Wednesday, 12/13/00
Notice: Magazine stuff is on hold! The print shop can't get them printed in time for Winter Break anyway...
Warm Up:
  1. Which is better--an old one-hundred-dollar bill or a new one?
  2. When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, this day will be as far from Friday as this day was from Friday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What day is it?
  3. Which is correct:  "18 plus 19 is 36", or "18 plus 19 are 36"?
  4. *shortage : excess :: intermittent : __________
  5. *weak : hardy :: allow : _________
  6. *hurdle : hurdle :: advise : ________
"Unpack Your Adjectives!"
Parts of Speech:
Add one of the following prefixes or suffixes to each of the words below to change it into the new part of speech. You may use a prefix or suffix more than once and you may have to change or remove a letter or two of the original word to make the combination. Copy! (All correct = +2, -1 or -2 = +1)
{ant, re, be, ward, ion, ly, ful, able, ize, ish, less, ous, ance}
  1. endure (v.) + __________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (n.)
  2. friend (n.) + __________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj.)
  3. friend (n.) + __________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (different adj.)
  4. friend (n.) + __________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (v.)
  5. glory (n.) + __________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj.)
  6. back (n.) + ___________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adv.)
  7. child (n.) + __________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj.)
  8. defy (v.) + _________ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj.)
Tom Sawyer Reading Check (6 points)
  1. "We can try Tom, but I've seen such a beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there." (p202) What "country" is Becky referring to?
  2. (4) What did Tom and Becky have in the way of provisions inside the cave?
  3. What did Tom tell Becky when she asked why he shouted?
Mark Twain Paragraphing (due Weds. 12/20) + Project or Final (due Thursday 12/21)--Only homework for next week (besides vocab).

Tom Sawyer aloud...Chapter 32