Wednesday, 12/10/03 -- Seventh Grade
Warm Up. Copy all except #1..
  1. What scene is depicted here?
  2. *grocery : store :: fence : __________
  3. *complimentary : derogatory :: unusual : ___________
  4. *nursery : primary :: ____________ : secondary
  5. *school : schedule :: vacation : ____________
  6. (1)*food : grocery :: epitaphs : _________
  7. 48/60 = ____%
  8. (1.5) The Declaration of Independence was signed in ______, _______, on July 4, ___.
  9. Pearl Harbor was bombed on ______ ___, ____.
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. NO CHEAT SHEET. You will use words more than once.
Bonus: What famous poet wrote the line I stole for #8? What is the name of the poem? What poem have we read by him this year?
canvass, marked, earnest, picturesque, diverge, converge, sinuous, proscribe, precarious
  1. "Are you in real deadwood ________?" asked Huck. "Is it true?"
  2. small : _________ :: prescribe : proscribe
  3. His position on the team is rather _____________. If he doesn't do well next week, he might lose his job.
  4. After the rewrite, his paper was ________(ly) better.
  5. The Taliban __________(ed) television and music. They claimed those things were against the laws of Islam.
  6. The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.
  7. The searchers _____(ed) the cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after three days they were ready to give up.
  8. "Two roads __________(ed) in a yellow wood..." I went left.
  9. There were many _________(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree.
  10. (2) She ______(ly) tried to get her work done, and her grade increased _______(ly).
  11. For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first _________, then ___________.
  12. Draw a diagram of two roads that diverge, and then diverge again.
  13. For the prank, the bucket was ______________(ly) balanced on the top of the door.
  14. "The stirring event (the Welshman and his sons chasing Injun Joe) was well ______(ed)" by the townspeople the next day.
Tom Sawyer (5)
  1. (4) What did Tom and Becky have, in the way of provisions, inside the cave?
  2. "...but I've see such a beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there." What "country" does Becky mean?