Tuesday, 2/22/00
Copy Homework into assignment book.

Work on ILAA rubric practice. Grade all seven.  Put scores on the back of the handout. Give each an appropriate title, so I can tell you read them. (Example: C) "You Big Meanies": 4-/5 ) We'll go over scores tomorrow.

Previous Editors finish "The Other Foot."
New Editors can start after they finish ILAA grading practice.
Writers can start on vocab. or work on 600 words or on new piece.

Vocabulary: (Dragonwings Chapter 1)
1. I improved my grade so much, my teacher said I was like "a
____________, rising from the ashes."
2. It would be very perilous to be ____________ to a grumpy policeman...
3. He may treat you like a __________, and arrest you.
4. Unfortunately, in many cultures, a woman without a sizeable
____________ will find it difficult to merry.
5. Even though there was chaos in the classroom, the sub sat
(un)___________(ed), as though nothing were wrong.
6. He treated me with respect, so I _____________(ed).
7. To reenact a scene from Julius Caesar, we all wore __________(s).
8. A(n) __________ modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun. (Example:
Jimmy is a fast runner.)
9.A(n) __________ describes how, when, or where something is done.
(Example:  Then, Jimmy ran quickly away.)
10.____________ was once the West Coast center for ____________(s)
from Asia to the U.S.
11.Change:
         a) appalled (n) into an adjective.
         b) reciprocate (v) into a noun.
12. The teacher was __________ by the bad spelling in the "Me" papers.
13."Big talk! You're like the blind man who catches sparrows and calls them
phoenixes." What does this person mean?
14. Label each word in the following sentence. ("Down" is done for you.):
                                           prep
     Johnny ran quickly down the narrow street.

15.Find and fix the usage error(s) in the following sentence. Write it corectly below:

   Jimmy and him ran further then anyone would of thought they could.
 
 

(E.C.) Find and fix at least two mistakes in this exercise.
(E.C.) What is the reciprocal of 1/5?

   tunic, perturb, reciprocate, phoenix, dowry, miscreantinsolent, Angel Island, immigrant, appalled, noun, adjective, verb, adverb