Wednesday, 12/12/01
"What are we whining about?" -- Rachel Whitson
Warm Up. Copy 1-6.
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amuse (v) ----> __________ (adj)
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agree (v.) ----> _______ (n)
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clock (n.) ----> ________ (adv)
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break (v.) ----> __________ (n)
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*prohibit : proscribe :: market : ________
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*now : presently :: then : __________
Tom Sawyer
1. "We can try Tom, but I've seen such a
beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there." (p202) What
"country" is Becky referring to?
2. (4) What did Tom and Becky have in the
way of provisions inside the cave?
Correct Vocabulary h/w.
Vocabulary Pretest--proscribe, earnest,
picturesque, marked, canvass, continuous, continual--Also: After choosing
the correct word for each blank, list the pronouns in each sentence. There
are 14 in all.
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"The stirring event (the Welshman
and his sons chasing Injun Joe) was well ________(ed)" by the townspeople
the next day.
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"Are you in real deadwood ________?"
asked Huck. "Is it true?"
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small : _________ :: prescribe
: proscribe
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After the rewrite, his paper was
________(ly) better.
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The Taliban __________(ed) television
and music. They claimed those things were against the laws of Islam.
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The searchers _________(ed) the
cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after three days they were ready to
give up.
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"He was unkempt, uncombed, and
clad in the same old ruin of rags that made him _________ in the days when
he was free and happy."
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Huck was on a ____________ watch
at the tavern. He never left his post.
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(2) She _________(ly) tried to
get her work done, and her grade increased _________(ly).
Mark
Twain paragraphing. Separate sheet.
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Read over the list of facts. Decide
how they should be grouped.
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Write the numbers of the sentences
in what you think is the best order and best grouping (three paragraphs).
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Write out your assigned paragraph.
Indent, punctuate, etc.