Thursday, 9/12: Warm Up, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders

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Tomorrow’s Test: S/P, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview Here.


“S/P, 9/12.” Name the Subject and Predicate for each sentence below.

  1. The last question on the test was hard!
  2. With a smile on his face, the llama entered the park.
  3. The spinning of the ride made the llama sick.
  4. Due to my sloppy work, the llama gave me detention.
  5. The difficulty of the test scared most students.
  6. Are the llamas wild or tamed?
  7. Up one side and down the other went the llama.

“FRO’s, 9/12.” Fragment, Run On, OK?

  1. While my llama gently weeps.
  2. Up one side and down the other went the llama.
  3. Although the llama is a quadruped, he also has fins for swimming.
  4. In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas.
  5. That embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence.
  6. You can beat the llama’s score you will be part of the elite llama squad.
  7. The llama won the race although he had a broken leg.
  8. The llama couldn’t call his agent his cell phone was dead.
  9. Across the frozen wasteland, chasing the wild llama.
  10. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.

 


“Vocab, 9/12.”
   
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
  6. Write the words Rubber Duck.
  7. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
  8. The prefix of this word means “under” or “less.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to set free” or “pay off a debt.”
  11. The root of this word meant “throat.”
  12. The root of this word meant “not worthy.” (What prefix mean “not”?)
  13. The root of this word meant “to brag.”

Finish Chapter 5 silently. You may read ahead if you finish early, but keep it quiet.