Tuesday, 10/26: Clauses, Vocab, MWA

“Scramble, 10/26.” What kind of sentence do you end up with? (p50)

  • to leave
  • so she put down
  • and slid
  • Alyce could not bear
  • into the pit
  • her like that
  • her baskets of apples

Pink Sheet Handout: Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences: Pink Sheet Download.   Do 1-9 Today.


Checking Definitions.


“Vocab, 10/26.” Write the vocab word. Yes, you might use words more than once.
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  1. _____
  2. _____ (Fill in the blank on the cup.)
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
  7. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)
  8. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
  9. “Why don’t you get a job?” asked Steve. “What?!” Two-Bit was _____. “And ruin my rep?”
  10. (2) The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward.
  11. (2) Another name for detention might be “____ behavior _____(ment).” (Bonus: What’s this kind of expression called? Or give another example.)

Alyce.

— Name someone who is nice to Alyce.
— What is a lout?