By: Joyce Carol Thomas

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Genre Autobiography
I Have Heard of a Land

• By Joyce Carol Thomas
• Illustrator Floyd Cooper

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VOCABULARY
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Fertile

• Syllables
• 3 fer-ti-le
• Part of speech
• adjective
• Definition
• Capable of growing and developing able to mature
  
• Sentence The baby was growing fertilely.
• Synonym
• plentiful

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Arbor

• Syllables
• 2 ar-bor
• Part of Speech
• noun
• Definition
• A shelter of vines or branches or a
  structure of crossed wood or metal strips covered
  with climbed shrubs or vines.
• Example
• Lets go see the statue covered with vines
  called The Arbor Statue.
• Synonym axis

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Harmony

• Syllable
• 3 Har-mon-y
• Part of Speech
• noun
• Definition
• the way in which different notes
• that are played or sung together combine to
  make a pleasing sound.
• Sentence The harmony on that Beethoven CD was
  exquisite.
• Synonym cooperation

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Possibilities

• Syllable
• 5 pos-si-bi-li-ties
• Part of Speech
• noun
• Definition The fact that something might exist
  or happen, but is not certain to.
• Sentence
• She didnt open her heart to all the
  possibilities.
• Synonym
• capabilities

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Pioneer

• Syllables
• 3 Pi-on-eer
• Part of Speech
• noun
• Definition
• A person or groups that
• explore new areas of thought or activity.
• Sentence
• I wish I was a pioneer so I could explore.
• Synonyms
• lead

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