1. Unit Two “Killer Plagues”
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Unit Two
“Killer Plagues”

2. Essential Question
What academic vocabulary do I need to become familiar with to better understand and comprehend unit two of Read 180?

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4. contagious
spreadable by touch or through the air

5. disease
an illness that affects a person, animal, or plant 

6. global
involving the whole world

7. illness
a condition of being unhealthy in your body or mind

8. patient
a person who receives medical care or treatment

9. protect
to keep (someone or something) from being harmed, lost, etc.

10. virus
an extremely small living thing that causes a disease and that spreads from one person or animal to another

11. vaccination
a shot or substance that protects someone from disease

12. audience
the people who are intended to read, view, or listen to something

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14. prepare
to get ready for an event

15. prepared
to be ready for an event

16. threat
a possibility that something harmful might happen

17. threatening
Likely to harm something

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19. infect
to give someone a disease

20. infected
having a disease

21. expose
to leave without protection; to put in danger

22. exposure
the state of being in a harmful situation

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24. resist
to fight off something dangerous

25. resistance
the ability to fight off or overcome something dangerous

26. estimate
to guess the size or amount of something

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28. internal
inside something, rather than outside

29. impact
an effect or result

30. epidemic
the rapid spread of a disease among many people

31. “Prepared for Smallpox”
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32. Essential Question
What academic vocabulary do I need to become familiar with to better understand and comprehend unit two of Read 180?

33. feasible
possible

34. “A Killer Without a Cure”
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35. Essential Question
What academic vocabulary do I need to become familiar with to better understand and comprehend unit two of Read 180?

36. expose
to leave without protection

37. infect
to give someone a disease

38. “The Black Death”
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39. Essential Question
What academic vocabulary do I need to become familiar with to better understand and comprehend unit two of Read 180?

40. estimate
to make a guess related to number, amount, or size

41. courageous
brave

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43. suffix
a word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning

44. -ion, ition, and –ation mean “the act or result of doing something.”
Verb
New Noun
Meaning
infect
infection
a disease caused by germs or a virus
elect
election
the act of making a choice by voting

45. Drop the final –e and add the suffix –tion or -ation to these verbs.
New Noun
Meaning
prepare
preparation
the process of making something.
contaminate
contamination
the introduction of something dirty or dangerous.
estimate
estimation
a guess about size or amount
imagine
imagination
the ability to form ideas or pictures in your mind