Cinder Edna

Vocabulary Homework - find definitions and use the following words in sentences:

1. to scrub -> Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.

• My mom had to scrub the floor everyday.
  

2. wicked -> evil or morally wrong.

• Today outside the wind was wicked.
  

3. cinder -> a small piece of partly burned coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it.

• My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.

4. spunky -> willing to face danger.

• My teachers are spunky sometime when the student behaves badly.
  

5. to trim -> make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts

• My brother was trimming the fat off some pork chops.
  

6. occasion -> a particular time or instance of an event.

• On one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning.
  

7. orphan -> a child whose parents are dead.

• My cousin was orphaned at 12.
  

8. casserole -> a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven .

• A chicken casserole.
  

9. to stumble -> make a mistake or repeated mistakes in speaking.

• I always stumble over the words

10. profile -> an outline of something, esp. a person's face, as seen from one side.

• Somebody in school caught in my blog profile.
  

Underground Railroad

1. The Underground Railroad was a highly organized system.
- False

2. Many of those involved in the Underground Railroad were,
- b. Free blacks

3. Why would the escape of a small percentage of slaves cause so much trouble?
- The daring escapes were often exaggerated when reported in the various newspapers.

4. Harriet Tubman was not important to the Underground Railroad.
- False

5. How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affect escaped slaves?
- a. It made people angry with the law so they joined the anti-slavery cause.


6. The first Canadian African American newspaper was produced by,
- c. Josiah Henson

7. What might have happened if the Underground Railroad hadn't existed?
- It might happened if the Underground Railroad hadn't existed most of the slave would not get free. They would die by get bloody beat from there leader. I also think that if the underground railroad hadn't existed most of them won't win freedom.

8.Why did so many escaped slaves move to Canada?
d. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850


You are a member of the Underground Railroad. A small group of runaway slaves has come to your home to be hidden. All goes well until a neighbor who is not sympathetic to the cause becomes suspicious. What do you do?

• If it becomes problem to my neighbor I would still rescuing them. I would pick some way to help them to get away from these enemy to become free. I will help them to hide until they win freedom. Moreover, I would give hope to them, that one day they might be able win freedom.
  

If you were a slave who was planning to runaway, what kind of plans would you make? How would you know when the time was right to leave?

• If I were a slave planning to runaway, I would plans to make a list of things that will help me to escape. For example, I would make a place to hide and cover my scent so that nobody can't see me. Also I would get help from my other friend so that they can help me to get into the place where they have freedom for everyone. In addition, I will do everything to get to this place by running at night, hiding during the day, taking food where I can find it and fearing the sound of every nature things. I would know when the time was right to leave by been carefully in the dark night when everybody is sleeping or everything is quiet down.

Word

Meaning

Sentence

1.	slaver owning slaves
2.	dangerous likely to cause harm The business is in a dangerous financial position.
3.	successful turning out well
4.	yoke animal harness The yoke of marriage
5.	actually in fact
6.	treasure
7.	extremely
8.	industrious
9.	runaway
10.	former
11.	various
12.	bondage
13.	trickle

Writing

Writing:
Write an essay about how people are influenced by their environment. Discuss how both the formal education and the everyrday acquisition of life skills affect the person. Make sure your essay is well organized and of sufficient length.

There are many ways people are influenced by their environment. Like indoors and outdoors environment. In addition, the indoor would be the people who are educating and the outdoor will be people who are the everyday acquisition of life.

The formal education would be students who study indoor. For example, the kids have to go to school everyday to learn and when they grow up they want to become something important to their future. Moreover, they study for future, instead of wasting time in play out that doesn’t related to education. Also education is important to everyone, because without education there you can’t get good jobs, which wouldn’t pay you enough that will not be enough for your family. Another example would be when you study hard for your major to come alive, which you stick for couple year to get finish what ever you want to become. After all you get the job and you can make or buy any things you want because you have lot of money to buy it.

In addition, the everyday acquisition of life skills affects the person by many ways, for instead, like person who are working and they have finished their study, now they focusing on job, making money and in the vacation day having fun family, friend, act। They are also having fun by going to lot of beautiful place, which I called hard work brings success, because when you work hard you will become successful one day and will have lot of time and money to spend on all these beautiful things that you were dream to go to these places when you are little.

In conclusion, I things that both the formal education and the everyday acquisition of life skills affect the person by different ways, for example education have to do something about learning and become successful when we grow up. Moreover, the everyday life skills affect the person by doing works for live. For example, people who already grown up and have family, kids to take care off them. They have to work long hours to get some money. So, that they can buy foods and rent for their apartment.