Tuesday, 4/6/04 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. Revise and Edit II.
  1. Which word in sentence 4 is an adjective?  a) are  b) museum  c) in  d) oldest
  2. Which word in sentence 5 is misspelled? a) museum  b) nots  c) embroidery  d) threads
  3. What change should be made to sentence 5? a) change contain to contains b) change silk to silky  c) change years to year  d) change threads to thread
  4. Which word in sentence 6 is misspelled?  a) Europeans  b) wear  c) garments  d) precious
  5. What change should be made to sentence 6?  a) change it to them  b) change obtain to obtaining  c) change traveled to traveling  d) change transport to transported
  6. What word in sentence 7 should be capitalized?  a) china  b) route  c) trade  d) commerce
  7. What change should be made to sentence 7? a) change trade to traders  b) change stretched to stretching  c) change call to called  d) change route to routes
  8. Where should an apostrophe be placed in sentence 8?  a) before the s in traders  b) before the s in ones  c) after the s in traders  d) after the s in ones
  9. Which word in sentence 8 is an adverb?  a) usually  b) part  c) meant  d) life
  10. Which word from sentence 8 is not a noun?  a) part  b) end  c) life  d) covered
RFI
  1. On page 403, how is Mr. Storms supposed to answer Dory Gray? a) by email.  b) by telephone.  c) by snail mail.  d) any of the above.
  2. On page 405, who is the speaker of the poem talking to in lines 1 through 16? a) the bull.  b)  us  c)  to a specific person.  d) none of the above.
  3. On page 405, who is the speaker of the poem talking to in lines 17 and 18? a) the bull.  b)  us  c)  to a specific person.  d) none of the above.
  4. On page 405, what conclusions can you draw about the speaker?  a) he likes his bull.  b) he is proud of his bull.  c) he has way too much time on his hands  d) all of the above.
  5. On page 407, what are we told about the clay figures? a) they are all the same.  b) they represent all members of the Chinese society. c) they are soldiers meant to protect the tomb of  The First Emperor.  d) all of the above.
  6. On page 408, we find out that the Chinese, not the Europeans, were the first to develop this technology: a) using wooden weapons.  b) plating swords with chrome.  c)  embalming the dead.  d) all of the above.
  7. On page 410 and 411, what are we reading:  a) a conversation.  b) a play.  c) a poem.  d) all of the above.
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