Wednesday, 1/16/08 - Early Release Schedule
Warm Up Click and Copy (1-5)
  1. The essay _____________(ed) three sections: introduction, body, and conclusion.  a) hierarchy  b) confirm  c) comprehensive  d) comprise  e) submit
  2. There was a rumor going around school, but it was just (un)__________(ed) gossip.  a) phenomenon  b) confirm  c) comprise  d) adapt  e) prohibit
  3. In the military, the ____________ of command is very important.  a) phenomenon  b) submit  c) advocate  d) differentiate  e) hierarchy
  4. Soldiers are trained to _____________ to authority. a) hierarchy  b) convert  c) submit  d) advocate  e) differentiate
  5. I don't really know why I argued with my mom all day; maybe I was just feeling ___________.  a) phenomenon  b) advocate  c) ultimate  d) comprehensive  e) contrary
  6. "Too many things could happen when you are drunk."   a) helping  b) action  c) linking  d) not a verb
  7. It seemed like a good idea at the time.  a) helping  b) action  c) linking  d) not a verb
  8. The giant apartment building can house more than a thousand people.  a) helping  b) action  c) linking  d) not a verb
  9. "Too many things could happen when you are drunk."   a) helping  b) action  c) linking  d) not a verb
  10. In addition to sometimes acting as a linking verb, the word smell could also act as a helping verb.  a) True  b) False
Go over Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest
  1. Aunt Polly ___________(ly) watched the bottle of Painkiller to make sure Tom was taking it.  a) rebuke  b) dire  c) ostentatious  d) clandestine  e) repulsive
  2. Tom _________(ed) around in his sleep as he dreamed of being chased. a) dire  b) soliloquy  c) rebuke  d) miscreant  e) writhe
  3. Her huge earrings were too __________ for the funeral. a) dire  b) ostentatious  c) repulsive  d) rebuke  e) vagrant
  4. In her ________ on p2...  a) dire  b) soliloquy  c) prophecy  d) miscreant  e) writhe
  5. ...Aunt Polly _________(s) herself for not being strict enough with Tom. a) dire  b) ostentatious  c) repulsive  d) rebuke  e) vagrant
  6. "For plainly this ______ had sold himself to Satan and it would be fatal" to mess with him.  a) dire  b) soliloquy  c) rebuke  d) miscreant  e) writhe
  7. According to Tom's superstition, a stray dog's howl is a ________  ________ of death.  a) repulsive vagrant  b) clandestine miscreant  c) dire prophecy  d) dire miscreant  e) repulsive soliloquy
  8. The _______ and smelly _______ was last seen confronting people and begging for money outside the liquor store. a) repulsive vagrant  b) clandestine miscreant  c) dire prophecy  d) dire miscreant  e) clandestine soliloquy
  9. idol : pariah :: Boy Scout : _________  a) dire  b) soliloquy  c) vagrant  d) miscreant  e) writhe
  10. "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" is a line from a famous ________ by Juliet on her balcony. a) dire  b) soliloquy  c) rebuke  d) miscreant  e) prophecy   (*Bonus: What does wherefore mean? It doesn't mean where.)
Tom Sawyer, Chapter 8
  1. Why does Tom envy Jimmy Hodges? a) He's rich.  b) He doesn't have to go to school.  c) He hasn't had his heart broken.  d) He doesn't have to obey anyone.  e) None of the above
  2. When Tom's superstition about his marbles fails, he blames it on...? a) warts.  b) not doing it right.  c) saying the wrong words.  d) witches.  e) none of the above.
  3. Which career did Tom contemplate (and discard in disgust) that is not depicted in the illustration? a) clown  b) pirate  c) teacher  d) riverboat pilot  e) vagrant
  4. Why does that career disgust him?  a) He always thought they were stupid.  b) They're too happy for the mood that he is in.  c) They're too romantic.  d) He didn't want to wear the outfit. e) He didn't like traveling so much.
  5. Who is the "Black Avenger of the Spanish Main"?  a) Tom  b) Huck  c) Joe Harper  d) Tom's favorite character in literature.  e) None of the above
  6. Why won't Tom "fall" (die) when he and Joe are "sword-fighting"? a) Because they're just pretending.  b) Joe didn't really "kill" him.  c) It was Joe's turn to "fall."  d) It wasn't that way in the book.  e) None of the above.

 
 
 
 

Chapter 9 aloud.