Announcements
and Reminders:
Book Discussions Today!
Make sure you've finished reading your book by today!
Don't forget to bring treats, if you so desire -- preferably to share with three or four classmates. Also, today is the day for your spelling test on Lie/Lay. And it's time to order books from Scholastic! Books make great Christmas gifts. Our genres after Christmas include historical fiction, nonfiction (including biographies, autobiographies, and books on a single subject/literary nonfiction), graphic novels and novels told using poetry, and more opportunities for your own choice. Pick up our catalogues and order before Thanksgiving Break! Our Class Activation Code: GKLJW |
Targets for
Today:
Reading: Literature Standard 3
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). In this case: Point of View. Language Standard 2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. |
Today’s Agenda:
B-Day classes -- Drawings
1. Prepare for Book Discussions.
Book Discussion Demo Title, Author Summary Rating  Original Passage: Third Person Bod was a quiet child with sober grey eyes and a mop of tousled mouse colored hair. He was, for the most part, obedient. He learned how to talk, and once he had learned, he would pester the graveyard folk with questions. "Why amn't I allowed out of the graveyard," he would ask, or "How do I do what he just did?" or "Who lives in here?" The adults would do their best to answer his questions. Changed Passage: First Person I was a quiet child with sober grey eyes and a mop of tousled mouse colored hair. I was, for the most part, obedient. I learned how to talk, and once I had learned, I would pester the graveyard folk with questions. "Why amn't I allowed out of the graveyard," I would ask, or "How do I do what he just did?" or "Who lives in here?" The adults would do their best to answer my questions.
Why third person?
An omniscient third person narrator can see what is going on anywhere, and can know the thoughts of other characters.
In this book, the author shows us other characters before Bod even meets them, such as the ghouls and the girl Scarlett. He can take us along with the bullies even when Bod isn't around. If the book were written in first person, we couldn't see and hear and know all of those things.
In fact, Bod was so small when he came to the graveyard, that he probably wouldn't even remember it to be able to tell us about it.
Book Discussions Should your group finish early, prepare for the spelling test, read, visit, or prepare for more Outsiders reading by creating the chart in your composition book and beginning to fill it out. Who read a science fiction or fantasy book? Can you recommend it to the whole class? 2. More about argument
https://archive.org/details/Five_Minute_Mysteries "The Needle"
Pay close attention to the details -- the facts that would become evidence.
3. Spelling Test on Lie and Lay
In case you need to retake the test, these are helpful links:
Information about Lie and Lay
Verbs
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/present_perfect.htm#perfect
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/past_perfect.htm#perfect http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/future_perfect.htm#perfect Practice Quiz: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/lay-versus-lie-quiz
Lie does not take an object. You just do it. (You could say recline instead.)
I lie on the couch now. (present)
He lies on the couch now. (present)
I lay on the couch yesterday. (past)
He lay on the couch yesterday. (past)
I have lain on the couch. I had lain on the couch. (perfect form)
He has lain on the couch. He had lain on the couch. (perfect form)
I am lying on the couch. (participle form)
He is lying on the couch. (participle form)
I was lying on the couch. (participle form)
He was lying on the couch. (participle form)
I will be lying on the couch. (future -- using participle form)
He will be lying on the couch. (future -- using participle form)
I will lie on the couch. (simple future)
He will lie on the couch. (simple future)
In case you're wondering about participles: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm
Lay takes an object. You do it to something. (You could say put or place instead.)
I lay the baby in her bed. (present)
 Yesterday I laid the baby in her bed. (past) Yesterday he laid the baby in her bed. (past) I have laid the baby in her bed. I had laid the baby in her bed. (perfect) He has laid the baby in her bed. He had laid the baby in her bed. (perfect) I am laying the baby in her bed. He is laying the baby in her bed. (participle) I was laying the baby in her bed. He was laying the baby in her bed. (participle) I will be laying the baby in her bed. He will be laying the baby in her bed. (participle) I will lay the baby in her bed. He will lay the baby in her bed. (participle)
New Spelling Words:
December 4/7 lead led posters.pptx
led/lead
Mr. Major led the band. Please lead the Pledge of Allegiance. A pencil lead is made of graphite, not lead.
threw/through
She threw the ball.
It went through the hoop.
 4. More from The Outsiders: (If Time) Take down page numbers and notes on what evidence is found on the page.
A1 page 62, beginning of "pg 45, Track 2" to minute 6:58, to top of page 66.
B5 page 64, "pg 45, Track 2", minute 3:29.
B6 minute 17:00, page 72, "Johnny handed me the knife."
B7 page 60, "pg 45, Track 1", minute 26:01.
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If You Were
Absent:
Come to Cavetime to take the spelling test and to complete the book discussion.
Begin studying the words for the next spelling test. |
Go in order from shortest to tallest.
A1
Book Discussion Groups
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Group 1
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Daniel A
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Laityn T
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Alix B
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Group 2
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Megan H
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Eveline Z
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Sarah M
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Group 3
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Daisha S
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Samuel S
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Adeleigh W.
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Group 4
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Gage G
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Kianna D
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Makailee T
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Group 5
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Mark S
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Emma N
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Erica W
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Group 6
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Wyatt M
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H.D
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Brandon G
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Group 7
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Laura F
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Claire H
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Ryan G
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Group 8
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Ellie G
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Anna B
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Keileigh A
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Group 9
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Hayden B - Absent
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Harrington B - Absent
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Group 10
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Brynn H
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Mia L
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Sarie R
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Group 11
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Hannah R
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Savanna S
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McKenzie W
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B5
Book Discussion Groups
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Group 1
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Angela C
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Owen S
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Claire O
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Group 2
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Trace R
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Brooklyn S
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Jessie A
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Group 3
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Dylan B
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Elizabeth B
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Porter D - Absent
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Group 4
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Bryson S
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Treson H
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Kameron A
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Group 5
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Isaiah O
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Charlie H
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Jayden H
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Group 6
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Abbie R
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Allyssa C
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Fisher C
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Group 7
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Deyonte D - Absent
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Bennett A
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Johnathon S - Absent
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Group 8
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Kaylee O
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Justus H
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Abe I
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Group 9
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Skip L
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Rebecca B
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Scott B
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Group 10
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Madison A
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Melissa A
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Ryan S
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Group 11
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Samuel B
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Kade S
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McKay R
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Group 12
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Lucianna H
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Cody B
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Gage C
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B6
Book Discussion Groups
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Group 1
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Tanner N
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Dakota G
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Blake K
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Group 2
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Marcus K
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Michael S
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Arianna L
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Group 3
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Ryan E
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Emma E
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Victoria M
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Group 4
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Anthony V
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Joshua K
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Kaden P - Absent
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Group 5
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Miriam Z
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Ryan L
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Alea C - Absent
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Group 6
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Allyah Y
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Zoe H
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Jaiven H
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Group 7
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Noah G
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Harrison W
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Diego G
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Group 8
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Alyssa B
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Kristen B
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Danika N
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Group 9
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Tayla C
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Hyram N
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Prince K
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Group 10
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Kayl Nelson
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Jose V
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Sidney G
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Group 11
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Mitchell B
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Avery W
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Ashton M
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B7
Book Discussion Groups
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Group 1
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Quinten Jones
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Justin B
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Zak B
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Group 2
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Rainey L
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Devanne C
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Kayla W
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Group 3
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Kathryn B
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Paul B
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Sydnee V
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Group 4
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Tayler B
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Brodey L
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Hannah W
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Group 5
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Armando S
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Marianne C
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Calleigh M
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Group 6
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Serenity J
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Edgar P
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Emily B
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Group 7
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Chloe P
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Blake T
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Madison T
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Group 8
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Sophia M
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Sadie G
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Brynlin R
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Hunter D
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Group 9
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Holly H
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Destiny P
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Anne C
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Hayden S
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