Two Tickets to Freedom

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Two Tickets to Freedom

• The True Story of Ellen and William Craft,
• Fugitive Slaves

Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and
Consequences Lesson 6 Two Tickets to
Freedom Melissa Lape Wilson Elementary
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Two Tickets to Freedom Vocabulary

• fugitive

sympathetic
asserted
abolitionist
indignantly
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• fugitives use context clues

The officers voice and manner almost chilled the
blood of the fugitives.
Escaped prisoners are fugitives from the law.
fugitives Persons who run away
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sympathetic use context clues
The passengers seemed sympathetic to Mr.
Johnson, because he was so obviously ill.
Harold was sympathetic toward the senior citizen
and offered his seat on the bus.
sympathetic showing kind feelings toward others
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• asserted use context clues

I do not know anyone here, asserted Mr. Johnson
regretfully.
Grandma asserted that no one was to eat before
dinnertime.
asserted said firmly
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• abolitionist use context clues

The conductor, who may well have been an
abolitionist, thought he would tease this
Southern slave owner.
The abolitionist movement successfully ended
slavery.
abolitionist a person who wants to end slavery
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• indignantly use context clues

I am no slave hunter, the conductor indignantly
replied.
Stop that right now! Mary shouted indignantly.
indignantly with anger
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• fugitives Persons who run away

sympathetic showing kind feelings toward others
asserted said firmly
abolitionist a person who wants to end slavery
indignantly with anger
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These words all come from the same root, offic.

• office

officer
official
officiate
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These words contain long (u)-ew, -u, and u_e

• few

calculate
confuse
use
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These words end with the suffix ation-ation
means the state of being

• destination

conversation
information
plantation
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These words from the story contain the /oo/
sound.

• flute

whose
crew
continued
include
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