TARGET VOCABULARY

1. Ancestral

2. Destiny

3. Ruthless

4. Saga

5. Unearthed
1. Ancestral: something that is ancestral has
to do with ancestors or family members
from long ago.

Example:
My grandfather told me about my ancestral
background.

2. Destiny: what is expected to happen in a

person´s future is his or her destiny.

Example:
It is your destiny to work with children.
3. Ruthless: someone who is ruthless acts cruelly.

Example:
He was ruthless when it came to making me
study.

4. Saga: a saga is a long story, especially one

that tells the history and legendary deeds of
heroes.

Example:
The travels of Marco Polo are quite a saga.
5. Unearthed: something that is unearthed
has been dug up from the ground.

Example:
The dog unearthed a bone it had buried.
Exploration, money, freedom

Merciful
 A saga is much bigger amd more
epic than a story

Our fate, or what is expected to

happen

Bones, tombs, tools and fossils

It is the place, where a person´s ancestors
came from years ago.
Erik was good and kind to his wife. He had
conflicts with his neighbors and was
violent toward them
They planned to settle there and would
need supplies for living and farming.
He was trying to get to Greenland and got
lost
He was superstitious and thought his
broken leg was a bad sign
Freydis´s group fought against people
from Greenland rather than against
America Indians
The spindle tell us that women lived there
and that they spun wool into yarn. This tell
us women were probably responsable for
making the cloting
 He discovered Greenland as a result of being
banished

Greenland has Good farmland. Vinland had

fields, Woods, pastures and grapevines.
Vikings had permanente settlements in
Greenland but coul not stay in Vinland

Leif and his crew were the first Europeans

to set food on America soil

They all left Greenland to explore North

America. They all lefy safe settlements to
establish new ones in the wilderness