Thursday, 01/10/02
Warm Up.
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*star : telescope :: cell : ________
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*athlete : injury :: ________
: career
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Which doesn't fit, and why?
precise, microscopic, explosion, circuitous, destitute
"MFN" (17 points)
Read silently until you
get to the end of the second to last paragraph on page 150. (The paragraph
that begins "A terrific idea..." should be the last one you read. Then
answer the questions below in your notebook.
1. (3) What is a Canuck, newsreel,
davenport?
2. (3) Pepere is French for
___ . Mardis Gras is French for ____. Noir is French for ____ .
3. What is today's equivalent
of the League of Nations?
4. (2) List two of the stereotypes
that Robert (the narrator) thought of when he met Jefferson.
5. What does Robert think
of Jeff's name? (p145)
6. Why is Robert disappointed
when Jeff tells him his family came from Boston looking for work? (p145)
7. (2) What do Jeff's father
and Robert's father have in common? (Besides both being dads.)
8. Why is Nutsy afraid of
Jeff? (Quote.)
9. Quote the sentence on page
149 where Robert comes back out of the flashback about Jeff.
10. (2) What was Robert's
"bright idea" for the raid? What was he thinking?
Done?
Editors
Edit.
Writers work on Sentence
Combining (Due tomorrow, EOP.)
Then...Sentence
Scramble (Due next Friday, EOP.)