Wednesday, 5/16/01
Warm Up--Copy.
  1. edible : audible :: visible : *________
  2. ecstatic : miserable :: indestructible : *___________
Go over Vocabulary Review Practice.
Vocabulary Pretest--irony, subtle, savvy, pariah, rueful, conducive, foreshadow, prolific, stereotype, diligent
  1.  It was an example of _________(ing) when S.E. Hinton made a big deal about Johnny's knife, and then he later used it.
  2. When Pony assumes that all Socs are like Bob and Randy, he is thinking of people as __________(s) and not as individuals.
  3. "I shouldn't have done that," he said with a _______ sigh.
  4.  Even though he may not be "book-smart" he has a lot of ___________ about the world.
  5. Listening to the stereo is not ____________ to effective studying.
  6. Two-Bit was not a __________ student.
  7. There was only a ________ difference between the two $100 bills, so the bank clerk had to examine them very carefully to tell which was bona fide.
  8. An example of _________ from The Outsiders is when Cherry said she might fall in love with Dally.
  9. He was a ________ among the other students after his actions got them all detention.
  10. The author Ray Bradbury is a very _________ writer, writing at least a thousand words per day.
e. e. cummings
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Read the poem at left. (This is one poem that would be very difficult to read aloud.)
  1. What four words is it made up of? 
  2. Why is it important that he used lower-case l's, rather than capital L's?
  3. Why does he "mix up" the words? What's he trying to represent?
  4. Make up a title for this poem that does not start with the letter L.
Research! Intro/Conclusion