Grade 2 - Greek Myths

50 Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 3 | Demeter and Persephone

Vocabulary Chart for Demeter and Persephone

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

agriculture

bouquets

Cerberus

chariot

Demeter/

Persephone

god/goddess

Hades

Helios

pomegranate

underworld

weep

Zeus

bountifully*

despair

ignore

retrieve*

starve

away

began

earth

eat/eaten

farming

mother/daughter

older

seed

spring/summer/

autumn/winter

Multiple Meaning

crop

pine

rule

wrinkles

field

ground

return

flowers

Phrases

goddess of the

harvest

king of the

underworld

pine for

spirited her away

drifted away

responsible for

to tend to

workings of the

world

calling for

fallen in love with

six months

Cognates agricultura desesperarseignorer