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Tues day , May 27, 2014. In My Homework, please write: Vocab. Quiz Unit 15 Friday Finish Choosing the Right Word Ex. 11, p. 472. Daily Language Practice. 1. Zora Neale Hurston was a popular writer, and she was also successful, and she wrote during the 30’s. (2)
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 • In My Homework, please write: • Vocab. Quiz Unit 15 Friday • Finish Choosing the Right Word • Ex. 11, p. 472
Daily Language Practice • 1. Zora Neale Hurston was a popular writer, and she was also successful, and she wrote during the 30’s. (2) • 2. This multi-talented woman wrote novels and stories and screenplays. (1)
Vocabulary Unit Fifteen • Practice definitions. • Check Synonyms & Antonyms. • Begin Choosing the Right Word.
Please do now… • 5 words • 5 sentences • Be prepared to share out.
Ex. 8, p. 470 • 1. Early in the twentieth century, railroads were challenged by new modes of transportation and started to decline due to losses in employment and traffic. (compound verb) • 2. Finished products and people were transported by trains for much of the century. (compound subject) • 3. Trains were the principal method of transporting materials and mail. (compound object)
Ex. 8 continued… • 4. The locomotives were awesome, powerful machines and were capable of pulling many loaded freight cars. (compound verb) • 5. Thousands of people ride trains from their homes to work or travel by train just for the fun of it. (compound verb)
Read p. 470-1 • For ex. 11 • Rewrite the sentences by making one a subordinate clause. • Underline the subordinating conjunction.
TAS Questions • What can you tell me about Yellowstone National Park? • How can you edit sentences?