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Lesson 6: Susan B. Anthony

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Assignment 1

Super Sentences

Use the definition and graphic organizer to plan and write Super Sentences for tinderbox and Quaker. You can choose to capture key details from today’s reading, or you can choose to write your sentences using a different topic. Make sure each sentence has a subject and verb and at least two additional details.

tin · der · box closed, r-controlled, closed

Tinderbox is a compound noun that means a tool that was used to start fires before we had matches.

VerbWhen
SubjecttinderboxWhere
HowWhy



Qua · ker open, r-controlled

Quaker is a proper noun that means a member of a religion that is famous for peacefulness and a special kind of church service where all people are equal and all people have a chance to talk.

VerbWhen
SubjectQuakerWhere
HowWhy



Assignment 2

Written Response

Why would Susan think that someone should change a law that said that wives had to do what their husbands said?