Wednesday, 9/29/04
Warm Up. Copy #1-#5. For #6, tell where the missing punctuation goes and what it is. Example: This is the country I thought half asleep. country, thought,
  1. * two : twins :: three : ________
  2. * watch : observe :: escape : ________
  3. * reality : ________ :: savvy : credulous
  4. * bomb : explode :: __________ : foreshadow
  5. * circle : sphere :: ________ : pyramid
  6. "Maybe he was still a junior at eighteen and a half and maybe his sideburns were too long and maybe he did get boozed up too much but he sure understood things."
Reminder! Perfect #1!     |     Go over Vocabulary Practice.      |     Vocabulary Pretest #3.
You might use words more than once; you won't use them all. Be sure to add the suffixes. (10/10 = Exempt, 9/10 = +3, 8/10 =+2, 7/10 = +1)
  1. Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings.
  2. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me.
  3. As Pony entered the scary old church, he had a _________ that something bad might happen.
  4. The boys ran away because they thought the police would not find their story ________;  they thought the fuzz would believe the Socs, and not some greasers.
  5. An obvious mistake on Mr. Coward's "Perfect" web page is an example of _____.
  6. Pony's jaw dropped ____________(ly) when Cherry said she might fall in love with Dally.
  7. It is very _________(ic) that Cherry seems to have fallen for Dally.
  8. He was such a smooth talker, I __________(ly) fell for his scam.
  9. The bank's ________ was cracked and damaged by the wind, but the inside was fine.
  10. The Socs ran to _________ responsibility for their actions.
incredulous, fathom, premonition, gingerly, credible, irony, elude, savvy, foreshadow, facade, gallant, credulous

The Outsiders
Finish Chapter 3 + Quiz.
Done? STAR Reading test.