The Signalman: Vocabulary
The Signalman1. Look at the pictures of the signal-man and the signal-box.
Write a description of each picture. Use some of these words from the story: gloomy, lonely, line, telegraph, beard
Now write two paragraphs.
Begin the first paragraph: The signal-man is ....
Begin the second paragraph: The signal box is where ...
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