Day: March 13, 2025

Thursday, 3/13: Agreement, Compounds, Vocab, DTW

Tomorrow’s Test: See Below. Agreement, Vocab, Compounds, DTW. Link. (Subject to changes)

“Agreement, 3/13.” Write an appropriate PRESENT TENSE verb for each. All must be different.

  1. Anyone who ____ differently is obviously wrong.
  2. All of you ____ what is about to happen.
  3. This class ____ much smarter than a llama.
  4. The squad of llamas ____  going to Disneyland for cheer competition.
  5. Both the llama and his brother ____ working on the rocket.

Debrief Test #24

“Compound What? 3/13”   For each sentence, write:
a) Compound Subject (CS), Compound Verb (CV), Compound Both (CB), Compound Sentence (CD) , NOTA   b)  Subject(s) and Verb(s)

  1. Jimmy and the llama went to the store to buy hydrogen.
  2. The llama’s house is energy efficient and saves water by recycling it.
  3. The llama ate three hot dogs, went on a walk, and got a cramp.
  4. My friend the llama and I jumped on our bikes and launched off the ramp.
  5. After I fix this issue, I will deal with the llama.
  6. My best friend’s llama went to the dance, and I went with him.

“Vocab, 3/13.” convivial, prolific, bona fide, deduce, covet, loathe, pariah, condescending, muse, eloquent, obliged
  

  1. _____
  2. _____ (Not muse.)
  3. _____
  4. funeral : somber :: party : _____ 
  5. desire : reject :: loathe : _____
  6. firefighter : hero :: arsonist : _____
  7. Pony and Johnny sat in the vacant lot and _____(ed) about a better life.
  8. She _____(ed), from the fur stuck to his clothes, that he owned a llama.
  9. The roots of this word mean “to go down together.”
  10. The root of this word meant “speaking out.”
  11. The roots of this word meant “sorrow” or “hostile.”
  12. The root of this word meant “to desire.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “live with.”

“DTW Quiz, 3/13” Do in the margin on page 220. Be sure to put Title and Date.

  1. What is Harry Bittering worried about losing?
  2. If Harry was going to stay on Mars anyway, why was he so shaken by the news that the rockets were destroyed?
  3. What was the first tangible sign Harry got that proved his feelings about Mars were true?
  4. When the men at the store don’t seem worried, Harry feels…
  5. “Dark They Were…” is told in ___ person.

Continue reading in BOB… to p230?