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    Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
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    1) Gold Rush Fill-in-the-Blanks #1 -- myvocabulary.com

    Directions:
    To solve the Gold Rush word puzzle, put a single answer in each fill-in-the-blanks. The correct vocabulary answers are in the Gold Rush word list.
    When you hit "Submit", you will get back the correct answers and percentage score from the Gold Rush fill-in-the-blanks word puzzle.
    Clue:
    A Gold Rush vocabulary list includes 9 correct answers. In addition to this Gold Rush Fill-in-the-blanks, www.myVocabulary.com also features a free Interactive Word Puzzle, Word Search, Crossword and Definition Match activity.
    You have permission to make a hard copy for the Gold Rush fill-in-the-blanks at home or in classes.
    Vocabulary Word List:
    Gold Rush vocabulary list:
    BONANZA, CLAIM, COMMODITY, DISCOVER, ELECTRUM, EXCAVATE, MINING, PROSPECT, SETTLER

    Gold Rush Fill-in-the-Blanks #1 -- myvocabulary.com

    1)  Byron had great interest in buying a , gold, but not corn or beans.
    2)  Two miners were frustrated to learn that their discovery of was not a discovery of gold!
    3)  Jim-Bob and George now need to another section of the area where they had toiled for months.
    4)  Peter, Henry and Luke were determined to continue their in spite of the hardships they endured.
    5)  The of enormous wealth from successful Gold Rush operations appealed to thousands of men.
    6)  Jonathan counted on being a , not a miner, because he was good with his hands and wanted to farm.
    7)  The banker informed Herbert and Clyde that their strike was a and that they could celebrate their wealth!
    8)  Two disreputable men tried to convince Victor and Thomas that their had no value but they were not fooled by their lies.
    9)  Irving knew that to gold the task required tremendous stamina to work under very difficult conditions.

    2) Gold Rush Fill-in-the-Blanks #2 -- myvocabulary.com

    Directions:
    To solve the Gold Rush word puzzle, put a single answer in each fill-in-the-blanks. The correct vocabulary answers are in the Gold Rush word list.
    When you hit "Submit", you will get back the correct answers and percentage score from the Gold Rush fill-in-the-blanks word puzzle.
    Clue:
    A Gold Rush vocabulary list includes 9 correct answers. In addition to this Gold Rush Fill-in-the-blanks, www.myVocabulary.com also features a free Interactive Word Puzzle, Word Search, Crossword and Definition Match activity.
    You have permission to make a hard copy for the Gold Rush fill-in-the-blanks at home or in classes.
    Vocabulary Word List:
    Gold Rush vocabulary list:
    ASSURE. BUST, CONCEAL, DECEIVE, DETECT, LODE, NUGGET, PAY DIRT, VEIN

    Gold Rush Fill-in-the-Blanks #2 -- myvocabulary.com

    1)  No one could James and his brothers that they would discover gold so they decided to open a mercantile store.
    2)  Joshua and Abraham faced the reality that their months of work were a and they would have to abandon their worthless mining claim.
    3)  Matthew and Jake could not their joy when they learned that their large nugget was gold!
    4)  An unscrupulous group of men will try to newcomers with stories of certain locations that were sure to produce gold.
    5)  Owen thought he could gurgling noises and wanted to purchase the land close to its source.
    6)  When Clarence learned more about the rich in the Sierra foothills, he decided to leave the midwest and travel to California.
    7)  Eli worked alone and knew he had to hide the he had found since he feared other men might try to steal it.
    8)  When Uriah and Andrew struck , news of their successful strike spread quickly around the camp.
    9)  Jasper prayed that this new would be as rich in ore as the one his friend Benjamin had discovered.