Wednesday, 2/19: Warm Up, Vocab, RTS, Giver

“Scramble, 2/19.”

  1. The children all received their bikes at 9; they were not allowed to ride before then.
  2. Jonas laughed.
  3. But almost always, the older siblings had secretly taught the younger ones.
  4. Jonas had been thinking already about teaching Lily.
  5. It was one of the few rules that was not taken very seriously and was almost always broken.

“Vocab, 2/19.”  DECORUM, ADMONISH, AMIABLE, RAPT, VILE, ADHERE, CARNAGE, APT, PALPABLE

  1. Jonas was _____(ed) for his unintentional lie about starving.
  2. Jonas could not bear the _____ he perceived in the war memory.
  3. When they cancelled the sold-out show at the last minute, the anger in the crowd was _____. You knew something was going to happen.
  4. The citizens of the Community are careful about ______ in their interactions with each other.
  5. Two-Bit and Soda were the two most ______ greasers.
  6. The audience was _____ with the intense storytelling.
  7. The Elders are very careful to make sure that each assignment is ____ for the person assigned.
  8. There is usually “_____” in the S/CD/CX part of the test; lots of red. (LOL)
  9. Do not mix up this word with the one that means a small container. _____ (LOL)
  10. The root of this word meant “urge by warning.”
  11. Her comment was on point and ____.
  12. (2) You are expected to _____ to the strict rules of _____ in a court of law.

RTS: Cause/Effect. Read the box about cause/effect structure. Read the passage about elephants.

“Cause/Effect, 2/19.”

  1. What kind of sentence do most signal words signal? (S, CD, CX?)
  2. Sometimes a cause has more than one effect. List the THREE effects that occured because hunters wanted the biggest tusks they could find.
  3. Copy: Cause: Numbers of African elephants were very low —> Effect:
  4. Copy: Cause:                     —> Effect:
  5. Copy: Cause:                     —> Effect:               

“Giver 16 Quiz.”  Answer not Letter. (5)

  1. The word Jonas was searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory was…
  2. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, his dad’s reaction could best be described as…  a) anger  b) frustration c) shock  d) nonchalance  e) amusement   f) NOTA
  3. (3) After that conversation with his parents, Jonas does three things important to the story. What are they?

 

Giver 17 aloud.