5.5 Day 3 longer

• language art

Day 3

Latin Roots

flect   means  "bend"

ped  means  "foot"

loc  means   "place"

ped

1. bend
2. foot
3. place

flect

1. bend
2. foot
3. place

loc

1. bend
2. foot
3. place

Pulitzer thought the statue was an important symbol of freedom. Those opposed thought the French should have given all the money for the statue.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Pulitzer came to the United States 21 years ago. There were more than 100 millionaires in New York City at the time.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

The Statue of Liberty’s pedestal is 89 feet tall. The statue arrived from France in 214 crates.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

The pedestal is majestic. People will come to understand the statue’s power and significance.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Read

p. 554-555

p. 554-555. Lady Liberty is just a statue, but the speaker calls her a “mighty woman” and uses the pronoun she. What is this an example of?

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. personification

Read 

p. 558-559

If you do not notice a thunderstorm outside, are you makeshift or oblivious?

1. makeshift
2. oblivious

If you have cleaned your room, have you accomplished something or made something oblivious?

1. accomplished
2. oblivious

Could an all-powerful ruled be called a dictator or a gala?

1. dictator
2. gala

Do people bid on art and antiques at a makeshift or an auction?

1. makeshift
2. auction

If you are paying respect to former soldiers, are you honoring veterans or steerages?

1. veterans
2. steerages

Would you dress up to go to a makeshift or a gala?

1. makeshift
2. gala

Did many nineteenth-century immigrants ride in the steerage or protrude of ships?

1. steerage
2. protrude

Is it important to be oblivious or precise when giving someone directions?

1. precise
2. directions

If you hold a newspaper over your head in the rain, is it a makeshift or colossal umbrella?

1. makeshift
2. colossal

Does a thorn protrude or accomplish from the stem of a rose?

1. protrude
2. accomplish

Is the Statue of Liberty a veteran or a monument?

1. veteran
2. monument

Is the planet Jupiter colossal or precise?

1. colossal
2. precise

Why didn’t the workers complain about the hard work building the pedestal?

What was the weather like when the Statue of Liberty was revealed?

How do you know what the weather was like?

Is this a fact or an opinion?
Congress refused to give money for the pedestal.

What did Bartholdi want the Statue of Liberty to be?

Who described the Statue of Liberty as a caring, powerful woman?

What happened to the Statue of Liberty on the way from France?

Why did the workers have to build so many models of the statue?

Why was Liberty’s day so important to Jose Marti?

How did Joseph Pulitzer help the Statue of Liberty project?

see/sea      threw/through

____ thick fur helps keep it warm and dry during winter.

1. It’s
2. Its

Brady helps carry the boxes ____ the garage.

1. to
2. too

Have you ____ the song Olivia loves so much?

1. herd
2. heard

We will take a _____ around ten o’clock.

1. brake
2. break

Jack prefers ____ bagels more than flavored ones.

1. plane
2. plain

It is rude to ______ at people.

1. stair
2. stare

The baby chick is still too ____ to stand.

1. weak
2. week

The _____ spoke to our class today.

1. principle
2. principal

When you ___ my sister coming, let me know.

1. here
2. hear

Savannah needs ____ more figurine, and then she’ll have the entire set.

1. one
2. won

We are staying at a little mountain ____ during our trip.

1. in
2. inn

I need to _____ a new notebook for my history class.

1. by
2. buy

____ did Jan and his family live before they lived here?

1. Wear
2. Where

Faith ____ the answer, but she did not raise her hand.

1. new
2. knew

Before you pour _____ drinks, please be sure the cups are clean.

1. their
2. they're

Ryan things ___ many trees have already been cut down in the park

1. to
2. too

Skills p. 141-142