"Hello, I would like some slate please, and make it extralarge this time!"
Long ago we used to write on slates with a little stick!
She wrote her daily schedule on a slate hung by the door.
A chalkboard is a piece of slate on which to write with chalk and is named after the color "black".
At school it was normal to write with a slate penicil on a piece of slate (the slate pencil could be make of clay, soft slate, soapstone or chalk). The main advantage of slate was that it the marks could be erased and the slate could be reused.
A piece of slate on which to write with chalk is called a "slate board" or simply "slate." Historically used in classrooms, it served as a reusable writing surface for students before the advent of paper. The slate is typically rectangular and smooth, allowing for easy writing and erasing with chalk.
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Victorian slate boards were mostly used by children in schools. Children used slate boards to learn how to write and spell.
The project was renamed, restructured, and began their work again with a clean slate.
Victorians typically used slate pencils, which were small sticks of natural slate, to write on slate boards. These slate boards were a common writing surface for children in schools during the Victorian era, as they were reusable and easy to clean. The slate pencil would leave a mark on the board, and when needed, the writing could be wiped off with a damp cloth. This method was practical and economical for education at the time.
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No. Slate does not rhyme with kneel. If you mean something else, please write your question more clearly.