Thursday, 4/2/09
Tomorrow's Test: Spelling, Vocabulary, Pronouns, E-Men.
Due Tomorrow: KBAR + Crossword (+ 5x spelling practice for SSI).
One more "paradox."
Warm Up. Copy and Click.
  1.  "un-build thing" = ___________  a) reconstruct  b) structure  c) obstruct  d) destruction  e) instructor
  2. "Silence equals consent" is an expression that means if you don't say no, you are ______(ly) saying yes.   a) explicit  b) consensus  c) implicit  d) accomplice  e) sentiment
  3.  "against build" = ___________  a) reconstruct  b) structure  c) obstruct  d) destruction  e) instructor
  4. He had the aid of a(n) __________ to help him break into the bank vault.   a) structure  b) consensus  c) implicit  d) accomplice  e) destruction
  5. guard : sentry :: agreement : __________   a) complexity  b) implicit  c) explicit  d) accomplice  e) consensus
  6. rigid : pliable :: foolish : _______  a) sentimental  b) sensor  c) resent  d) sensible  e) complexity
Final Problem Pronoun Pretest.
  1. On Mars, Anna and ______ rode dune buggies.  a) she  b) her
  2. Preston made old-school popcorn for Cameron and _______.   a) I  b)  me
  3. Mike and ______ stared at the porcupine, and it stared back.   a) he  b) him
  4. The most excited spectator is ________.   a) she  b) her
  5. The reason for the previous answer is that the word in the blank is the direct object.  a) True  b) False
  6. I saw the movie and read the book, but I think I like it better.  a) OK  b) Unclear.
  7. Getting to other galaxies seems impossible to _______ humans.  a) we  b) us
  8. Great adventurers were Shannon and ______.    a) he  b) him
  9. Jimi and Robert are going to the game. Today, he bought tickets for them.  a) OK  b) Unclear
  10. The explorers, after crossing many rivers, finally reached his destination.  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
Go over vocabulary homework and the Emily Dickinson poem, #435.
Vocabulary Pretest. You might use words more than once, and you might not use them all.
#6 and #7 are one sentence, as are #14 and #15.
  1. Even though we were losing in the first half, I knew we would eventually  _______.  a) divine  b) revoke  c) discerning  d) prevail  e) demur
  2. When I asked if she wanted to go skydiving, she ________,  and said she was scared.  a) demurred  b) discerned  c) prevailed  d) revoked  e) rigmaroled
  3. "Don't cry over spilled milk" is an old expression that means not to _____ too much over mistakes that you can't change. a) asylum  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) brood
  4. The stain on the white shirt stood out _________(ly).  a) demure  b) demur  c) stark  d) restitution  e) brood
  5. A comic book collector must be very __________ when it comes to the condition of the comic. The smallest flaw can affect the value immensely. a) divine  b) discerning  c) revoke  d) asylum  e) impertinent
  6. The popular, new restaurant's interior was very ____, with few pictures and not much decoration... a) impertinent  b) stark  c) lurid  d) rigmarole  e) brood
  7. ...I guess they wanted you to focus on their _________ food.   a) divine  b) discerning  c) revoke  d) demur  e) impertinent
  8. Very few things annoy teachers more than __________.   a) starkance  b) discerning  c) revoking  d) asylum  e) impertinence
  9. The man swore _________(ly) after he hit his thumb with a hammer. a) restitution  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) brood
  10. As he sat in the principal's office, he hoped for __________ intervention; maybe an angel would swoop in and save him.   a) impertinent  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) divine
  11. Most Americans agree that the right to live free is an (ir)__________(able) one that should only be taken away if we commit a crime.  a) rigmarole  b) revoke  c) discerning  d) prevail  e) demur
  12. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed on the question of...   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who's weird and who isn't. c) who's cool and who isn't. d) who's important and who isn't. e) All of the above.
  13. The poem says that if a person looked very carefully... a) he would see that everyone is weird. b) he would see that what might look weird really isn't. c) he would see that what might seem sane really isn't. d) All of the above. e) b and c.
  14. The poem says that if you disagree with the majority... a) you're weird. b) you're stupid. c) you're considered dangerous. d) you're doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.
  15. ...and you might end up in a(n) ___________. a) rigmarole  b) asylum  c) rigmarole  d) resitiution  e) impertinent

 
 
 
 
 

Finish "The Earth Men"