The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo

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The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo

• Open Court Unit 5_Lesson 6

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• Line 1 quicksilver homeloving rainwater
  sugarcane
• Line 2 liquid liquify liquified liquidness
• Line 3 tropical industrial agricultural
  survival
• Line 4 malaria rendezvous mosquitoes elite
  corps
• S1 There was an earthquake on the island last
  year.
• S2 David liquified the butter by heating it on
  the burner.
• S3 Place the events in chronological order on a
  time line.
• S4 Every university marching band is an elite
  corps of students who have practiced tirelessly.

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• Liquified (liq-ui-fied) made into a liquid or
  fluid (pg. 554)
• The scorching heat liquified the metal covering
  of the rocket.
• postscriptum (post-script-um) statement added to
  a passage or piece of writing that has already
  been concluded (pg. 554)
• The author added a beautiful postscriptum to his
  article to honor the fallen solders.
• steeped (steep-ed) soaked, drenched, or
  saturated by a liquid, gas, or solid substance
  (pg. 557)
• She steeped her tea for a long time.
• rendezvous (ren-dez-vous) meeting of two or more
  persons or things at a certain time and place.
  (pg. 558)
• Their rendezvous took place on Sunday at two
  oclock at the park.
• straddles having one part on this side and the
  other part on the other side. (pg. 561)
• The little boy straddles the old fence and
  watches the pony play.

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Spelling Review (Unit 5)

1. uniform
2. biceps
3. avoid
4. avoidance
5. avoidable
6. malaria
7. rendezvous
8. mosquitoes
9. elite
10. corps

1. autographs
2. autobiography
3. hemisphere
4. physician
5. enclosed
6. reflection
7. hospital
8. finale
9. university
10. unique