Before and After the Invention of the Printing Press parchment quill scribes manuscripts tinkered
Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 - Communication/ Lesson 3/ pp. 436-439
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Animal skin, usually from sheep or goats, that is made into a tough translucent paper for writing.
A French monk sat hunched over a parchment page.
The ancient diary was written on parchment.
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A hollow wing or tail feather used for writing
He dipped a goose quill in some ink and began to write.
A quill dipped in ink was an early kind of pen.
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People who copy manuscripts or books by hand
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.
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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.
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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.
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parchment_ quill_ scribes_ manuscripts_ tinkered_
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
D. Animal skin, usually from sheep or goats, that is made into a tough translucent paper for writing.
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 taller simpler cheap cheaper tall taller simple simpler cheapest tallest simplest easier (easy) * change the y to i then add -er
Regular comparative adjectives and adverbs are formed by
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Breaking Into Print
Word Knowledge
These words have the /f/ sound spelled ph.
alphabet phrase philosophy geography trophy dolphin
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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
The double consonant signals short vowel sound.
robed
The single consonant signals long vowel sound
He hoped to finish before the first snow fell.
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(long or short vowel sound?)
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Breaking Into Print
Word Knowledge close bold rare
These words contain the suffix –ly.
closely boldly rarely soft softly quiet quietly
What is the meaning of the suffix –ly changes?
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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.
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Breaking Into Print
Word Knowledge
The writer filled his inkwell.
What is the tense of the verb in this sentence?
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Change the verb to present tense and say the new sentence.
The writer fills his inkwell.
Change the verb to future tense and say the new sentence.
The writer will fill his inkwell.
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Breaking Into Print
Word Knowledge
Astronauts boldly go into space.
Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?
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It would break too easily.
Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?
It would lose its shape too quickly.
Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?
Books were no longer rare or costly.
Which word has the –ly suffix in this sentence?
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Reproduction of Gutenberg-era Press on display at the
Printing History Museum in Lyon, France.
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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.
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with replaceable wooden or metal letters in 1436.
(completed by 1440).
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