Wednesday, 12/01/04
Warm Up. Copy. For #4, copy each word and say whether it is a collective noun, an abstract noun, or a concrete noun.
  1. * excitement : boredom :: whole : __________
  2. * speedometer : velocity :: barometer : _________
  3. * literature : stories :: __________ : buildings
  4. gesture, jury, disappointment  / collective noun, abstract noun, concrete noun
  5. radio : radios :: echo : _______
  6. leaf : leaves :: roof : ________
  7. monkey : monkeys :: hobby : ________
Correct Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest -- You will use one word twice.
blasphemy, caper, visage, lineage, delusion, relish, propagate, naive, aesthetic, cynical
  1. She scraped her knee _________(ing) around on the blacktop.
  2. Spender admired how the Martian culture was able to blend the _______ and the practical sides of life.
  3. In order for a species to survive, it must ___________ itself.
  4. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was ___________ against the church.
  5. He ate his hamburger with great ___________, savoring every bite.
  6. naive : savvy :: optimistic : _________
  7. During WWII, giant posters with Hitler's ____________ loomed from almost every wall in Germany.
  8. His family's ___________ here in the U.S. was very long, stretching all the way back to the Mayflower.
  9. (3) Some people say that it is only a __________that there is life after death, that we are being _________ to think that we are anything but worm food. But someone who is deeply religious might say that kind of talk is _________.
The Martian Chronicles Reading assignment: tonight -- get through page 89, take tomorrow (Thursday) night off to make sure your study questions and crossword are done.
Reading Check
  1. What was Benjamin Driscoll's reaction to the "green morning"?
  2. Why is the short piece on p78 called "The Locusts"?
  3. How is the Mars of "Night Meeting" different than the Mars at the end of "The Green Morning"?
  4. Tomas's father compares life on Mars to a ________ with all kinds of different patterns.
  5. What scares and puzzles both Tomas and the Martian after they begin to communicate?