on the transcontinental railroad?

• happy, excited, energetic

• tough, tired, overworked

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9