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Fri day , May 30 , 2014

Fri day , May 30 , 2014. In My Homework, please write: Vocab. Quiz Unit 15. Daily Language Practice. 1. Hurston wrote many stories in dialect, that’s a way of writing that suggests the way words sound. (1)

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Fri day , May 30 , 2014

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  1. Friday, May 30, 2014 • In My Homework, please write: • Vocab. Quiz Unit 15

  2. Daily Language Practice • 1. Hurston wrote many stories in dialect, that’s a way of writing that suggests the way words sound. (1) • 2. For example, she uses intentional misspellings, and leaves off letters in a word like “evenin” evening or “em” them. (3)

  3. Ex. 12, p. 473 • 1. The Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, was an early English locomotive. • 2. The Rocket won Rainhill Trials, a competition sponsored by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1829. • 3. The Rocket completed the trials with an average speed of fifteen mph. • 4. Robert’s son George went on to become engineer of the Birmingham and London railway. • 5. In addition to engineering trains, George built several famous bridges.

  4. Ex. 12 continued… • 6. The John Bull was a locomotive built in England by Robert Stephenson and Company. • 7. The John Bull was a exported in 1831 to the Camdon and Amboy Railroad. • 8. The John Bull was acquired by the Smithsonian in 1884. • 9. On its 150th anniversary in 1981, the John Bull was driven on the old Georgetown Branch railroad tracks. • 10. Compared to a modern-day diesel train, the John Bull was quite small.

  5. Ex. 13, p. 475 • 1. The Japanese, French, and British built high-speed trains. (compound subject) • 2. The Japanese had built and begun to operate their famous “bullet” train by 1964. (compound verb) • 3. The famous train was called the Shinkansen and ran from Tokyo to Nagoya. (compound verb) • 4. The French completed their train in 1981 and called it the Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV). (compound verb) • 5. The TGV and the Shinkansen use dedicated track. (compound subject)

  6. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen • Practice definitions. • Check Completing the Sentence. • Today is May 30, 2014. • Use each word one time. • Place on table when finished.

  7. Ex. 13, p. 475 • For ex. 13 • Rewrite the sentences by making either a compound subject, compound verb, or compound object. • Label each sentence as to what is compound.

  8. TAS Questions • What can you tell me about dogs – no you didn’t do this worksheet. • How can you edit sentences?

  9. What are the different types of sentences?

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