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I will be checking KBARR and spelling practice.

Prep sheet for Test #5:
Plot Quiz: ___/6  Vocabulary Homework:___/20
Warm Ups: 9/21:___/6  9/22:___/13  9/23:___/15  9/24:___/14
Other Extra Credit: Period 3 gets +3 for vocab relay, Period 4 gets +2 for vocab relay (hush). Other extra credit may include: +1 for bootleg, +1 or +2 for homophone. The extra credit for mimicked and for vain/vane/vein should have been added into the warm up scores.

Today’s Doodle Theme: Music.

Mental Floss.

1. Explain the following true boast: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
   W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L O  N
   
3. 1961 was a special year (besides the fact that Mr. Coward was born then). In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
   • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
   • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
   • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.
6. When does 1+1+1=1?

Test #5

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling, Warm Up Reruns, Vocabulary, Plot, Outsiders, Husker Du.
Due Tomorrow: KBAR (chart + 1 page or 4 blog posts) and spelling practice (sentences and/or analogies).

Warm Up 9/24/15. (14p) * = spelling. ** = vocabulary. For 1-5, choose the correct pair and COPY IT. DO NOT LOOK AT THE SPELLING SHEET!

1. * who is : ___ :: who owns : ___
   a) whose/who’s  b) who’s/whose  c) who’se/who’s  d) who’s/whos’
2. * steep : ___ :: cut ___
   a) shear/sheare  b) shear/sheer  c) sheere/shear  d) sheer/shear
3. * nugget : ___ :: rank : ___
   a) cernel/kernel  b) colonel/kernel  c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel
4. * belongs to them : ___ :: location : ___
   a) their/they’re  b) there/their  c) their/there  d) they’re/there
5. * group : ___ :: center : ___
   a) corpse/core  b) core/corpse  c) corps/corp  d) corps/core

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6. ** humble : vain :: nonchalant : _____
7. ** Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
8. ** The comedian ____(ed) the famous politician’s mannerisms. (Bonus if you actually spell the answer correctly with the suffix.)
9. ** If you ____ (ed) CPK last night, it benefited the band program.
10. ** I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
11. ** Buck Merrill sometimes sold _____ alcohol.  (It was called bootlegging. Bonus for the origin of the term!)
12. ** A spy must be very ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
13. Name the verbs: Darry was angry at himself when he hit Pony.

Vocabulary Relay #3. Can anybody beat Period Three?

Literary Shtuff, 9/24/15. * = a term on the plot chart. (6p)

1. Why do we not see Johnny stab Bob the Soc? (Be sure to use a literary term in your answer.)
2. The fact that Johnny, the gentlest of the greasers, is the one who killed somebody is an example of ______.
3. protagonists : greasers :: _______ : Socs
4. * The part of the story where the author explains who the characters are and what their situation is.  _______.
5. * Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______.
6. * The part of the story in Green Eggs and Ham where he finally tastes the green eggs and ham would be the ______ of the story.

The Outsiders.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” (?)

Checking: Vocabulary Show-Me-You-Know Sentences.

Warm Up, 9/23. * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary. (15p)

1. * it is : ___ :: it owns : ___ (2p)
2. * antagonist : protagonist :: villain : _____
3. * John murdered the Cheerios and then he offed the Captain Crunch and then he snuffed out the Wheaties. John is a _______ killer. Get it? This is a pun on which pair of words?
4. * ____ books have been sitting ____ for a long time; I hope ____ coming back soon. (3p)
   
5. ** _____
6. ** _____
7. ** Which pair of homophones? ______ and ______
8. ** “You’re so ___. You probably think this song is about you.”
9. ** Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
10. ** Please stop ____(ing) me. I am not 5 years old any more.
11. ** It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag.
12. ** S. E. Hinton says that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher.  The kids’ problems wore her out.

Blogs are looking good!

Plot, 9/23. Copy the diagram exactly.

Plot Practice. Use the appropriate terms from the diagram to fill the blanks. (6p)

1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
2. “And they lived happily ever after,” would be the _____ of a fairy tale.
3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
6. We are now in the _____ of the story.

As we correct, write the answers on the diagram. You may use this cheat sheet on the test Friday.

The Outsiders!

Warm Up, 9/21/15. * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary. Do not copy.

1. * Dally is Johnny’s _____.
2. * Do you understand the ____(s) of dividing fractions?
3. * The word ____ comes from the French word for body.
4. *  Red and green are ________(ary) colors.
5. * What Mrs. Healy and Mrs. Anderson do.
   
6. ** _____
7. ** _____
8. ** _____
9. ** _____
10. **  buy : sell :: boycott : _____
11. **  legitimate : illicit :: combined : _____
12. **  The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
13. **  I never ___(ed)  that store again after they were rude to me.

Bonus: Spell all three homonyms correctly.

Blog It Baby! 11 people!

“Richard Cory” 9/22/15.

Write a sentence about Richard Cory that begins with the word although.

The Outsiders

Copy homework into planner.

Bonus Question: This week’s spelling theme is homophones. The roots of the word homophone mean _______  ________.

Warm Up, 9/21/15. Copy 1-3. *= spelling, ** = vocabulary.

1. * friendly : hostile :: active : _____
2. * its, whose, ____
3. * Sacramento : ______ :: Mr. Calandro : ______ (2)
4. * It is said that many stereotypes start with a _____ of truth.
5. *_______ books are *______?  (Must get both. There is a second pair of words that will also work. +1 if you can come up with that pair too.)

Go over Test #4.

“Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Time? Outsiders.