1. Write the words that can be made into contractions, then write the contraction.

I have never been to Mexico.

He will visit us for Christmas.

It is time for us to leave.

Once they have tamed the animal, it will be safe.

Until now, whales were not seen regularly.

Find the Nonfiction Signposts for these…. Remember the Nonfiction signposts are.. Contrast and Contradiction, Extreme or absolute Language, Number and stats, Quoted words, Word Gaps..

- “Democracy is not a state, it is an act.”

- To guard it and never take it for granted

-The grief, sorrow, and pain, the worries and the struggles, but we have also witnessed your courage, your resilience and the generosity of your spirit

- All the women who have worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century 100 years ago with the 19th Amendment, 55 years ago with the Voting Rights Act and now in 2020 with a new generation of women in our country who cast their ballots and continued the fight for their fundamental right to vote and be heard

-Conviction

-We have elected a president who represents the best in us,