Wednesday, 3/7/01
Warm Up: "The Tale of Mr. Morton" Copy: The simple subject is the main word in a sentence. It is always a noun or pronoun. The simple predicate is the main verb in a sentence.
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate in each of the sentences below:

1. During the winter, many birds fly south.
2. There on its back was a large tortoise.
3. The famous star signed autographs for hours.
4. My whole family heard the famous vocalist sing.
5. Some of her diary entries tell about funny incidents in the course of her day.

Vocabulary Pretest--noun, verb, adjective, adverb, tumultuous, compound, savor, slacken, apparatus, metaphor, simile

1. The interest the bank pays on your savings account ___________(s) daily, so it grows even faster.
2. The children, enjoying the last bit of sun, "looked at everything and __________(ed) everything", trying to make it last.
3. "It was as if, in the midst of a film about an avalanche...something had gone wrong with the sound __________...cutting off all noise."
4. tumultuous : adjective :: tumult : __________
5. The storm finally _________(ed), so our plane could take off.
6. (2) "You should __________ every tasty bite of life." This is an example of a(n) _____________.
7. slacken : verb :: apparatus : __________
8. The crowd ______________(ly) pushed its way up to the stage.
9. My life "ain't been no crystal stair" is an example of a(n) ______________.
10. The mad scientist tinkered with a large, mechanical __________.

Finish "All Summer in a Day" Answer the ten questions in your notebook.