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This is our 2nd week of no spelling words.  We are continuing with our Greek and Latin roots and word parts.  No spelling test this week.


Our vocabulary test will be on Wednesday over James Forten vocabulary.
James Forten Vocabulary Definitions
1. abolitionists - persons who felt that slavery should be against the law.
2. apprentice - someone who works for another person in order to learn a trade.
3. assisted - helped, aided.
4. captives - prisoners.
5. conflict - a struggle or war.
6. dread - great fear.
7. encouraged - gave support to and inspired.
8. enslavement - the process by which one person becomes the property of
another.
9. influential - the power to affect events or sway opinions.
10. privateers - privately owned ships that are ordered by the government to
attack enemy ships during a war.
11. tacking - changing the course of a boat.
12. hold - the lower inside of a ship or airplane, where cargo is stored.

Homework:
Read 20 minutes and fill out your reading log