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Explore the origins of eponyms from Diesel to Saxophone, learn about their significance in history, and create your own inspiring word for the English dictionary. Unleash your creativity and linguistic prowess today!
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Tiger Treasure Write the sentences below using the correct pronoun. Show me HOW you know that this is the correct pronoun! Each of the girls needed (her, their) permission slip to be signed. Some of the people wanted to share (his or her, their) ideas. Few of the boys brought (his, their) phones.
Get back your social studies test! • http://www.history.com/topics/rutherford-b-hayes/videos#the-failure-of-reconstruction
The Emancipation Proclamation • Page 12
Why was Robert Smalls willing to risk his own life as well as the lives of his wife and children? A He believed that freedom was worth dying for. B Hijacking the Planter was his only option for escape. C He didn’t know when the Civil War would end. D His children were going to be taken away soon.
Is this a simile? “They examined the boy’s teeth and feet like he was a horse.” “He was a piece of property, like the cow in the McKee’s barn or Mr. McKee’s favorite chair.”
You can infer that many people in the Southern states did not want to end slavery because A they thought of slaves as property, and believed it was their right to own slaves. B they did not think black people should be free. C their livelihood depended on slave labor. D all of the above
Why did Justin O’Neill write the editorial? A to explain why slavery was an evil practice B to define what it means to be a hero C to tell you about the McKee family after the war D to try to convince you that Smalls is a hero
The History of the Word Boycott • Read the article silently to yourself and complete the cause and effect graphic organizer on the back.
Do you know any other eponyms? • Eponyms are words that refer to places, things, and actions that have been named after an individual.
Diesel • Rudolph Diesel, a German engineer who invented an alternative engine to the slow-moving steam engine
Ferris Wheel • G.W.C. Ferris, designer of this exciting new ride for the 1893 World’s Fair
Leotard • Jules Leotard, a French circus performer who designed his own trapeze costume
Saxophone • Antoine Joseph Sax, Belgian instrument maker and designer and builder of the first saxophone
Write about it! • If you and your life were to inspire a new word in the English dictionary, what would the word be and what would it mean? Be creative! Come up with a word, definition, and explanation as to why you inspire such a meaning. Then use your word in an original sentence!
