Unit 5.5.4 Journey to the Center of the Earth Genre: Science Fiction Vocabulary Words: Spelling Words: armor any kind of protective covering project – audience encases covers completely; encloses – decade extinct no longer existing – territory hideous very ugly; frightful; horrible – auditorium plunged fell or moved suddenly downward or forward – terrier serpent snake, especially a big snake – decimal More Words to Know: injection calculations careful thinking; deliberate plans – December ichthyosaurus a large fishlike reptile, now extinct, that lived in the sea – reject plesiosaurus any of several large sea reptiles that lived about 200 – eject million years ago terrace caverns large caves – chambers enclosed spaces – decimeter stalactites mineral formations shaped like icicles hanging from a cave – audition roof audible stalagmites mineral formations shaped like cones coming up from the – decathlon floor of a cave terrarium Spelling: Comprehension Skill: dejected Latin Roots Cause and Effect terrain terra cotta Grammar: Comprehension Strategy: subterranean Comparative and Superlative Summarize conjecture Adjectives trajectory Science Standards: terrestrial Writing Trait of the Week: Dinosaurs Earth’s Layers
Unit 5.5.4 Journey to the Center of the Earth Genre: Science Fiction Vocabulary Words: armor – any kind of protective covering encases – covers completely; encloses extinct – no longer existing hideous – very ugly; frightful; horrible plunged – fell or moved suddenly downward or forward serpent – snake, especially a big snake Spelling Words: project audience decade territory auditorium terrier decimal injection December reject eject terrace decimeter audition audible decathlon terrarium dejected terrain terra cotta subterranean conjecture trajectory terrestrial More Words to Know: calculations – careful thinking; deliberate plans ichthyosaurus – a large fishlike reptile, now extinct, that lived in the sea plesiosaurus – any of several large sea reptiles that lived about 200 million years ago caverns – large caves chambers – enclosed spaces stalactites – mineral formations shaped like icicles hanging from a cave roof stalagmites – mineral formations shaped like cones coming up from the floor of a cave Spelling: Latin Roots Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Writing Trait of the Week: Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Science Standards: Dinosaurs Earth’s Layers
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