Wednesday, 12/03/03 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.

1. *driver : chauffeur :: memento : ___________
2. *insane : demented :: incognito : ______________(ed)
3. *rudeness : etiquette :: transparent : ___________
4. *bribery : graft :: autobiography : ___________
5. *lobby : foyer :: aficionado : ____________
6. What's wrong with one of the seventh grade Tom Sawyer questions? (See screen.)

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. NO CHEAT SHEET. liaison, connoisseur, putrid, fixation, hawk, succinct, oscillate, graft, demented

1. The government doesn't like us here. We have to pay big ___________ to keep our business.
2. Even though the fluorescent lights look like they are continuously lit, they are really ______________(ing) between on and off 60 times per second.
3. Please try to be as _____________ as possible when you explain your qualifications in the interview.
4. The ____________ took one look at the "antiques" at the auction, and left.
5. The SLOPD employs several college student ____________(s) to help them keep parties from getting out of control.
6. Sigmund Freud said that we all start life with an oral ___________. That's why babies suck their thumbs.
7. bore : intrigued :: blather : __________
8. John says that Dennis and Norton are ___________, though technically they probably aren't that far gone.
9. After several skin __________(s), his burns started to heal.
10. On CSI, they often have to handle corpses that have become _________. (EWWW.)
11. Many web sites have pop-up ads that __________ useless merchandise and services.

Grammar. Copy the sentence, and label each word. (+1/3 each) Yesterday, at the big race, Jimmy blindly ran into an oblivious pedestrian.