Roots, The Finest Hours Chapter 6-7, Sustained Writing Practice

Word Work

​manacles

Categorize

Options (12)

audiobook

audition

audibility

uncertified

certifiable

concert

demography

demonstration

epidemic

manicure

manager

manipulate

Sort the following words based on their use of the root aud, cert, dem, and man.

aud (to hear or to listen)

cert (true, sure)

dem (people)

man (hand)

Sea shanties are a type of folk song that sailors sang as they worked together. ​

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Background Information

​Watch and listen to the sea shanty about The Finest Hours.

telephone operator.

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Miriam Webber

​Bernie Webber's wife, Miriam, was a

​During that time, people would dial a number and ask an operator to connect them to an area's switchboard. The operator would plug wires into the correct jack.

Multiple Choice

What did a telephone switchboard operator do?

• They would call people who were lonely and wanted to talk by working at a free hotline.

• They would answer customer service questions about telephones by waiting for people to call into a service.

• They would gossip and listen in to phone calls by picking up a receiver.They would gossip and listen in to phone calls by picking up a receiver.

• 
  They would connect people who wanted to talk by plugging the correct wire into the correct jack.

a nervous, worried feeling

With trepidation, she approached the stage to give her first speech to the class.

​​Trepidation

​​ominous

foreshadowing doom

The dark clouds and strong winds made the afternoon feel ominous.

​Chapters 6–7 Vocabulary

​a sudden realization

John struggled to solve the math problem but had an epiphany and finally understood how to solve it.

​​epiphany

​messages sent with urgency

Firefighters receive dispatches to let them know details about the emergency before they arrive.

​​dispatches

​to lose sense of time, place, or direction

Before swinging at the piñata, Peter spun Rosa three times in order to disorient her and make the task more difficult.

​​disorient

​​Chapters 6–7 Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

The dense fog and unfamiliar surroundings began to _________ the hikers, making it difficult for them to find their way back to the trail.

• disorient

• ominous

• trepidation

• dispatches

Multiple Choice

As the lights flickered in the abandoned building, an ________ creak echoed through the empty rooms.

• dispatches

• epiphany

• ominous

• trepidation

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Chapters 6 and 7
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Writing an introduction paragraph

Argumentative Essay

​Hook

bridge

claim

Writing an introduction paragraph

Argumentative Essay

Writing an introduction paragraph

Argumentative Essay