Wednesday, 11/30/05 -- Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy.
  1. * grocery : store :: fence : ________
  2. * nursery : primary :: _________ : secondary
  3. * school : schedule :: vacation : _________
  4. * explanation : theory :: counterfeit : ________
EMEN
  1.  It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is...a) military, b) government leader, c) police, d) immigration, e) psychology
  2. Why was there no "hullabaloo" to welcome the Earth men? a) The Martians didn't believe the Earth men's story. b) There are many people on Mars who claim to be from Earth. c) The Martians had already met Earth men before (from the First Expedition). d) The Martians wanted the Earth men to go home.
  3. What was the Martian's explanation for the rocket? a) It came from somewhere else on Mars. b) It was left there by the First Expedition. c) It was a product of the Earth men's minds. d) It was a fake.
  4. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the men? a) They are a danger to Martians. b) They are in pain. c) He believes they really are from Earth. d) He thinks they will be happier dead.
  5. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot himself?
  6. Why does the story end with a "weather report"?
  7. Explain, using a diagram, why the distance from Earth to Mars changes with the time of year.
Correct Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You might use words more than once. You might not use them all.
treachery, derogatory, disconsolate, croon, dynamo, flourish, pallid, indiscriminate, compensate, euthanasia, fawning
  1. The game of Survivor is full of ___________ and back-stabbing.
  2. exposed : buried : complimentary : ____________
  3. The movie studios sometimes pay writers to write ____________ reviews of the worst movies, so it looks like someone liked them.
  4. Make sure that, on your pink sheet, you don't just ____________(ly) underline every pronoun you see. Make sure you mark only the type of pronoun asked for.
  5. After Maggie's son died she was ___________.
  6. The wedding singer _________(ed) a love song at the reception.
  7. His face was as __________ as the ghost he thought he saw.
  8. (2) Vanna White's career has ________(ed) simply by her turning of the letters with a _____________.
  9. (2) After all that hard work, his only ___________(ion) turned out to be a "Good job," and he was __________ about that for a long time.
  10. The captain and his men were alarmed to discovered they had signed papers for _________________ "if such a step should become necessary."