Wednesday, 12/11/02
Warm Up. Copy 1-5. For #6, tell which doesn't fit and why.
  1. *prohibit : proscribe :: market : ________
  2. *weird : bizarre :: split : ________
  3. *credulous : savvy :: nonchalant : _________
  4. agree (v.) ----> _________ (n)
  5. prescribe (v) ---> _________ (n)
  6. he, who, there, its, their
  7. What 4 things 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, converge, diverge, sinuous -- Pronoun Bonus: Pick any one sentence below, and list the pronouns you find. +1 each correct, -1 each incorrect or missed. Poetry Bonus: What famous poet wrote the line I stole #8 from? What is the name of the poem?
  1. "The stirring event (the Welshman and his sons chasing Injun Joe) was well ________(ed)" by the townspeople the next day.
  2. "Are you in real deadwood ________?" asked Huck. "Is it true?"
  3. small : _________ :: prescribe : proscribe
  4. After the rewrite, his paper was ________(ly) better.
  5. The Taliban __________(ed) television and music. They claimed those things were against the laws of Islam.
  6. The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.
  7. The searchers _________(ed) the cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after three days they were ready to give up.
  8. "Two roads __________(ed) in a yellow wood..." I went left.
  9. "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."
  10. Huck was on a ____________ watch at the tavern. He never left his post.
  11. There were many _________(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree.
  12. (2) She _________(ly) tried to get her work done, and her grade increased _________(ly).
  13. If two roads form a diamond shape, they must first _________, then ___________.