1. King Midas Open Court: Unit 6_Lesson 1

2. Line 1: trifle irrelevant grasping snatching Line 2: desirable miserable sincerely hateful Line 3: fuse lock league stern Line 4: content handkerchief spectacles breakfast S1: The thief stole nearly all of our valuable possessions, but the police caught the robber within hours. S2: The king believed that gold was one of the most desirable objects in the world. S3: Bridgette’s rash departure for the woods left her with a painful limp. S4: Dad put on his spectacles to check the content of the paper.

3. trifle (tri-fle): something of little or no value or importance (pg. 571) She worked very hard all day, but was only given a trifle for her efforts. ebony (eb-o-ny): a dark, black color (pg. 572) Mom bought an ebony frame for the picture. balustrade (bal-us-trade): a row of balusters and the handrail they support, as on a staircase. (pg. 574) The balustrade was painted white on the new staircase. molten (mol-ten): melted or kept in a liquid state by heat. (pg. 575) The molten lava flowed down the volcano. Mealy (meal-y): like meal; dry and grainy (pg. 576) The mealy pie crust tasted bad.

4. Spelling: /k/ 1. bouquet 2. chameleon 3. character 4. chemistry 5. chlorine 6. chorus 7. headache 8. mechanic 9. monarchy 10. opaque 11. orchestra 12. plaque 13. schedule 14. scheme 15. cloak 16. content 17. handkerchief 18. spectacles 19. breakfast 20. exclaimed