Wednesday, 11/28/07 - Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy and Click! For #7-10, if the answer is false, fix it.
  1. Please allow me to _______________ my point with a few examples.  a) contribute  b) coordinate  c) consent  d) illustrate  e) sequence
  2. We all anxiously awaited the ____________ of the game.  a) illustrate  b) outcome  c) sequence  d) scheme  e) component
  3. Congress _______________(ed) a special session just to deal with what happened on 9/11/__.  a) contribute  b) considerable  c) outcome  d) dominate  e) convene
  4. Opinions that you can't ___________ are basically worthless.  a) valid  b) justify  c) constrain  d) coordinate  e) imply
  5. Many times your future is ___________(ed) by choices you make when you are younger.  a) component  b) document  c) constrain  d) initial  e) convene
  6. The Tigers' ____________(ing) defense kept Lompoc from scoring at all.   a) contribute  b) valid  c) imply  d) dominate  e) correspond
  7. its - 3rd person/plural/possessive   a) True  b) False
  8. her - 3rd person/singular/possessive   a) True  b) False
  9. they --> their is a change in...  a) case  b) number  c) person  d) antecedent
  10. I --> we is a change in... a) case  b) number  c) person  d) antecedent
Go over vocabulary homework.


Vocabulary Pretest. You might use some more than once. You might not use them all.
  1. He is not a(n) ________ member of the team; we need his help desperately.  a) aurora  b) poised  c) emanate  d) expendable  e) subliminal
  2. The gardener ______(ed) a new limb onto the ailing tree.  a) correlate  b) poised  c) emanate  d) expendable  e) graft
  3. Since there were 1,000 points possible in the quarter, one or two would be a(n) _______ amount.  a) infinitesimal  b) poised  c) emanate  d) resilient  e) subliminal
  4. When we moved, we got rid of everything that we considered _________.  a) infinitesimal  b) paradox  c) expendable  d) resilient  e) subliminal
  5. In some Third World countries, the police are paid so little that they have to resort to ________ to survive.  a) infinitesimal  b) poised  c) graft  d) subtle  e) expendable
  6. There is a lot of ___________ advertising in movies. They call it "product placement." a) infinitesimal  b) poised  c) emanate  d) aurora  e) subliminal
  7. A trampoline is, by definition, ___________. a) infinitesimal  b) poised  c) subtle  d) resilient  e) expendable
  8. "That'd be a(n) ________. Time doesn't permit that sort of mess -- a man meeting himself." a) aurora  b) paradox  c) expendable  d) resilient  e) subtle
  9. He tried to be very ________ and calm when he met his girlfriend's parents. a) correlate  b) poised  c) emanate  d) expendable  e) graft
  10. It was hard to believe that such a big voice ________(ed) from such a little girl.   a) correlate  b) poised  c) emanate  d) expendable  e) graft
  11. The display of colored lights in the sky that happens near the North Pole is called the ________ borealis.  a) aurora  b) paradox  c) expendable  d) resilient  e) subtle
  12. His joke was so _________, it took me a while to get it. a) aurora  b) poised  c) expendable  d) resilient  e) subtle
Go over "The Other Foot"

What the...?
The law of a certain land states that all who wish to enter through the city gates are asked to state their business. Those who reply truthfully are allowed to enter and depart in peace, but those who reply falsely are hanged. A traveler approaches the gate, and when asked his business, he replies, "I have come to be hanged." What should happen to this traveler?