Name: < > Class: < > Date: < > Town Names Below are stories of how five towns got their unusual names. But some words are missing in the stories. Fill in the missing word or words inside the < > angle brackets. When you finish, check to be sure that the stories make sense and sound right. Pie Town, New Mexico A gas station owner had time on his hands. He < > baking, and so in his spare time he would prepare baked goods and sell < >. He was < > and his fame spread. Eventually the community was named after his most < >. Ink, Arkansas Families in this town were to vote on a name for < >. The Post Office sent around < > on which each family was to write in their < > for the village. The directions on < > read, "Write in Ink" -- and so they did! Glide, Oregon The first postmaster of a new post office needed a name for her < >. At first, no names came to < >. Then she heard her small son < > the song "The River Goes Gliding Along." This sparked an < > , and the town of < >, Oregon was named. Tenino, Washington Train and trail legends gave the town of Tenino, Washington its < >. One < > explains that the Indian word "tenino" means a junction in a trail. The area was named < > because it was at the < > of several trails. Another < > explains that the name came from either the numbers 10-9-0 on a railroad survey stake or from the < > 10-9-0 on the locomotive that < > on the line. Nags Head, North Carolina Sailing ships used the stars to < >. On < > nights these ships could easily get lost. Pirates on the coast would take advantage of the < > navigators. They would tie a lantern to a horse's neck and walk < >. The ship's captain would think it was the light on another ship. He would sail toward the lantern, hoping to < >. He would learn his mistake when < > on the reefs and was < > by pirates! Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.) ==================== Pick ONE of the town names below and make up a one-paragraph explanation about how the town got its name. Make your story different from the real one. If you prefer, make up your own unusual name for a town, or use a different real name that you know of. Then use your choice to make up a one-paragraph explanation. Use your imagination to think of an unusual explanation. Pie Town, New Mexico Nags Head, North Carolina Glide, Oregon Ink, Arkansas Tenino, Washington < > If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.) ==================== end of activity Copyright Renaissance Learning, Inc.Download Driver Pack
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