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There’s an excitement to finding something valuable.
goldobjects
commander
soldiers
The Spanish captured the lnca king and tried to get their gold, their treasure.
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Vocabulary
Lesson 9A
deal
(n.) an agreement with someone
demand
(v.) to ask for something in a strong, forceful way
amount
(n.) hoe much there is of something
receive
(v.) to get something when someone gives or sends it to you
kill
(v.) to cause another living thing to die
account
(n.) a report, an explanation
instructions
(pl. n.) information on how to do something
describe
(v.) to say what something is like or what happened
incredible
(adj.) unbelievable, amazing
author
(n.) the person who wrote something like a book or poem
letter
(n.) a written or printed message that is usually put in an envelope and sent by mail
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receive
amountdeal
demand
describe
killed
instructions
accounts
incredible
receivesletters
Africa
U.S.A.New York (U.S.A) and Thailand
Japan
13 people of whom 9 had bad luck
King Louis XVI and his wife, Francis Hope and his family, Evalyn Mclean and her family, James Todd and his wife
Lesson 9BClick here to enlarge the passage
Vocabulary
Lesson 9B
quality
(n.) the measure of how good or bad something is
naterial
(n.) what something is made of
expensive
(adj.) costs a lot of money
link
(v.) to connect two things or pieces of information
financial
(adj.) having to do with money
opportunity
(n.) a chance, a possibility to do something you want to do
present
(adj.) about things and people who exist now
supposed
(adj.) accepted as true, but doubtful
reject
(v.) to disagree or say no to something
accept
(v.) to agree or say yes to something
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d
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a
supposed
acceptedexpensive
presently
financial
quality
accept
opportunity
link
reject
material
finally
incredible
quality amount
instructions
demanded
opportunity
described
1 and 2. Answers will vary.
For More Information
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/ancient/lost-inca-gold.html
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/03/01/html/ft_20020301 . 1 .html
Key Words for Internet Research
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Pachacuti
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Anne Frank Hope Diamond Valverde’s Gold
Bactrian Horde Inca Empire
Reading SkillsReading Skills
Understanding the Main Idea
• Once we've determined the text type of a passage, and what it's generally about, we usually then read on to understand the main idea of the passage. In other words: What is the writer basically telling us? Or, What is the writer's main message? Understanding the main idea of a text means being able to identify the most important point or information in the passage.
Identifying Details• Identifying details in a text to answer specific
questions (eg: who, what, when, where, why) is often achieved through a strategy known as ‘Scanning’ for details. This is actually a technique often used in daily life when looking up a word in the telephone book or dictionary. Also when you read a newspaper, you're probably not reading it word-by-word, instead you're scanning the text for important information of interest.
Understanding Reference
• Understanding reference in a text is an important reading skill which involves focusing on specific meaning of ‘pronoun references’ used throughout a passage (eg: this, those, their, it). This is an important skill to help develop full comprehension of significant details of a section of a passage which refer back to previous statements made.
Paraphrasing
• Paraphrasing involves the skill of identifying a restatement of a section in a passage that retains the basic meaning while changing the words, often explained in a more simplified form. A paraphrase often clarifies a more ambiguous original statement in the text by putting it into alternative words that are often more easily understood.
Reading for Gist
• Reading for gist is reading to get a general sense of what a reading passage is basically about. In other words, we read to understand the main topic, or theme of the passage. For example, a reading passage might basically be about a new type of technology, or a tourist's vacation trip, or a story about a fictional character.
Recognizing Sequence
• Recognizing sequence refers to the specific reading skill of being able to organize the events of a story in time order which can help you understand the information more easily. It is common to use ‘graphic organizers’ to more clearly and visually list the order or sequence of events in a passage or a story in chronological or time order.
Making Inferences
• When we read a text, the author does not tell us everything. Therefore, we must be able to guess some things and make clear assumptions from the information, facts, opinions and author’s feelings presented in the passage. Such a process of guessing and critical thinking is called ‘Making inferences’