Dreamplace

1. Dreamplace Vocabulary pages 238-245

2. tour ists

3. tourists Many tourists visit theWhite House in Washington, D.C., each year.

4. tourists We drive up a steep road, hike a paved trail among yucca, pinyon, juniper and tourists.

5. Tourists are people who travel for pleasure or to learn.

6. hearths

7. hearths All fireplaces have hearths, or floors on which to place wood.

8. hearths Towers and courtyards, hearths and kivas hung where the eagles nest.

9. Hearths are the floors of fireplaces.

10. me sa

11. mesa A mesa is a hill or mountain with a flat top instead of a peak.

12. mesa Every drop of water had to be carried down from the mesa or up from the canyon to this place.

13. A mesa is a hill or mountain with a flat top and steep sides.

14. can yon

15. canyon We got lost in the canyon, a deep valley with very high sides.

16. canyon Water had to be carried down from the mesaor up from the canyon to this place where the Anasazi sang and danced and prayed.

17. A canyon is a deep valley with very high, steep sides.

18. har vest

19. harvest In the fall, we will harvest the sweet potatoes from the field.

20. harvest Food, too, had to be grown above them or hunted below them harvest or kill borne home on their backs.

21. A harvest is the crops that are gathered.

22. dwell ing

23. dwelling An animal’s dwelling is different from where people live.

24. dwelling Evening stretched its hand over the mesa and bathed their dwelling for a moment in pink light.

25. A dwelling is a place where a person lives.

26. with ered

27. withered The plant withered because I forgot to water it.

28. withered Then water dried up corn withered sickness came.

29. Withered means dried up.