Monday, December 8, 2008

ROAR - The 26 Letters

The 26 Letters
By Oscar Ogg
Chapter 9


5comments:
- Germany alphabet was first seen as black.
- They modified Caroline hand as it was then written in Italy though it was not a new style.
- The patrons of church encourage the makers of books.
- They write really simple.
- The first dated book was in 1464 or 1465 in Italy.

4questions:
- Do they still write somewhat like they use to?
- Is there any books that has those types of writing still?
- How did they find out the words they used to use to describe things?
- When did someone first found out that back in those days, they had letters?

3vocabulary:
- Pioneer(pg217): A person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- Slavishly(218): Of or befitting a slave.
- Ebb(238): The flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea.

2literacy terms:
- "...and symbolic picture designs as well as the simpler..."(pg222)
- "...bad printing, just as there is bad taste..."(pg250)

1overview sentence:
- Germany alphabet was first written in black and they modified caroline alphabet by a bit and italy even if its not a "new style", and the people in church wants encourage them to write, and the first dated book was in 1464 or 1465 in Italy and that they write really simple and they do enslaves people to write for them and make coppies.

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