Wednesday, 12/10/03 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
  1. *disagree : accede :: mature : __________
  2. *pottery : bazaar :: soldiers : __________
  3. *weird : bizarre :: responsible : ___________ (2)
  4. *John : infantile :: Janice Dickory : ___________ (hint: p122)
  5. *fall short : exceed :: accept : ___________ (not except)
  6. *flee : prosecution :: ___________ : persecution
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. NO CHEAT SHEET.
imminent, eminent, regimen, rationale, averse, accede, prospective, infantile, voluptuous
  1. I am not exactly _________ to letting you go by yourself, but I do have my doubts.
  2. As a writer, he has a strict ___________ that includes writing at least 1000 words per day.
  3. I just couldn't ____________ to the pleas of the students for less work.
  4. They may not understand the _____________ for it now, but the purpose will become clear later in life.
  5. Lorraine wonders if John acts ___________ at home, and if that's why his mother is so bizarre.
  6. She was a little too _________ for the shirt she was wearing.
  7. They scoured the phone book, looking for ____________ victims for their phone pranks.
  8. Sometimes cities use their power of  "____________ domain," or higher authority, to condemn and tear down houses that are in the way of things like freeways and stadiums.
  9. Lorraine keeps seeing omens of ____________ doom.
  10. avocation : vocation :: whim : __________
Pigman. (8)
  1. Why were the girls scared of Norton when they were younger and played Spin the Bottle?
  2. John says that there's no point in having a house unless...
  3. Why is Jane Appling's house the one the kids tell their parents they're going to when they want to be somewhere else?
  4. What is ironic about Marlon Brewery's name?
  5. Why is Norton already mad when he shows up?
  6. What is it he steals?
  7. Why is John at a disadvantage in his fight with Norton?
  8. What event did Lorraine's pig-room dream foreshadow?
60 Seconds.

Pigman.