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““The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”VocabularyVocabulary

claimleveerocker

prospectnugget

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claimclaim

In 1852 he joins his Uncle on a gold claim outside of San Francisco.

The gold prospectors built a shack on their claim.

Context clues

claim: a section of land declared as belonging to one person or group of people

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leveelevee

He decides to take his company to the Sacramento Delta to build levees.

The levee on the riverbank protected our town from flooding.

Context clues

levee: an embankment built along a river to keep the river from overflowing.

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rockerrocker

The only signs that humans had been here were the rotting rockers and ruined shacks.

During the Gold Rush, prospectors used rockers to separate gold from soil.

Context clues, word structure

rocker: a device used to separate gold from sand and dirt

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prospectprospect

This morning he told the Fox that he was going to stay and prospect. Uncle said he would search around here for a new claim.

During the Gold Rush, many people moved to California to prospect.

Context clues, word structure

prospect: to look for gold

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nuggetnugget

I said that the owner had probably thought there would be nuggets just waiting to be picked upriver. “Maybe even big as melons,” Uncle had to laugh.

Her favorite necklace was a gold nugget on a string.

Context clues

nugget: a solid lump

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Spelling patternSpelling pattern-ent -ent or or -ant-ant1. agent

2. tolerant

3. resident

4. present

5. assistant

6. different

7. permanent

8. prominent

9. apparent

10. dependent

11. confident

12. represent

13. violent

14. recent

15. continent

16. immigrant

17. important

18. protectant

19. insistent

20. hesitant

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Word KnowledgeWord KnowledgeWhat do these words have in common?

writing

glittering

spending

climbing

They all end in -ing. Words ending in –ing are the participle forms of verbs. They can function as verbs, adjectives, or

nouns (called gerunds).

Example: I was spending money (verb). I went on a spending spree (adj). Spending money frivolously is dangerous

(gerund).

Can you come up with your own examples of 3 sentences using the same word as a verb, adj., and gerund?

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Root word Root word mountmount

mount paramount mountain mountaineer

The root word mount comes from the Latin word montmons, meaning “to project or threaten”

Use the Latin root to develop your own definition of the word mount.

Can you think of other words that contain mount as either a noun or a verb?

Prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of root words. For example, mount means “a hill or rising of land,” and the prefix para- means “closely related to.” Therefore, paramount means

“something of high status” or “very important.”

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/ l/ spelled / l/ spelled -le-le

Uncle trample amble grumble regrettable

Can you think of other words that have this spelling?

Notice: a consonant precedes (comes before) this spelling.

BONUS QUESTION: Can you think of a suffix that contains this spelling pattern?

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Spelling PatternsSpelling PatternsWhat do these words have in common?

immigrant

protectant

insistent

hesitant

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-ing-ing words words

He was writing about spending the glittering gold.

What words have -ing?

Notice: Writing is used as a verb. When –ing words are used as verbs they always have a

helping verb. Helping verbs are forms of the verb “to be.”

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Root WordsRoot Words

It is paramount that the climber make it to the mountain peak before the sun sets.

Identify the words with the root word mount.

Can you make up your own sentence using these words?

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With a chuckle, Uncle copied me.

Which words have the / l/ sound spelled –le?

/ l/ spelled / l/ spelled -le-le

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Suffix Suffix -ant-ant

The Statue of Liberty was a welcome sight for an immigrant arriving in the United States.

Which word has the suffix -ant?