Nelson Literacy Vocabulary and Spelling Words

Canada’s Links to the World

A Trading Nation

Condenses shortens

Exports sells goods to another country

Imports buys goods from another country

International between or among nations

Producer a person who grows or makes things that are to be used or

consumed by others

Quantities the amounts or numbers of something

Sweetener a thing that sweetens

Trade the process of buying and selling goods and services

Suffix

Prefixes

Summarizing

The Top of the World

ambassador a high-ranking diplomat sent by one government or ruler to another

dramatically noticeably; suddenly

nosedive a sudden, sharp drop

permafrost permanently frozen ground or subsoil

preserving keeping from harm or change

treeline the point beyond which trees do not grow because of climatic conditions

simile a figure of speech that compares two different things or ideas usually by means of like or as

Meet the Neighbours

distinguishing telling apart or noticing the difference

head honcho the person in charge

overshadowed made to feel or appear less important than someone or something

scenario an outline of a sequence of events of a real or imagined situation

top dog the most important or powerful person

adjectives

Mike Lazaridis and the BlackBerry

convenient easy to use

forerunner an earlier object that had a function similar to something coming

later

influential having the power to cause any effect or change

manuals books that help readers to understand or use something

predecessor something that has been followed or replaced by something else

profitable providing a financial gain

specialize concentrate on a particular subject or activity

subscribers people who arrange to receive something regularly by paying in

advance

unveiled shown or announced publicly for the first time

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Animation: Made in Canada, Exported to the World

animating giving life to or making alive

animation the process of making animated cartoons or computer-generated

moving images

animator a person who makes the drawings for an animated movie or video

drudgery hard, boring work

virtual made by software to appear to exist physically

noun

verb

sequence

text

pattern

Mapping Canada’s Links

curry a hot-tasting sauce or powder containing a mixture of spices

global of Earth as a whole

origin the beginning of something’s existence

plantains large banana-like fruit

theme the subject of a talk or piece of writing

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