Tuesday, 5/22/01
Warm Up--Copy 1-7 and 10. All answers come from
this week's spelling/vocabulary list. For numbers 6 and 7, copy the series
of words, and add a word from our list that fits with the others.
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high school : teacher :: college : *_________
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confirmation : cancellation :: abbreviate : *__________
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skim : peruse :: lose : *__________
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peak : zenith :: prepared : *__________
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hero : villain :: divine : *__________(ing)
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assent, remit, misspell, prevail, *___________
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stark, forbidding, necessary, omniscient, *___________
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(2) In Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain is a _______-person,
*___________ narrator. He knows everything about everyone in the story.
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This is different from Pony in The Outsiders, who
is a _______-person, limited narrator. He can tell us only what he sees
and hears.
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(2) 35/40 = _______% = _________(Letter Grade)
Grammar Review I--
"Unpack Your Adjectives" "Lolly's, Lolly's, Lolly's..."
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What is an adjective?
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What is an adverb?
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(Adj or adv?) She jumped up suddenly and left
the room.
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(Adj or adv?) That oil painting is absolutely
magnificent.
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(Adj or adv?) At the pet shop, a cuddly, little
kitten snuggled up to me, and I nearly bought it.
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(Adj or adv?) The early bird gets the worm.
"Delinquent" by Langston
Hughes
Name another poem we have read by Langston Hughes.
What's a delinquent? What else does it mean?