A New Start

Today's Agenda:


-> We will start by reading pages: 1-15 of “Tunnels, Tracks and Trains” as a class.

"Tunnels, Tracks and Trains" Vocabulary:

-> Look at these words, they will appear in the text, you will need to know how to spell them and what the words mean.

Vocabulary Word- Synonym or Meaning:
1. Excavate- Dig, remove, create a hole
2. Artifact- Anything made or used by man kind
3. Uprooted- Pull up, destroy, remove
4. Contaminate- Impure, unclean
5. Camaraderie- Friendship, bond
6. Gleaming- Flash, dim light
7. Gruelling- Exhausting, tiring
8. Commission- Given authority, put in charge, given direction
9. Roam- Travel without fixed purpose,
10. Subterranean- Exists below the surface of the earth


-> Answer the following comprehension questions, post your answers on your blog page (Title the blog post: Reading Comprehension for pages 1 -15). You can copy and paste the questions onto your post and place the answers beneath each question. Answers should be completed in full sentences, and can be found on pages 1 -15 of the text. You should be able to complete this task in 25 minutes.

1. Which city are they building this new subway system in?

2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What issue will it resolve?


3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?

4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?


5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?


6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line?


-> Create a new post, title it Journal # 1 for Miss S.

Start your journal entry with “The hardest thing I have ever done…” complete a journal entry that is a minimum of 100 words, 250 words and post it on your blog by the start of period three on Wednesday’s.

That is all for today!

If you have had a successful and productive day then I will find two posts from each student one for the reading comprehension questions and one for the Journal entry. It is not an option to not participate, failure to do so will lead to academic consequences.
- Miss. Storkey