Tuesday, 2/26/08 -  Check 600 words. 2/20-2/26.  New date for 1st essay: Tuesday, March 11.
Warm Up. Copy and Click. Also copy the portion of each hint that is in quotes.
  1. The teacher _________(ed) a series of questions to the class. (From the Latin for "stop or rest.")  a) invoke  b) persist  c) suspend  d) pose  e) undergo
  2. Tom and Huck followed IJ around hoping to see him ________ his Master. (From the Latin for "voice.")  a) conceive  b) undergo  c) invoke  d) incline  e) forthcoming
  3. All human beings are _________(ally) valuable, whether they have money or not.  (From the Latin for "within.")  a) intrinsic  b) integrity  c) invoke  d) persist  e) incline
  4. Today's world is one which most of our ancestors could never ________ of. (From the Latin for "to take in.")  a) conceive  b) persist  c) invoke  d) albeit  e) compile
  5. Huck had no ___________(ation) to work. He was content to loaf around all day. (From the Latin for "to lean.")  a) conceive  b) incline  c) integrity  d) invoke  e) compile
  6. Mr. Coward ______(ed) the use of vocabulary cheat sheets for one month, and forced the students to actually learn the words. (From the Latin for "under hang.")  a) persist  b) undergo  c) invoke  d) conceive  e) suspend
POS Sentence.
The friendly prepositions happily buzzed with us, over the lovely meadow and along the road.
  1. friendly   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  2. prepositions   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  3. happily   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  4. buzzed  a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  5. with   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  6. us   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  7. over   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  8. lovely   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  9. and   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
  10. along   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
Sentence Combining examples.
Chuckie 2: His fingers make scratching sounds as they claw the battered desktop.
Chuckie 5: His teacher, a quiet woman with karate experience, appears unamused.
 

DWA Results/Examples. The state version of this test is Tuesday, 3/4!
New date for 1st essay: Tuesday, March 11.

TS ch. 33 Quiz

  1. After Injun Joe dies, what becomes the new tourist attraction?  a) His grave.  b) The rock where he collected what little water he had.  c) The bones of the bats he ate.   d) His broken knife.   e) Aladdin's Palace.
  2. How does Tom feel about Injun Joe's death? a) He's overjoyed that he's dead.   b) He's relieved that he's dead.   c) He pities him.   d) All of the above.   e) B and C.
  3. How did the townsfolk feel about Injun Joe's death?  a) Some felt sorry for him.  b) They said he got what he deserved.  c) They said all felt relieved.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
  4. What does Tom say is the only down side of being a robber?   a) It's too far from "home and circuses and all that."   b) It's not as "bully" as being a pirate.   c) The women whom you hold for ransom fall in love with you and won't leave.   d) There's a lot of killing involved.   e) There is no down side.
  5. Why does Tom say they are safe from IJ's ghost when they take the money?  a) His ghost is at the other end of the cave where he died.  b) Since he was so evil, he doesn't get to be a ghost.  c) He has the right charm and incantation.  d) As long as they don't mention his name they are safe.  e) None of the above.
  6. What is ironic about the Welshman's comment that begins, "I judged so..." (p220)?  a) The boys already have a lot of money.  b) The boys don't really work hard.   c) They wouldn't really "make twice the money at regular work."  d) That's normal human behavior.   e) None of the above.
  7. When the Welshman tells Tom and Huck about the gathering at the widow's house, Huck gets excited to be welcomed somewhere again.  a) True  b) False
*Bonus: There is an example of Tom "going by the book" in chapter 33 which he would probably
     be very embarrassed about if he knew what he was saying. What word does Tom obviously not
     know the meaning of?

TS Aloud.