Wednesday, 3/17/04 -- Seventh Grade
Warm Up. Copy 1-5.

1. * forgive : blame :: releases : _______ (Not arrests.)
2. * to read : illiterate :: to be read : ___________
3. * friendly : malicious :: dependable : ____________
4. * read : illiterate :: think : __________
5. * Dally : irresponsible :: infinity : _________
6. (1) What do the italics in Dragonwings mean?
7. What miraculous feat is St. Patrick famous for supposedly performing?

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You might use words more than once; you might not use them all. muse, dowry, intuitive, improbable, unruly, flounce, flail, exasperate, simper, protrude

1. scholar : prudent :: psychic : ___________
2. It is highly ___________ that your dog ate your homework, again.
3. The pitch was too fast for me, and I just _________(ed) at it and missed.
4. Finally, in ______________(ion), I gave up.
5. "She smoothed her long skirt...and sat down with a little _________, like a young girl."
6. "I began to use my heavy-soled boots as clubs, ________(ing) wildly at the man."
7. "Don’t give me your ___________(ing), mealy-mouthed answers."
8. Class runs much more smoothly when people are not ____________.
9. "What if I won a million dollars?" he _____________(ed) to himself.
10. In the U.S., the tradition of the bride's father paying for the wedding is sort of a version of a _________.
11. It gets rather __________(ing) to see the same spelling mistakes over and over again.
12. When I asked her how she knew something was wrong, she said, "It's just Mother's ________(ion)."

DW (6)

1. Moon Shadow's father, back in China, had been...a) a tailor. b) an author. c) a kitemaker. d) a store owner.
2. The word demon can have which of the following meanings for Moon Shadow? a) Ghost of a dead person. b) An American. c)  A certain type of tiger. d) A fickle creature. e) All of the above.
3. The real reason Hand Clap wanted to go back to America to work was...a) his daughters needed large dowries. b) there was more excitement in America. c) he owed a lot of money. d) None of the above.
4. (2) What two things did Moon Shadow have to remember when the officials at immigration questioned him about his name and his age?
5. When he finally passes through immigration, and gets a closer look at San Francisco, the first thing Moon Shadow notices about the city is...a) the vastness of it. b) the fog. c) how busy it was. d) how boring the architecture was.

Dragonwings Chapter 2