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Today, Tuesday, December 20th--Test Review of Unit 2, Northstar listening and speaking.

Be sure to include the following in your update packet when you return in January.

*Contextual Unit Vocabulary in sentences.

access
assess
boardroom
burn out
callous
civic
dictate
engineer
envision
evolve
idealistic
landscape
laudable

live by
make ends meet

nurture

play out

scrutiny
self-selecting
small-town America
spirituality
sprawling
thwart
town planning
unscripted
vibrant

Write:

Imagine you are thinking about moving into a new community that is being built.  The developer has has asked you for advice about what to include in the new community.

Write a paragraph (audience is friends who may also be thinking of moving into this community.
Be sure to tell your audience the advice you would give the developer.  Use verbs of urgency such as demand and insist.  For example, you might want to say, "I insist that my house have a porch."


*Finish packet work from Northstar, Listening and speaking Unit 2
*Finish noun clause formatting, page 40 and 41.