Wednesday, 2/25/04 -- Seventh Grade
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
  1. * "again carrier" = ________ 
  2. * "carryable" = _________
  3. * "carrier" = _________
  4. * "forward throw thing" = _______ (2)
  5. Something that is static does not... a) run.  b) stop.  c) move.  d) exist.
 Go over vocabulary homework. ERROR ALERT! There is no answer to #1 on the vocabulary sheet!  The second to last word on the list should have been RAPPORT, not INERTIA. 
RAPPORT (n): a good relationship (ra-'pOr -- Don't pronounce the T.) The crossword uses INERTIA for 17D. 
Vocabulary Pretest. You will use words more than once, you will not use them all.
amiss, recede, forlorn, conjecture, convivial, anachronism, flimsy, retribution, inertia, savor
  1. The children, enjoying the last bit of sun, "looked at everything and _________(ed) everything," trying to make it last.
  2. (2) The substitute teacher didn't yet know how to establish a __________ with the students, and so he had a tough time. He also was slow to realize when something was _______; he thought everything was fine.
  3. The teacher dressed so old-fashionedly, with a bow tie and a vest, that he seemed like a(n) ____________ in the computer lab.
  4. He tried to stop, but his ___________ launched him off the cliff.
  5. I felt like the teacher gave me a lower grade in __________ for my behavior in class.
  6. After sitting on the couch all day, I had too much ________ to move. So I spent the night there.
  7. A person cannot be convicted on ___________; there must be evidence to back up the accusation.
  8. (2) He tried to remain __________ after his long illness, and _________ every tasty bite of life.
  9. My mom found my excuse rather ________, and didn't believe me.
  10. At last the waves began to ___________ as the storm lessened.
Correct Ray Bradbury Quiz. (13)
  1. STEVEN SPIELBERG or GARY KURTZ Name one famous person who claims Ray Bradbury influenced his career.
  2. BUCK ROGERS What made Ray Bradbury "completely fall in love with the future"?
  3. 12 He wrote his first story about Mars when he was ________ years old.
  4. 20 (ALMOST 21) Ray Bradbury sold his first short story when he was _______ years old.
  5. SELLING NEWSPAPERS His job during that time was...?
  6. HE USED A COIN-OPERATED TYPEWRITER Why did it cost him money to type his first novel, Fahrenheit 451?
  7. CENSORSHIP or BOOKBURNINGS What was Fahrenheit 451 a protest against?
  8. True or False. That novel has been made into a movie.
  9. 500 About how many works has he published?
  10. U.S. PAVILION AT THE 1964 WORLD'S FAIR or  SPACESHIP EARTH EXHIBIT AT EPCOT
  11. True or False. He thinks computers are the future of mankind.
  12. True or False. He was nominated for an Oscar.
  13. CITIZEN OF THE YEAR What award did he receive from the city of LA in 1995?
4th Period: The Simpsons do "ASOT."
"Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed" (Originally called "The Naming of Names.") p479