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Puzzles	Coloring
Analogies	Alliteration
Onomatopoeia	Hands On
Word Power

**D-Day Puzzles**
D-Day Word Search PDF File
D-Day Maze PDF File

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**Coloring Pages**

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D-Day Analogies

Complete the following analogies. For analogy help, click here.

4 July 1776 is to Independence Day as 6 June 1944 is to .

Johnny Appleseed is to Arbor Day as General Eisenhower is to .

England is to Dover as France is to .

Winston Churchill is to the Allies as Hitler is to .

Honor is to knight as duty is to .

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D-Day Alliteration

Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides. For alliteration help, click here.

Example:
Diligent dutiful dignified dogfaces daringly defied darkness.
Nautical nimble navy navigators neared Normandy noiselessly.

Do your own D-Day Alliteration for Churchill, Hitler, Eisenhower, Normandy, military, courage, honor, allies, axis

Hint:

If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...

______	______	______	______	______	______	______
Adjective	Adjective	Adjective	Noun	Verb	Adjective / Adverb	Noun

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D-Day Onomatopoeia Activities

Remember: Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects.
(from Greek = name-making)

Pronounced: on-o-mat-o-PEE-a

Quick ... what sound ...

What sound do you hear on when a family or church prays for the military protecting their land?
What sound is heard when firecrackers roar overhead?
What sound do you hear when sailors/soldiers first espy their families after a long absence?
What sound is heard when a soldier/sailor parent holds their child and prays with them at bedtime?

D-Day Analogy Answers
4 July 1776 is to Independence Day as 6 June 1944 is to D-Day; Johnny Appleseed is to Arbor Day as General Eisenhower is to D-Day; England is to Dover as France is to Normandy; Winston Churchill is to the Allies as Hitler is to the Axis powers; Honor is to knight as duty is to patriot.

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Hands On Activities

Interview veteran(s) from World War II along with their wives. What were/are their thoughts and actions about D-Day? Where were they on D-Day?

Listen to the music of the times Benny Goodman, Dorsey Brothers, Andrew Sisters, etc. Why do you think they were popular? Was their music full of self-pity or was it upbeat?

Find out what countries were apart of the Axis Powers and what countries were the Allied Powers. What were their special markings? (e.g., USA had a star, England a bull's eye, Japan had the rising sun, etc.)

Geography: Locate on a globe/map and/or color a map showing the various countries participating in World War II. (You may want to color code them with respect to Allied versus Axis powers).

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D-Day Word Power

Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.

Example: The word salvation may be rearranged into the phrase A vital Son.

Get a three minute egg timer.

See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...

Normandy ?

Eisenhower ?

Stars and Stripes?

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Word Power Answers

Normandy

Eisenhower

Stars and Stripes

**Normandy**
3-letter words	and, day, DNA, don, dry, man, nod, nor, rod, yam, yon

4-letter words	Andy, anon, darn, many, morn, norm

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**Eisenhower**
3-letter words	eon, ewe, hen, her, hew, his, hoe, how, ion, ire, new, nor, now, one, ore, owe, own, roe, row, see, sew, she, sin, sir, son, sow, wee, who, win, woe, won

4-letter words	eons, ewer, heir, here, hero, hers, hewn, hews, hire, hoes, hone, horn, hose, ions, iron, news, nose, ores, owes, owns, rein, rise, rose, rows, seen, seer, sewn, shier, shin, shoe, show, sire, snow, sore, were, when, wine, wire, wise, wish, wore, worn, wren

5-letter words	eerie, ewers, heirs, heron, hewer, hires, hones, horns, horse, Irene, irons, newer, noise, Norse, owner, renew, resin, rinse, risen, sewer, shine, shire, shone, shore, shown, shrew, siren, sower, sneer, snore, swine, swore, sworn, where, whine, whose, wines, wires, wiser, worse

6-letter words	herein, heroes, herons, hewers, nosier, owners, senior, serene, whines, worsen

7-letter words	heroine, shower, snowier

8-letter words	heroines

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**Stars and Stripes**
3-letter words	ads, and, ant, ape, apt, are, art, asp, ate, den, dip, eat, end, err, its, nap, nip, pad, pan, pat, pen, pet, pin, pit, ran, rap, rat, red, rid, sad, sap, sat, sea, set, sin, sip, sir, sis, sit, spa, tan, tap, tar, ten, tip

4-letter words	ants, apes, arts, asps, dare, darn, dart, date, dean, dear, dent, dens, dint, dips, dirt, drat, east, ends, errs, isn't, naps, nest, nips, pads, paid, pane, part, pass, past, pats, pens, pert, pest, pets, pins, pits, raid, rant, raps, rapt, rasp, rate, rats, read, rend, rent, rest, ride, rids, said, sand, saps, sass, seas, seat, sedan, sent, sets, sins, sips, snap, snip, spin, span, spar, spas, spats, spit, step, star, stir, tans, tarp, tars, tart, tend, tens, test, tint, tips, trap, trip, tsar

5-letter words	dares, darns, darts, dater, dates, deans, dears, dents, drain, drape, dress, nests, paint, panda, panes, parts, pasta, paste, pests, press, print, radar, raids, rants, rapid, rasps, rated, rates, reads, rends, rents, rests, rides, sands, seats, sedans, snaps, snare, snips, spade, spans, spars, spend, spins, spits, stand, stare, stars, start, steps, stern, stirs, strap, strip, tarts, tends, tests, tints, trade, traps, tread, trend, tress, trips

6-letter words	assent, assert, assist, attend, depart, drains, draper, drapes, errand, insert, paints, pants, parted, passed, passers, pasted, pastes, patina, priest, prints, radars, ranted, rapids, rasped, snared, snares, spades, spare, sparse, spends, sprain, spread, sprint, stands, stared, stares, starts, strand, straps, stress, tartar, trader, trades, treads, trends

7-letter words	aptness, artisan, assents, asserts, attends, departs, distant, distress, drapers, errands, inserts, partisan, persist, priests, sadness, spared, sparred, Spartan, sprains, spreads, sprints, starred, strands, tartness, traders, trespass

8-letter words	artisans, assistant, partisans, persists

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