Wednesday,
9/28/05 -- Early Release Schedule.
Warm Up. Copy 1-4. For #5
and #6, tell where the missing commas go.
Example: This is the country
I thought half asleep.
country, thought,
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* watch : observe ::
escape : ________
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*(1) reality : ________ ::
savvy : credulous
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* bomb : explode :: __________
: foreshadow
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* circle : sphere :: ________
: pyramid
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"He never let on to Mom and
Dad how he felt though because we never had enough money."
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"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)
incredulous, fathom, premonition, gingerly, credible,
irony, elude, savvy, foreshadow, facade, gallant, credulous
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Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that
hides his true feelings.
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Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still
______(ed) me.
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As Pony entered the scary old church, he had a _________
that something bad might happen.
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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.
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An obvious mistake on Mr. Coward's "Perfect" web page would
be an example of _________.
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Pony's jaw dropped ____________(ly) when Cherry said she
might fall in love with Dally.
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It is very _________(ic) that Cherry seems to have fallen
for Dally.
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He was such a smooth talker, I __________(ly) fell for his
scam.
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The bank's ________ was cracked and damaged by the wind,
but the inside was fine.
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The Socs ran to _________ responsibility for their actions.
STAR Retakes. Chapter 3 + Questions.