Wednesday, 12/05/01 Fix: #6 on Spelling Pretest:
poncho.
Warm Up. Copy.
1) *tiny : prodigious :: enthusiastic : _______
2) *reptile : iguana :: fruit : __________
3) maze : labyrinth :: conventions : _______
Correct stuff. (Monday's w/u,
Tuesday's w/u, vocab
h/w--mistakes?)
Vocabulary Pretest
fickle, labyrinth, prodigious, bliss, sinuous, magnanimous,
apathetic, converge, diverge
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Baseball fans became pretty __________ after the season was
cut short by a strike. It was hard to care any more.
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The couple had enjoyed 50 years of wedded ___________.
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The whole family ________(ed) on my house for Thanksgiving;
we had 40 people there!
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He hit a ___________ home run. It was at least 500 feet long.
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Luck is ___________; one day you have it all good, and the
next it's all bad.
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The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all
its twists and turns.
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The mystery novel's plot was called ___________(ine) because
of all its twists and turns and false clues.
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"Two roads __________(ed) in a yellow wood..." I went left.
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The orphanage thanked the man for his ____________ donation.
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There were many _________(ent) opinions about what
should be done. No one could agree.
Correct TS check
Tom Sawyer (10)
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If the lawyer promised not to reveal Huck's name, why is
Huck still worried about Injun Joe?
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(2) Name two of the places Tom says buried treasure is found.
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Why does Huck think Tom is foolish for wanting to get married?
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Why does Huck say that ghosts are a "dern sight worse'n dead
people"?
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Slathers? (p158, p )
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What's the unluckiest day of the week?
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(3) What is Tom's interpretation of dreaming about rats?
As long as they ain't __________, it only means___________, and you only
________
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Why did they dig one last time in their last hole before
they went to check the haunted house?
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