Day: October 20, 2016

Tomorrow’s Test: KoS, Vocabulary, Outsiders, Husker Du (mostly apostrophes).

Checking Kos II.

“Warm Up, 10/20, KoS.” Write the answer.

1. Will you tell me what a llama looks like  a) Declarative  b) Interrogative  c) Imperative   d) Exclamatory
2. The llama is a quadruped   a) Declarative  b) Interrogative  c) Imperative   d) Exclamatory
3. Please Google the word llama for me   a) Declarative  b) Interrogative  c) Imperative   d) Exclamatory
4. A sentence like you might find in an encyclopedia entry would be called a(n) ____ sentence.   a) Declarative  b) Interrogative  c) Imperative   d) Exclamatory
5. The subject of an imperative sentence is always the word ____.    a) they  b) I  c) somebody  d) it  e) NOTA
6. Rearrange #1 into a different kind of sentence. Do not add or subtract words.
7. Rearrange #2 into a different kind of sentence. Do not add or subtract words.

“Vocabulary, 10/20.” (14p) Write the word.
  

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______ (Not dire.)
4. The boy ______(ly) rode his bike into the busy street.
5. The lawyer’s argument was so _____ the jury acquitted his client.
6. The clown _____(tion) filled the parking lot with tiny cars.
7. compelling : boring :: rare: _____
8. “Now, now, don’t be ______. Speak up!”
9. Most stores these days don’t ____ over the price.
10. His _____ facade hid a very dangerous person.
11. gossipy : discreet :: safe : ______
12. The only noun on the list: ______
13. (2) Name two attributes of a rectangle.

VOCABULARY RELAY!

Finish Outsiders. Preview test questions:

1. Pony vs. Darry. This conflict is resolved when…
2. Reread the middle paragraph on p179. It’s the one that begins, “Tell Dally.” What is Pony’s purpose in writing this all down?
3. When we find out that the book is Ponyboy’s essay.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) climax  e) resolution