Breaking Into PrintBefore and After the

Invention of the Printing Press

Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 - Communication/ Lesson 3/ pp. 436-439

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parchment

quill

scribes

manuscripts

tinkered

parchmentAnimal skin, usually from sheep or goats, that is made into a tough translucent paper for writing.

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A French monk sat hunched over a parchment page.

The ancient diary was written on parchment.

quillA hollow wing or tail feather used for writing

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He dipped a goose quill in some ink and began to write.

A quill dipped in ink was an early kind of pen.

scribes People who copy manuscripts or books by hand

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His scribes, however, created a new script that made writing easier to understand.

Scribes, or people who copied manuscripts, were very important to the community long ago.

manuscripts Books or papers written by hand

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The risk of fire from candles posed too great a danger to their precious manuscripts.

Original manuscripts of early books are very rare and valuable.

http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/diamond.html

tinkered Worked in a clumsy or unskilled way

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Over the next few years, Guttenberg tinkered with the printing process.

My father tinkered with the car, but he wasn’t able to fix it.

Breaking Into Print- Vocabulary Review -

parchment_

quill_

scribes_

manuscripts_

tinkered_D. Animal skin, usually from sheep or goats, that is made into a tough translucent paper for writing.

A. A hollow wing or tail feather used for writing

B. People who copy manuscripts or books by hand

C. Worked in a clumsy or unskilled way

E. Books or papers written by hand

Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

The words in the list are all comparative forms.

longer long longer longest

cheaper cheap cheaper cheapest

taller tall taller tallest

simpler simple simpler simplest

easier (easy) *change the y to i then add -er

Regular comparative adjectives and adverbs are formed by adding the suffix –er.

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Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

These words have the /f/ sound spelled ph.

alphabet

phrase

philosophy

geography

trophy

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Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

Theses words show how single and double consonants following a vowel sound

hopped hoped

filled filed

robbed robed

The double consonant The single consonant

signals short vowel sound. signals long vowel sound

He hoped to finish before the first snow fell. (long or short vowel sound?)

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Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

These words contain the suffix –ly.

close closely

bold boldly

rare rarely

soft softly

quiet quietly

What is the meaning of the suffix –ly changes? Melissa Lape

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Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

He made the press taller.

The word press is used as a noun in this sentence.

Give examples of sentences that uses press as a verb.

Example:

Sally pressed the on button for the computer. Melissa Lape

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Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

The writer filled his inkwell.What is the tense of the verb in this sentence?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Change the verb to future tense and say the new sentence.

The writer fills his inkwell.

Change the verb to present tense and say the new sentence.

The writer will fill his inkwell. Melissa Lape

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Breaking Into Print Word Knowledge

Astronauts boldly go into space.Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?

It would break too easily. Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?

It would lose its shape too quickly.

Books were no longer rare or costly.Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?

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History of the Printing Press

Reproduction of Gutenberg-era Press on display at the Printing History Museum in Lyon, France.

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Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with replaceable wooden or metal letters in 1436. (completed by 1440).

Links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg

Resource: The History of Making Books/Scholastic/ Voyages of Discovery

Gutenberg was a poor businessman and made little money from his printing system. Gutenberg began experimenting with metal typography after he had moved from his native Germany to France around 1430.

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