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Index. Unit 3
• Reading Comprehension.
How Indian Corn Came into the World
An Ojibwa Legend told to Henry R. Schoolcraft ............................................................................93
The Spirit of the Corn
An Iroquois legend ............................................................................................................................97
The First Christmas-Tree
by Henry Van Dyke ........................................................................................................................104
• Vocabulary
1
abbess
13
deliverer
25
heathen
37
overcoming
49
shuddering
2
abode
14
dusky
26
heave
38
parable
50
smiting
3
appeased
15
entranced
27
Hessians
39
partake
51
solemn
4
asunder
16
ermine
28
hewed
40
perish
52
sparingly
5
balsam
17
exerted
29
hue
41
pierced
53
stammered
6
Bethlehem
18
fasting
30
husks
42
pilgrim
54
standstill
7
blighted
19
fir
31
Iroquois
43
prattle
55
strife
8
blotted
20
garments
32
kindled
44
prevail
56
subduer
9
cease
21
gashes
33
kindred
45
proffer
57
tassels
10
cloaks
22
glade
34
lodge
46
ruddy
58
throbbed
11
cloister
23
gnarled
35
mulch
47
Saxons
59
throng
12
dais
24
heath
36
Ojibwa
48
scornfully
60
Yuletide
• Language
Prepositions .........................................123 Conjunctions .......................................126
a) Coordinating Conjunctions ...........126 b) Correlative Conjunctions .............126
Subject Complement ..........................128 a) Predicate Nominative ..................128 b) Predicate Adjective ......................128
Object of the Verb ..............................130 a) Direct Object .................................130 b) Indirect Object ..............................131
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Prepositional Phrases .........................133 a) Adjective Phrase...........................134 b) Adverb Phrase..............................134
About the Author
Henry Van Dyke .................................... 139
Writing Workshop
Writing a Book Report ........................... 140
Index