Wednesday, 9/27/00
Analogies: (Copy! A * means that
the answer is a spelling or vocabulary word.)
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pins : bowling :: archery : _______
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* circle : sphere :: ________ : pyramid
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significant : meaningless :: _______ : worthless
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* watch : observe :: escape : ________
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_______: jet :: red : ruby
Vocabulary Pretest + Punctuation Practice
Not only are the vocabulary words missing from the blanks,
but someone also took all the commas and semicolons out of the sentences.
Put everything back where it belongs. (5 commas + 2 semicolons, each word
used once)
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Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a ________
that hides his true feelings.
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Even after I read the poem three times the meaning still
_______(ed) me.
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As Pony entered the scary old church he had a ____________
that something bad might happen.
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The boys ran away because they thought the police would not
find their story ________ they thought the fuzz would believe the
Socs and not some greasers.
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A record store clerk who hates music is an example of ___________.
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The Southern gentlemen in Gone with the Wind rode
________(ly) into battle to save their homes.
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Pony's jaw dropped ____________(ly) when Cherry said she
might fall in love with Dally.
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S.E. Hinton _______________(ed) that Johnny would use his
knife in Chapter 4 by calling our attention to it in Chapter 2.
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Johnny set the gun down ___________ he was afraid it might
go off.
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Pony also calls it "knowing the score." ____________
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He was such a smooth talker I _________(ly) fell for his
scam.
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No one could _____________ why Two-Bit liked school.
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Give an example of irony from The Outsiders.
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The Latin root cred means ____________.
incredulous, fathom, premonition, gingerly,
credible, irony, elude, savvy, foreshadow, facade, gallant, credulous
Done? In notebook:
Do you think the problems Pony and the rest of the greasers
faced in
1967 are similar to those faces by kids today? Give examples
of problems then and now. What has changed? What is still the same? Are
things better or worse for kids today? What makes you think so?
Return Weird Planet. Discuss.