Wednesday, 9/24/03 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. Copy into notebook. (* = spelling OR vocabulary word for this week.)
  1. *perpendicular : parallel :: triumph : _________
  2. *"across pour thing" = _____________
  3. *"together pay thing" = ____________
  4. *forward look thing" = ____________
  5. *"look thing" = ___________
  6. *"before judge thing" = ____________
  7. *"across carry thing" = ___________
 Subject Verb Agreement.
  1. The conductor and his staff (has/have) been practicing for a week.
  2. One pleasant result of the curfew (was/were) fewer crimes on the street.
  3. The program about great moments of the 60's  (repeat/repeats) tonight.
  4. Antique cars like the Model A (cost/costs) thousands of dollars.
  5. The number of accidents on this road (have/has) been increasing.
Go over Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #3 You might use words more than once. Be sure to add the suffixes.
credulous, amiable, visage, talisman, prosaic, avaricious, fusillade, fakir, presumptuous
  1. (2) He was such a smooth talker, and was so _________ and polite, I __________(ly) fell for his scam.
  2. The man at the door was "beady of eye and rubicund of ____________."
  3. The monkey's paw supposedly had a spell put on it by an old __________ who claimed to have magic powers.
  4. Apaches often wore a __________ made from part of a former enemy to give strength and protection in battle.
  5. The soldier ducked as the _________ of gunfire erupted over his head.
  6. For many people math is a very _________ subject; for others it is very interesting.
  7. I don't want to be __________, but may I have the last cookie?
  8. The lawyer was being __________ when he took the bet; the banker was being capricious.
  9. avaricious : benevolent :: savvy : ___________
Persuasive essay.
Debate.

"The Monkey's Paw."