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.
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"un-build thing" = ___________
a) reconstruct b) structure c) obstruct d) destruction
e) instructor
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"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
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"against build" = ___________
a) reconstruct b) structure c) obstruct d) destruction
e) instructor
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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
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guard : sentry :: agreement : __________
a) complexity b) implicit c) explicit d) accomplice
e) consensus
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rigid : pliable :: foolish : _______
a) sentimental b) sensor c) resent d) sensible
e) complexity
Final Problem Pronoun Pretest.
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On Mars, Anna and ______ rode dune buggies.
a) she b) her
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Preston made old-school popcorn for Cameron
and _______. a) I b) me
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Mike and ______ stared at the porcupine,
and it stared back. a) he b) him
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The most excited spectator is ________.
a) she b) her
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The reason for the previous answer is that
the word in the blank is the direct object. a) True b) False
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I saw the movie and read the book, but
I think I like it better. a) OK b) Unclear.
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Getting to other galaxies seems impossible
to _______ humans. a) we b) us
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Great adventurers were Shannon and ______.
a) he b) him
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Jimi and Robert are going to the game.
Today, he bought tickets for them. a) OK b) Unclear
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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.
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Even though we were losing in the first
half, I knew we would eventually _______. a) divine
b) revoke c) discerning d) prevail e) demur
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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
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"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
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The stain on the white shirt stood out
_________(ly). a) demure b) demur c) stark
d) restitution e) brood
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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
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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
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...I guess they wanted you to focus
on their _________ food. a) divine b) discerning
c) revoke d) demur e) impertinent
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Very few things annoy teachers more
than __________. a) starkance b) discerning
c) revoking d) asylum e) impertinence
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The man swore _________(ly) after he
hit his thumb with a hammer. a) restitution b) stark c)
lurid d) demur e) brood
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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...and you might end up in a(n) ___________.
a)
rigmarole b) asylum c) rigmarole d) resitiution
e) impertinent
Finish "The Earth Men"