Thursday, 2/13/03
Warm Up. Copy 1-3 into notebook. Write out the answers to the multiple choice ones.
  1. *lose : prevail :: agree : ________
  2. *burst : rupture :: conspicuous : _________
  3. *gradual : abrupt :: respectful : _________
  4. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed on the question of...a) What is the right thing to do. b) Who's weird and who isn't. c) Who's cool and who isn't. d) Who's important and who isn't. e) All of the above.
  5. The poem says that if a person looked very carefully...a) He would see that everyone is weird. b) He would see that what might look weird really isn't. c) He would see that what might seem sane really isn't. d) All of the above. e) b and c.
  6. The poem says that if you disagree with the majority...a) You're weird. b) You're stupid. c) You're considered dangerous. d) You're doing the right thing.
  7. Where does Thursday come before Wednesday?
Correct vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You won't necessarily use them all.
divine, discerning, stark, prevail, demur, lurid, revoke, restitution, impertinent, brood
  1. Even though we were losing in the first half, I knew we would eventually  _______.
  2. When I asked if she wanted to go skydiving, she ________(ed),  and said she was scared.
  3. "Don't cry over spilled milk" is an old expression that means not to ______ too much over mistakes that you can't change.
  4. The stain on the white shirt stood out ______(ly).
  5. A comic book collector must be very _______ when it comes to the condition of the comic. The smallest flaw can effect the value immensely.
  6. Very few things annoy teachers more than __________(ce).
  7. The man swore ______(ly) after he hit his thumb with a hammer.
  8. As he sat in the principals office, he hoped for _______ intervention; maybe an angel would swoop in and save him.  (Not.)
  9. The cheesecake at that restaurant is simply ________.
  10. Most Americans agree that the right to live free is an (ir)_____________(able) one that should only be taken away if we commit a crime.
  11. Bonus: Is the word effect in #5 used correctly?
"The Other Foot"