Thursday, 11/14/02
Warm Up. Copy 1-6.
  1. *serious : dire :: furtive : __________
  2. *criminal : miscreant :: scold : ________
  3. The Outsiders : Tulsa :: Tom Sawyer : _____
  4. Pony : "chicken" :: Huck : "_________"
  5. Pony (S.E. Hinton) : first :: Mark Twain : _____
  6. The Outsiders : Soc vs greaser :: Tom Sawyer : _______________
  7. (15) a) and his eyes | b) the fellow's face | c) showed the fear | d) was haggard | e) that was upon him
  8. (10) a) crushed and crestfallen | b) sneaked off | c) and | d) he gathered himself up
Correct Vocabulary Practice.
Vocabulary Pretest.
dire, prophecy, writhe, rebuke, clandestine, miscreant, ostentatious
  1. Aunt Polly __________(ly) watched the bottle of Painkiller to make sure Tom was taking it.
  2. "...the sheriff came through, ___________(ly) leading Potter by the arm." He wanted to show off for the crowd.
  3. When Tom came down late for breakfast..."there was no voice of _________, but there were averted eyes." Aunt Polly was "guilting" him instead of punishing him.
  4. (2) According to the superstition, a stray dog's howl is a __________  __________ of death.
  5. Tom ________(ed) around in his sleep as he dreamed of the murder in the graveyard.
  6. Her huge earrings were too __________ for the funeral.
  7. He ______________(ly) pulled out his cheat sheet during the test.
  8. "...for plainly this ____________ had sold himself to Satan and it would be fatal to meddle" with him.
  9. "The man moaned, __________(ed) a little, and his face came into the moonlight. It was Muff Potter."
Rubricize!