Spelling Test 16 (60 points + 12 from Wednesday)
Be sure to include your score from Wednesday's Chapter 7 quiz (___/12).
1. A narretive is a story.
2. Forty-nine is a multaple of three.
3. He was just naturaly a good player.
4. Niether is an example of a noun.
5. What is forty percent of ninedy?
6. He has a sister in the ninth grade.
7. The blemish was not very noticable you couldn't hardly see it.
8. When did the incident occurr?
9. Please try to orgunize your notebook.
10. You aught to do your KBAR.
11. "An ounse of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
12. He left town owing me five dollars.
13. Please have patience and wait.
14. She wanted to pearce her nose!
15. Mr. Anderson is the principle of Laguna.
16. He is a very intellagent man.
17. Use a large quantaty of water for this recipe.
18. I didn’t realise what I had done!
19. The Pilgrims were looking for freedom of religon.
20. Please learn to be responsable for your own actions.
21. Do not loss the car keys; there are no spares!
22. James Dean was killed in a firey plane crash.
23. There is a difference between being ignerant and being dumb.
24. We flew at a heighth of 6,000 feet.
25. Does this computer come with a gaurantee?
Vocabulary(13) (Write "exempt" if you are.)
  1. She forgot her lines for the scene so she had to __________.
  2. She regularly ____________(s) that store she buys all her clothes their.
  3. After the rudder fell off the plane flew rather ________(ally).
  4. The songwriter's ________ must of left on vacation he couldn't think of a single meledy.
  5. The crowd got ___________ when it heard that the rock star was not going to show up and then they rioted.
  6. He was very _________ about his performance on the test.
  7. After the earthquake, San Francisco was a scene of destruction and ___________(ion).
  8. I sat around all afternoon, daydreaming and ________ on my future.
  9. (2)He is very ____ about his ____; his pants are never wrinkled and his tie is always perfect.
  10. MS was __________ by Jack until MS punched him out.
  11. The guitarist was very good at _________(ing) solos. He could make up great melodies off the top of his head.
  12. MS said that he did not want to be ____________(ed) by Robin.
smug, unruly, persecute, muse, patronize, attire, fastidious, desolate, improvise, erratic
Mechanics(7): The first five sentence in the Vocabulary section contain seven (7) mistakes. Find and fix them.
 
 
 

Dragonwings(15)(All do #1. Write "Study Questions Attached" if you are turning them in today. Otherwise, do 2-7.)

  1. (5)"We see the same things and yet find different truths." (p147) Who? What does he/she mean? How is this idea different from the idea expressed in the conversation about how the sunsets are lovely all over the world (p139)?
  2. (3)What "charms" does MS  realize he has that are "as good a set of charms (against the demon boys) as the charm from Hand Clap."
  3. How does Father "completely win over" Robin?
  4. (2)How did the Wright brothers respond to Moon Shadow's letter?
  5. What does Father call his "formal suit of clothes"?
  6. What advice does Grandmother give in her letter to MS and Windrider?
  7. (2)Why doesn’t MS tell his Father about the demon boys who are harassing him? What is ironic about this?
EXTRA CREDIT:
A) Answer #5.
B) Find and fix the mistakes above. There are several mechanical mistakes, as well as a couple of factual errors.
Sentence Combining Redux
High Noon (Part III)

1a. Tex realizes something.
1b. He has forgotten to use deodorant.
1c. He begins to feel embarrassed.

2a. Tex feels a rock.
2b. The rock is in his boot.
2c. The boot has pointy toes.
2d. The rock is between his toes.
2e. He sits down in the dust.
2f. He takes off his boot.

 3a. The stranger shakes his head.
3b. The stranger is confused.
3c. The stranger is bewildered.

4a. I'm a pacifist.
4b. Tex cries out.
4c. The cry is piercing.
4d. I don't believe in violence!
4e. And my toe hurts!

5a. The stranger groans.
5b. The stranger rolls his eyes.
5c. The stranger suddenly feels sorry for Tex.
Now, continue the story...