Warm Up. Copy 1-3 into notebook. Write out the answers
to the multiple choice ones.
* lose : triumph :: agree : ________
* burst : rupture :: conspicuous : _________
* gradual : abrupt :: respectful : _________
Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed
on the question of...a) What is the right thing to do. b) Who's weird and
who isn't. c) Who's cool and who isn't. d) Who's important and who isn't.
e) All of the above.
The poem says that if a person looked very carefully...a)
He would see that everyone is weird. b) He would see that what might look
weird really isn't. c) He would see that what might seem sane really isn't.
d) All of the above. e) b and c.
The poem says that if you disagree with the majority...a)
You're weird. b) You're stupid. c) You're considered dangerous. d) You're
doing the right thing.
Correct Yesterday's Warm Up.
(1) a) "...the other foot" = revenge
b) "...turn the other cheek" = forgiveness
Reminder: Persuasive Essay is due
tomorrow!
Correct vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You won't necessarily use them all.
divine, discerning, stark, prevail,
demur, lurid, revoke, restitution, impertinent, brood
Even though we were losing in the first half, I knew we would
eventually _______.
When I asked if she wanted to go skydiving, she ________(ed)*,
and said she was scared.
"Don't cry over spilled milk" is an old expression that means
not to ______ too much over mistakes that you can't change.
The stain on the white shirt stood out _________(ly).
A comic book collector must be very __________ when it comes
to the condition of the comic. The smallest flaw can effect the
value immensely.
Very few things annoy teachers more than __________(ce).
The man swore _________(ly) after he hit his thumb with a
hammer.
As he sat in the principals office, he hoped for __________
intervention; maybe an angel would swoop in and save him. (Not.)
The cheesecake at that restaurant is simply ____________.
Most Americans agree that the right to live free is an (ir)_____________(able)
one that should only be taken away if we commit a crime. (Wrong spelling
OK.)
