Wednesday, 9/26/01
Warm Up. Copy #1-#4. For #5, tell where the missing punctuation goes, and what it is.
  1. *  watch : observe :: escape : ________
  2. * reality : ________ :: savvy : credulous
  3. * bomb : explode :: __________ : foreshadow
  4. * circle : sphere :: ________ : pyramid
  5. I fought to get loose and almost did for a second then they tightened up on me and the one on my chest slugged me a couple of times.
Go over Vocabulary Practice. Vocabulary Pretest
  1. The Latin root cred means ____________.
  2. Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a ______ that hides his true feelings.
  3. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still _______(ed) me.
  4. As Pony entered the scary old church, he had a ____________ that something bad might happen.
  5. The boys ran away because they thought the police would not find their story ________;  they thought the fuzz would believe the Socs, and not some greasers.
  6. A record store clerk who hates music is an example of _____.
  7. Pony's jaw dropped ____________(ly) when Cherry said she might fall in love with Dally.
  8. It is very _____(ic) that Cherry seems to have fallen for Dally.
  9. He was such a smooth talker, I _____(ly) fell for his scam.
  10. The bank's ___________ was cracked and damaged by the wind, but the inside was fine.
  11. The Socs ran to _________ responsibility for their actions.
  12. Give an example of irony from The Outsiders.
  13. The Southern gentlemen in Gone with the Wind rode ________(ly) into battle to save their homes.
  14. Johnny set the gun down ______; he was afraid it might go off.
  15. No one could _____________ why Two-Bit liked school.
incredulous, fathom, premonition, gingerly, credible, irony, elude, savvy, foreshadow, facade, gallant, credulous

Finish Chapter 4 questions. Correct/discuss.
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