Here are the vocabulary terms I’ve identified (in order of appearance in the textbook). My list of words is larger than the number of highlighted words in the textbook. I’ve hyperlinked the terms to resources that I believe will assist students.
acre, definition #2; how big is an acre? adoptive (adoption) -I’d really explain the concept of adoption. appetizing also means looking good enough to eat attempts avocado brilliant, not in the "smart" sense chartered as in definition #2 circulating commotion, as in definition #4b; delicatedense, as in a
big crowd where people are grouped togetherendless parade,
a long line of people equivalent formerly furrows look like this guava Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)hysterically (means very
excited); as in, "They were yelling hysterically at the football game." interpreter, definition #1b irrigation ditch (look at definition #1a) looks like this jackfruit is a fruit found in Asia lumber, not wood but moving around ponderously (look at definition #2 of ponderously)main attraction, what everyone is looking at; for example, "During December,
Santa is often the main attraction at the mall." mischief mulberry is another popular plant nevertheless occasionally is another way of saying once in a while overwhelm as in definition c; here’s a picture of someone who feels overwhelmed.ox, (or
oxen, if you have two or more): an animal much like a cow (there are different kinds of oxen; for example, here’s a musk ox) papayas rafters (of the barn) look like thisrice paddies (
paddy)—Why not build a rice paddy or take a good look at a rice plant? Saigon silkworm soybeans are grown in many places around the world swarming as in definition #2a; compare with swarmed (as in definition #2a)