Test #21--Be sure to record any extra credit
(or penalties) you may have earned during the week. If you did the crossword
puzzle, turn it in, and add a +10 to your extra credit. (Remember, EC maxes
out at 15 this week). Record your scores on the DW quizzes this week: 6
points (all classes) and 10 points (periods 5, 6, 7). In the spelling section,
do the ones you missed on Monday plus #26-#30. If you are exempt from vocabulary,
say so and do only #10.
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Check the meaning of the word in the dictionery.
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Find the appendex in the back of your book.
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Is he dependible enough to take care of a dog?
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Please don't contredict me.
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Buying the tickets will be a big expence.
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Will a clock work if its pendulem is stuck?
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The weather pradiction calls for warmer weather
this week.
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His favorite genre is suspence stories.
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What compensation will I receive for this job?
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The secretary was very good at taking dictaition.
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Can we suspend the lamp from that hook?
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Actors need good dicton to be understood.
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The dictater ruled with an iron hand.
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Has the jury reached a veredict?
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A dark sky and a change in the direction of the wind are
signs of an inpending storm.
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Please dispence the food in equal servings.
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Getting lost is a serious predictement.
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Will he draw a penshion when he retires?
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She wore a gold pendent around her neck.
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A finger is an appendege.
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He was the valedictorien of his senior
class.
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The grand jury handed down an inditement of
murder in the first degree.
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Whether you go to the amusement park or not is dependant
on your behavior.
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Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, and what the predecate
says, he does.
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The teacher issued an edict; there will be
no more pencil borrowing.
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"before say thing"
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"farewell say person"
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"truly say"
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"under hang"
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"under hang thing"
Vocabulary: sardonic, deity, perpetual, sullen, incensed,
epitaph, auspicious
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After being yelled at by Mom, I __________(ly) started to
clean my room.
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Uncle was __________ at Black Dog after BD beat Moon Shadow.
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Mercury is an example of a Greek _________.
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Some people seem to think that if you ______(ly) whine, you
might get your way.
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The rainbow after the storm was a(n) ______________ sign.
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ceaseless : perpetual :: favorable : __________
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human : temporary :: deity : __________
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cranky : _______ :: furious : incensed
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Two Bit was the most __________ of the greasers.
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Give an example of an epitaph.
sardonic, deity, perpetual, sullen, incensed, epitaph,
auspicious
Dragonwings
Second(2) Period and Third(3) Period do all. Other
periods begin with #8.
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How does Mr. Yep foreshadow the return of Black Dog?
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What does MS call the "demon dung"?
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(2) If Dragonwings was already built, why was the money Black
Dog stole so important?
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(3) Why won't anyone in town lend Father the money they need?
Why won't he go to the Company for the money? Why not Miss Whitlaw?
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(2) "Fine. I'm afraid you won't be able to come down tomorrow.
We’re…we’re moving." (p221) Who? What is this person trying to say without
saying it?
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Give a quote from Father's song (p224) that shows it is a
wistful
song, rather than a sad one.
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Extra Credit +1: The first verse of father's song is very
similar to something else you've read this year. What? +1 more for the
author of this similar piece.
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(2) Explain what happens to Dragonwings in exactly 10 words.
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(3) What is Uncle's diagnosis of Father's injuries?
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How does Father justify not flying any more from the dragon
point of view?
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Read pages 246-248 (if you haven't already), and answer the
following questions about them:
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a) How should Tang be properly spelled?
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b)(2) Who is Fung Joe Guey? What did he do?
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c)(3) Mr. Yep says that he had three basic aims (things
that he tried to do) when he wrote Dragonwings. What were they?