“The Pot That Juan Built"
(1st) Copy the definition,
(2nd) sample sentence and
(3rd) make your own sample sentence)
1. abundant When something is abundant it is present in large quantities.
We saw many jellyfish, as they are abundant in warm ocean waters.
2. impoverished Someone who is impoverished has few resources or little wealth.
People in the impoverished town live in poorly constructed huts.
3. ingenuity If you have ingenuity, you show cleverness or skillfulness.
The unique design of the dome shows great ingenuity.
4. productivity Productivity is the rate at which a person or company makes or does something.
Because productivity was high, the company had many cars to sell.
5. sharecropper -A sharecropper is a farmer who rents part of another farmer’s land by paying the farmland owner with money
or a portion of the crop.
The sharecropper is required to give half the crop to the owner of the farmland.
6. solitude When you are in solitude, you are alone.
Josie found a quiet, empty spot for reading her book in solitude.
7. unearthed When someone has unearthed an object, he or she has dug it up or gotten it out of the earth.
The scientist unearthed an ancient vase that had been buried from centuries.
8. windswept A place that is windswept is not protected from the wind.
Sand blew across the windswept desert.
“The Pot That Juan Built"
(1st) Copy the definition,
(2nd) sample sentence and
rd)
(3 make your own sample sentence)
1. abundant When something is abundant it is present in large quantities.
We saw many jellyfish, as they are abundant in warm ocean waters.
2. impoverished Someone who is impoverished has few resources or little wealth.
People in the impoverished town live in poorly constructed huts.
3. ingenuity If you have ingenuity, you show cleverness or skillfulness.
The unique design of the dome shows great ingenuity.
4. productivity Productivity is the rate at which a person or company makes or does something.
Because productivity was high, the company had many cars to sell.
5. sharecropper -A sharecropper is a farmer who rents part of another farmer’s land by paying the farmland owner with money
or a portion of the crop.
The sharecropper is required to give half the crop to the owner of the farmland.
6. solitude When you are in solitude, you are alone.
Josie found a quiet, empty spot for reading her book in solitude.
7. unearthed When someone has unearthed an object, he or she has dug it up or gotten it out of the earth.
The scientist unearthed an ancient vase that had been buried from centuries.
8. windswept A place that is windswept is not protected from the wind.
Sand blew across the windswept desert.