After reviewing everything that has happen through chapter 13 of Treasure Island each crew member must select a different character and write a letter about what is going on. Each team must turn in two friendly and two business letters. Instructions for writing friendly letters can be found on pages 149-151 in Write Source 2000 and instructions for writing business letters are on pages 241 – 250.

Our DLW sentence for the day was: new york city includes the following 5 bouroughs bronx brooklyn manhattan queens & staten island.

The errors can be found in Capitalization, Numbers, Abbreviations, Comma (Series), Colon

Starting this week each correction in the DLW sentence must be accompanied with the rule and where the rule was found. For example, in today’s sentence New York City should be capitalized and the rule can be found in the WS2000 on page 405.2 – Capitalize Geographic Names – Cities.

We did two root words today.

ROOT WORD CARD #48 -PORT—carry, bear, bring

This ROOT-WORD is the PORT which means CARRY, BEAR, BRING. All the words on the list have something to do with carrying in one way or another. Look at No.11. The two e’s at the end of the word have a special meaning – the deportee is the one who receives the action, the one who is deported, carried away, banished.

1. Port: PORT (port) n. Place ships may wait in, or bring or take cargo to or from

2. Porter: PORT er (port’er) n. One who carries things, as baggage

3. Portable: PORT able (port’ a b’l) adj. Can be carried

4. Export: ex PORT (ek sport’) v. Carry out; bring or sent elsewhere

5. Exporter: ex PORT er (ex sport’ er) n. One who sells goods to other countries

6. Exportation: ex PORT ation (ek spor tay’ shun) n. The act of carrying goods out of the country

7. Import: im PORT (im port’) v. To bring in goods; as, from a foreign country

8. Importer: im PORT er (im port’er) n. One who brings in goods from a foreign country

9. Importation: im PORT ation (imp or tay’) shun) n. The act of bringing in goods from a foreign country

10. Deport: de PORT (de port’) v. To sent a person away; to banish

11. Deportee: de PORT (de por tee’) n. One who is sent away

12. Deportment: de PORT ment (de port’ ment) n. Manner of behaving oneself; conduct

13. Report: re PORT (re port’) n. An account of something which happened

14. Reporter: re PORT er (re port’ er) n. One who brings news; as, for a newspaper

15. Reporting: re PORT ing (re port’ ing) verbal noun. The bringing in of news

16. Support: sub PORT (su port’) v. To carry along with help

17. Transport: trans PORT (trans’ port) n. Act or means of carrying from place to place; as, an airship to carry soldiers

18. Transport: trans PORT (trams port’) v. To carry from place to place

ROOT WORD CARD #49 PEL—push, drive

The ROOT-WORD is PEL, which come from the Latin pellere and it means PUSH, DRIVE. It is a ROOT-WORD that takes seven Prefixes to give full range of its violence. There isn’t a peaceful word on the list nor is there a quiet moment in its usage-Inner and outer turmoil accompanies this ROOT-WORD. Of course, if that is the impression wanted, there’s nothing better, but be certain that that is the word you want before you use PEL.

1. Compel :com PEL (kom pel’) v. To urge; force

2. Expel :ex PEL (ek spel’) v. Drive out; throw out; as, expel from school

3. Repel :re PEL (re pel’) v. Drive back; as, repel the enemy

4. Propel :pro PEL (pro pel’) v. Push forward; as, the use of steam to propel ships

5. Impel :im PEL (im pel’) v. To force; to urge; as, facts impel the jury to judge him guilty

6. Dispel :dis PEL (dis pel’) v. To scatter; to drive away; as, dispel doubt

7. Repellent :re PEL lent (re pel’ ent) adj. Driving back; as, water-repellent fabrics