~ Rating Scale ~
~ Target Word ~
~ Meaning ~
~ Sample Sentence ~
Use the Scale below to
rate your level of
understanding for
each Target Word.
Read the Target
Words. Rate each one
using the scale below.
Read the Sample
Sentence provided. Write
in the word meaning.
Use the context clues
provided in the sentence to
identify the meaning.
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Ambush (n.)
Ponder (v.)
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Hesitate (v.)
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Peril (n.)
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Complicated (adj.)
**Rating Scale
Level 1=I don’t know the word
Level 2=I’ve seen or heard it
Level 3=I think I know the word
Level 4=I know it and can use it
They waited to ambush
their enemies near the
road so their enemies
could not see them.
He pondered his
decision carefully
before announcing it.
The young man
dropped his weapon
and began to run, just
two or three quick
steps, then he
hesitated,…
It was not a matter of
live or die. There was
no real peril.
None of it mattered.
The words seemed far
too complicated to
understand.