Wednesday 4-21-03
Seventh Grade

Roll Call

Warm Up
       [Mr. B will check Dragonwings study questions for Chapters 7, 8, and 9, while you work on Warm Up]

  1. confirm : cancel :: abbreviate : *__________
  2. peak : zenith :: prepared : *__________
  3. needed: * __________ : unneeded : superfluous
  4. * ________ : coin :: diploma : certificate
  5. zebras and horses : alike :: elephants and mice : * __________
  6. unlikely : ________ :: water : dry
Go over vocabulary homework

Coin toss for cheat sheets

Vocabulary Pretest:
                 [Mr. B will check remainder of Dragonwings study questions for Chapters 7, 8, and 9, while you work on Warm Up]
      shrewd, erratic, tentative, undulate, hunker, querulous, adversity, secondary, primary

  1. Middle and high schools are labeled as _________ schools.
  2. __________ comes from the same root word as "quarrel" does. That root means "to complain."
  3. He was a ________ negotiator.  He saved $3000 when he bought his new car.
  4. My __________ response was "no". My final answer was "maybe."
  5. A stretch of Highway 58, near Buttonwillow,  __________ (s) like a roller coaster ride.
  6. With a fresh supply of popcorn and apple juice, my son Elias ________ (ed) down for an intense session of "Rogue Squadron 2."
  7. ________ driving may cost you your license.
  8. Surviving __________ can help us to become stronger.
  9. Grade school is often called ________ school.
Exchange papers / correct Vocabulary Pretest

Earthquake video, as time allows