Wednesday, 4/20/05 -- Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
  1. news : bulletin :: gold : * _________
  2. needed : necessary :: prepared : * __________
  3. allow : permit :: pay : * __________
  4. villain : evil :: *__________ : plausible
  5. * This word literally means "cook together."
  6. What's this a picture of?
Correct (2) Workbooks.
Charlotte Reading Check. (15)
Choose the correct match for each from the list on the right, and write it out. You don't have to copy the question. You will use some more than once; you might not use them all.
  1. Got hit by the captain.
  2. Again warned Charlotte about the captain.
  3. (2) Charlotte decides to try to please both of them.
  4. A favorite of the crew.
  5. "ship's boy"
  6. Spys on the crew.
  7. The butt of many cruel jokes.
  8. Calls "all hands" often.
  9. Thought the crew were lazy dogs.
  10. Worried he might go to Hell.
  11. Bilge.
  12. Doldrums.
  13. Brig.
  14. Duff.
  • Charlotte
  • Zacariah
  • Jaggery
  • Barlow
  • Morgan
  • Hollybrass
  • Lack of winds.
  • Water in the bottom of a ship.
  • Used to scrub the deck.
  • Sailors' Delight
  • Jail.
  • The main cargo area.
Go over Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You might use words more than once. You might not use them all.
laconic, unstinting, verbose, scrutinize, abate, pinion (v), concoct, shirk, atone, dexterous
  1. Mother Teresa was a(n) _______________ volunteer for the poor. She dedicated her life to helping them.
  2. My teacher thought I was ________(ing) my work, but I really didn't understand how to do it.
  3. The magician ______________(ly) manipulated the cards.
  4. Before you sign anything, always __________________ it very carefully.
  5. After a long, wet, three days, the storm finally ___________(ed).
  6. He makes all sorts of weird fruit ___________(ions) with that blender of his.
  7. ___________ and ____________ are antonyms of each other.
  8. He did a lot of community service to help __________ for his crime
  9. The angry sailor almost literally ____________(ed) Charlotte with his steely gaze.
  10. The crew is, at first, very ___________ around Charlotte, but later they open up to her, and start talking.