ENGLISH PERIODS 6 AND 7

 

MAY 22, 2000

 

Aim: How do we improve our skills at interpreting and analyzing symbols and abbreviations?

 

STANDARDS ADRESSED: Reading (E1), Writing (E1)

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

Draw a line under the Zip Code

 

Rev. John Baker, III                   Sis. Grace Chung Fah

2825 Bonita Blvd.                     20 ½ Garden Terr.

Apt. 3b                                     Elizabeth City, NJ

St. Paul, MN 55112                  07051

 

What does ZIP mean?

 

Write the full name of the states above.

 

Write names of five more states in the union.

 

Rewrite the above without using abbreviations.

 

Write the profession of each of the understand: (write the name – then the profession)

 

            Dr. John Green

            Prof. Liz Hillman

            David E. Peters, Atty.

            Rose Elders, DDS

            Harry O. Williams, CPA

            Fr. Douglas James

            PO James Finlayson

            Gloria Singh. EMT

 

Decode the following:

 

Hurricane Floyd was of the most powerful ones to hit the mainland USA in the 19^th C.

The storm came ashore in SC and traveled up NC. VA, MD and before going on to NY. In NY, several sections of Eastern LI were damaged and also Upstate NY.

 

Most people saw reports of the storm on CBS or NBC, and some even saw it on MSNBC.

 

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