Wednesday, 3/13/02
Warm Up. Subjective or Objective?
  1. "A longer passing period would be a good idea."
  2. 2 + 2 = 4
  3. A judge. (supposedly)
  4. "The Simpsons is a funny show."
  5. "This warm up is easy."
"Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, and what the predicate says, he does."
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate in each of the sentences below:
1. During the winter, many birds fly south.
2. There on its back was a large tortoise.
3. The famous star signed autographs for hours.
4. My whole family heard the famous vocalist sing.

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest (All correct = exempt, -1 = +4, -2 = +3, -3 = +2, -4 = +1.)
compound, tumultuous, apparatus, slacken, savor, rapport, subjective, metaphor, simile

  1. The interest the bank pays on your savings account ___________(s) daily, so it grows even faster.
  2. The children, enjoying the last bit of sun, "looked at everything and __________(ed) everything," trying to make it last.
  3. "It was as if, in the midst of a film about an avalanche...something had gone wrong with the sound __________...cutting off all noise."
  4. The storm finally _________(ed), so our plane could take off.
  5. (2) "You should __________ every tasty bite of life." This is an example of a(n) _____________.
  6. The mad scientist tinkered with a large, mechanical __________.
  7. verse : stanza :: relationship : __________
  8. The crowd ______________(ly) pushed its way up to the stage.
  9. My life "ain't been no crystal stair" is an example of a(n) ______________.
  10. motivation : inspiration :: contraption : _________
  11. *"forward thrower" = ______________
  12. *"above stand things" = _____________
  13. *"against stand thing" = _____________
  14. **Based on the meaning of the Latin root, sta, static electricity--unlike the kind that powers your lights and computer--is a kind of "electricity" that does not __________.
Bomb Shelter?
"All Summer in a Day Questions"

Correct Test #16