Wednesday, 9/25/02
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 #3. You might use words more than once; you won't use them all.
  1. Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a ______ that hides his true feelings.
  2. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still __________(ed) me.
  3. As Pony entered the scary old church, he had a ____________ that something bad might happen.
  4. 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.
  5. An obvious mistake on Mr. Coward's "Perfect" web page is an example of __________.
  6. Pony's jaw dropped ____________(ly) when Cherry said she might fall in love with Dally.
  7. It is very _________(ic) that Cherry seems to have fallen for Dally.
  8. He was such a smooth talker, I __________(ly) fell for his scam.
  9. The bank's ___________ was cracked and damaged by the wind, but the inside was fine.
  10. The Socs ran to _________ responsibility for their actions.
incredulous, fathom, premonition, gingerly, credible, irony, elude, savvy, foreshadow, facade, gallant, credulous

Chapter 4 questions. (15 minutes.) Correct/discuss.
Chapter 5 aloud...