Newspaper Reading: Preparation for Group
Discussion
Student:
Aubree Mendez
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WORD
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PART OF SPEECH (Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb,
etc.)
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SYNONYM OR DEFINITION
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1. Donned
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Verb
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Put on. (an
item of clothing)
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2. Mast
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Noun
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A tall upright post, spar, or other structure
on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails.
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3. Canopied
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Verb
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Cover or provide with a canopy.
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3) To help with the context for the words you selected,
highlight or underline the sentences that
contain the three words you gathered.
Hill said
an MH60 Jayhawk helicopter from Elizabeth city, N.C. arrived at 6:30 am and
rescued nine crew members who had donned
survival suits and boarded 25-foot life boats.
The coast guard initially received a
call from the owner of the 180-foot, three mast
ship late Sunday evening, saying she had lost communication with the vessel’s
crew.
He said
the crew abandoned ship into canopied,
rubber life rats with about 10 feet of water on board.
4) In one sentence, explain what the article is about. You can use the following
sentence starters to help you: “This article is about…” “The main idea in this
article is…”
The
main idea of this article is about the hurricane in New York. The coast guard
rescued fourteen members of a crew forced to abandon the tall ship HMS Bounty
caught in Hurricane Sandy off the North Carolina outer Banks and continued the
search Monday for two other crew members.
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