Wednesday, 2/9/05 -- Early Release Schedule.

Warm Up. Copy into notebook. * "again carrier" = ________ * "carryable" = _________ * "carrier" = _________ * "forward throw thing" = _______ (2) Something that is static does not... a) run.  b) stop.  c) move.  d) exist. Finish and Correct Yesterday's Warm Up and Reading Check. Tom finally stopped thinking about the murder for a while, because...? Why did Aunt Polly start giving Tom all those treatments? (2) Why did Aunt Polly think Tom had been taking the Painkiller all that time? What was he really doing with it? Who is Peter? What does Tom do when Becky finally comes back to school? (Quote.) What's her reaction? Correct Vocabulary Homework.

Vocabulary Pretest. You will use some words more than once.
amiss, forlorn, canvass, earnest, crestfallen, diverge/converge, sinuous,
proscribe, precarious, conjecture

1. The sub was slow to realize when something was _______; he thought everything was fine.
2. A person cannot be convicted on ___________; there must be evidence to back up the accusation.
3. The NFL head coach's position is rather _____________. If the team doesn't do well next week, he might lose his job.
4. Many countries ____ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam.
5. The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.
6. The searchers _____(ed) the cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after three days they were ready to give up.
7. "Two roads __________(ed) in a yellow wood..." I went left.
8. There were many _________(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree.
9. (2) For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first _________, then ___________.
10. For the prank, the bucket was ______________(ly) balanced on the top of the door.
11. (2) After Becky rejected him yet again, Tom was ___________ and _________, and thought nobody cared for him.
12. "Are you in real deadwood ________?" asked Huck. "Is it true?"