Wednesday, 11/19/03 -- Seventh
Grade
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
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*serious : dire :: furtive : __________
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*Boy Scout : miscreant :: congratulate : _________
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*books : literature :: stuff : __________
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The Outsiders : Tulsa :: Tom Sawyer
: _____
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Pony : "chicken" :: Huck : "_________"
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Dally : "heater" :: Muff Potter : "_________"
Correct vocabulary
homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
You will use some words more than once.
dire, prophecy, writhe, rebuke,
clandestine, miscreant, ostentatious, soliloquy, repulsive, vagrant
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"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" is
a line from a famous __________ by Juliet on her balcony. (Bonus: What
does Juliet's line mean? Hint: Wherefore doesn't mean where.)
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Aunt Polly __________(ly) watched the bottle
of Painkiller to make sure Tom was taking it.
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When Tom came down late for breakfast..."there
was no voice of _________, but there were averted eyes." (Aunt Polly was
"guilting" him instead of punishing him.)
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(2) According to the superstition, a stray dog's
howl is a _____ ____ of death.
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Tom ________(ed) around in his sleep as he dreamed
of the murder in the graveyard.
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Her huge earrings were too __________ for the
funeral.
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(2) The _________ and smelly _________ was last
seen accosting people and demanding money outside the liquor store.
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"...for plainly this ______ had sold himself
to Satan and it would be fatal to meddle" with him.
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"I wonder if I should?" I ____________(ized).
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"The man moaned, ________(ed) a little, and
his face came into the moonlight. It was Muff Potter."
Tom Sawyer (Closed book. As an experiment.
5p)
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"It's blood, it's blood, that's what it
is!" a) Tom, swearing not to tell about Injun Joe. b) Sid,
telling Tom what he heard Tom say in his sleep. c) Huck, worried
that Injun Joe will kill them if he finds out. d) Tom, telling the
sheriff what he saw in the graveyard.
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Who is Peter?
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"Because if he'd 'a had one, she'd 'a burnt
him one herself!" a) Tom, telling the cat what Aunt Polly would do
to him for getting caught not taking Painkiller. b) Tom, telling
Aunt Polly that he doesn't like the medicine. c) Tom, wondering why
Aunt Polly is worried about the effects of Painkiller on the cat, but not
about its effect on him. d) None of the above.
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"Mf! Some people think they're smart -- always
showing off!" a) Tom. b) Aunt Polly. c) Sid. d)
Becky.
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Tom and Joe are running away because they both
feel that they have been...
Tom Sawyer aloud.