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Phineas Gage 1 Vocabulary Practice
Pay close attention to the spelling of your vocabulary words. If the word is spelled correctly, simply write
CORRECT in the blank. If the word is spelled incorrectly, write the correct spelling on the blank.
1. starrel
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2. constitution
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3. eye-witness
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4. anatome
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5. hemisferes
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6. cortex
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7. neuron
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8. coach
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8. etter
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10. epileptic seasure
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Match the following vocabulary words with their definition.
______11. anatomy
a. a colorless liquid formerly used as an anesthetic
______ 12. cortex
b. a large horse drawn carriage, often enclosed
______ 13. ether
c. free from infective organisms, like living bacteria
______ 14. coach
d. the outermost layered structure of neural tissue in the brain
______ 15. sterile
e. the study of the body plan
Match the following vocabulary words with their definition.
______ 16. neuron
a. somebody’s general health, especially their ability to remain healthy and withstand
disease.
______ 17.hemispheres
b. someone who sees something happen and can give evidence about an event.
______ 18. eyewitness
c.an attack caused by irregular electrical discharge in the brain and causing sudden
convulsions or loss of consciousness.
______ 19. constitution
d. half of a sphere, like one half of the world or the brain
______ 20.epileptic seizures
e. a cell that sends and receives messages to and from the brain through electrical
signals
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Proofreading
Check for correct punctuation and sentence fluency in the paragraph below. Use the correct editing
marks to correct the paragraph below.
The professor of onatomy was quickly writing notes on the chalkboard about the
nuersons that each of the brain’s hemispheres contain, while the students stared at him like
dazed eyewitnesses’ from a car crash. It was clear that the information was not reaching them,
almost as if they had a shield over their brain’s cortext, preventing the knowledge from
absorbing. Did they have a strong enough Constitution to make it through the course?
Now write the vocabulary words used in the paragraph on the lines below.
1. ____________________
2.____________________
4.____________________
3.____________________
5.____________________
Use the five remaining vocabulary words to write four creative sentences of your own. Be
sure that the sentence demonstrates the meaning of the word.
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2.________________________________________________________________________
3.________________________________________________________________________
4.________________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________________
Parts of Speech- label.
1. constitution
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2.sterile
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3.cortex
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4.anatomy
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5.eyewitness
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