APPENDIX C3
ESTIMATED GRADE LEVELS OF TARGET VOCABULARY RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM RECESS
IN GREECE (Direct-approach Group)
|
Target Word |
Dale List of 3,000 Familiar Words (Chall & Dale, 1995) |
Ginn Word Book for Teachers Grade Level(Johnson, Moe, & Baumann, 1983) |
Living Word Book Grade Level(Dale & O’Rourke, 1981) |
|
geography |
x |
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|
pottery |
x |
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|
thermometer |
x |
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|
palace |
3 |
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|
latitude |
3 |
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microscope |
3 |
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temple |
3 |
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|
volcano |
3 |
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|
acrobat |
4 |
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autograph |
4 |
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|
democracy |
4 |
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Greek chorus |
Greek 2; chorus 4 |
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|
Olympic flame |
4 (Olympic) |
4 (flame) |
|
|
longitude |
6 |
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|
scrolls |
6 |
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|
sundial |
6 |
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|
lyre |
8 |
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|
monopoly |
8 |
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|
ceramics |
10 (ceramic) |
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|
amphitheater |
12 |
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|
monologue |
12 |
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cornucopia |
16 |
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|
hydra |
16 |
Words not listed in sources cited above: aeolipile, Arachne, Atlas (as a proper noun), Capricorn, chiton, Helen of Troy, Harpies, King Midas (although king is listed as a 1st grade word), Pandora’s box, Parthenon, Pythagorean theorem (although theorem is listed as a 12th grade word), Sisyphus, and Zeus.