"Margaret Flynn"
Long "0" and Long "E"

Long "0" Words: told, load, so, Campobello, stone, only, location
Long "E" Words: peace, seal, year, see, December, been (December and been have the long "e" sound according to pronunciation)

"Margaret Flynn"
Common Bonds

1. mud
2. many
3. their

4. Margaret
5. location
6. and

7. first
8. book

"Margaret Flynn"
Verbs

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2.
3.
4.
5.

has
was
go
ran
is

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died
were
had
moved
has

"Margaret Flynn"
Spelling

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

story
passenger
December
command
island
eighteen

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8.
9.
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thirty
someone
surprise
disturb
grave
location

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peace
seal
many
load
granite
captain

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buried
bother
visited
another

"The Hichenses' Life on Seal Island"
Comprehension Questions

  1. Seal Island is located 18 miles west of Cape Sable Island in Shelburne County. It is three miles long and half a mile wide at its widest point.

  2. The fishermen would bury the dead of the winter's shipwrecks each spring.

  3. Families in Cape Sable Island and Barrington would take care of the fishermen who survived.

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