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.
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* excitement : boredom :: whole : __________
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* speedometer : velocity :: barometer : _________
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* literature : stories :: __________ : buildings
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gesture, jury, disappointment / collective noun, abstract
noun, concrete noun
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radio : radios :: echo : _______
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leaf : leaves :: roof : ________
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monkey : monkeys :: hobby : ________
Correct Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest -- You will use one word twice.
blasphemy, caper, visage, lineage, delusion, relish,
propagate, naive, aesthetic, cynical
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She scraped her knee _________(ing) around on the blacktop.
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Spender admired how the Martian culture was able to blend
the _______ and the practical sides of life.
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In order for a species to survive, it must ___________ itself.
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One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was ___________
against the church.
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He ate his hamburger with great ___________, savoring every
bite.
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naive : savvy :: optimistic : _________
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During WWII, giant posters with Hitler's ____________ loomed
from almost every wall in Germany.
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His family's ___________ here in the U.S. was very long,
stretching all the way back to the Mayflower.
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(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
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What was Benjamin Driscoll's reaction to the "green morning"?
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Why is the short piece on p78 called "The Locusts"?
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How is the Mars of "Night Meeting" different than the Mars
at the end of "The Green Morning"?
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Tomas's father compares life on Mars to a ________ with all
kinds of different patterns.
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What scares and puzzles both Tomas and the Martian after
they begin to communicate?