Wednesday, 10/09/02
Warm Up. Copy. 4 minutes.
  1. *illegal : illicit :: savvy : _________
  2. *wise : discrete :: cut : ________
  3. *friendly : hostel :: insult : _________
  4. homonyms : sound ::  synonyms : _________
Correct Vocabulary Practice. Vocabulary Pretest: One word is not used. No words are used twice. Besure to add the suffixes as indicated. 15 minutes. Trade to grade. 11/11 = exempt, 10/11=+3, 9/11=+2, 8/11=+1

    "Please, please, please, let me go to the party, Mom!" I said (1)_______________(ingly), but she was (2)_____________ about the crowd I was hanging with. She thought they might influence me into some (3)__________ activities. I told her that I would be (4)__________, and make good decisions, but that only (5)__________(ed) an angry response from her. She said I was being too (6)______________ about the risks involved, and that I ought to take her more seriously. She explained that life was made up of a million (7)_________ decisions, and each one was important.  I got (8)_________ with her for treating me like a (9)__________, gullible little kid. I told her to quit (10)_____________(ing) me, and that she had taught me enough (11)____________ to make the right decisions. She liked that one, and finally let me go.
illicit, elicit, discreet, discrete, vain, savvy, credulous, leery, implore, nonchalant, indignant, patronize

Colons and Semicolons--You need at least two of each in your next perfect paper. Copy into notebook:

Colon: Use a colon before a list of items.Also... (2 other places. EC: Where?)
Semicolon: Use to separate independent clauses (parts of a sentence that could be sentences on their own).
Practice. Supply the missing punctuation. Do not copy. Write the word before, and the correct missing punctuation mark. +1 for each correct sentence.
  1. He said there are two kinds of people in the world weird people and people like me.
  2. This boy was not a friendly boy he was a nasty mean boy.
  3. Darry is always pulling muscles he roofs houses and he's always trying to carry two bundles of roofing.
  4. Here is what I did go to the store go to the bank go home.
  5. Quiet soft-spoken little Johnny who wouldn't hurt a living thing on purpose had taken a human life.
Outsiders. Finish chapter 7 (silently) and answer questions in notebook.