Wednesday, 2/25/09
Test Tomorrow: Spelling, Vocabulary, PoS Sentence, a couple more TS questions, Husker Du's.
Warm Up. Copy and click (or vice versa). Check vocabulary h/w.
  1. forgive : blame :: release : _____    a) wane  b) immobilize  c) irrational  d) jeer  e) accompany
  2. Dally : irresponsible :: Humpty Dumpty : _______   a) irrational  b) illegible  c) illiterate  d) irreparable  e) stupor
  3. try : attempt :: project : _________  a) arrest  b) irreplaceable  c) assignment  d) account  e) prodigious
  4. mock : jeer :: decrease : ________  a) immobilize  b) wax  c) assure  d) wane  e) bode
  5. rowdy : unruly :: unripe : ________  a) irreparable  b) immature  c) illegal  d) assortment  e) illiterate
  6. police : arrest :: pen pal : ________  a) immeasurable  b) irresistible  c) irrational  d) correspond  e) accompany
  7. (Husker Du? 12/11/08) ...many ____  ideas were good...  a) people's  b) peoples'  c) peoples  d) peoples's
Parts-of-Speech III. (Interjections, Adverbs)
SOLO this time. Exemption: 27/30 or 10/10 today.
 

D'oh! I tripped very awkwardly, but luckily did not get my fat head stuck in the door.

  1. I   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  2. tripped   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  3. very   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  4. awkwardly   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  5. but   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  6. luckily   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  7. not   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  8. my   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  9. fat   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
  10. in   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
  1. After a while, interest in yoyos _________(ed) and some other fad took over.  a) jeer  b) clamor  c) bode  d) wax  e) wane
  2. The echoes of Tom's shouts in the cave sounded like ________(ing) laughter that mocked them. a) clamor  b) jeer  c) wane  d) perishable  e) bode
  3. Tom felt a little sorry for Injun Joe, "for he knew how this _________ had suffered." a) effusive  b) jeer  c) wretch  d) stupor  e) prodigious
  4. Tom went behind the limestone "waterfall" in order to use his candle to light it up for Becky's __________.  a) imperishable  b) stupor  c) clamorous  d) gratification  e) bode
  5. You should refrigerate ________(s) like milk and eggs, because they quickly go bad if you don't.  a) clamor  b) jeer  c) wretch  d) perishable  e) bode
  6. As the month goes on, the moon will ________ until it is full, and then ________. a) wax, wane  b) wane, wax  c) jeer, bode  d) bode, jeer
  7. When the boys came back from "the dead," Aunt Polly _________(ly) hugged and kissed Tom, and then embarrassed Huck by doing the same to him. a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) prodigious
  8. The sub didn't have much control over the class, and there was quite a(n) ________ when the principal walked in.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) clamor
  9. Tom thought that Huck's dream about rats was  __________(ing) that trouble was ahead.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) bode
  10. He ate a(n) __________   amount of hot dogs in the hot dog eating contest.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) prodigious
  11. After the rumble, Ponyboy was in a ________ as Dally dragged him to the hospital to see Johnny.  a) jeer  b) wretch  c) clamor  d) stupor  e) wane
Read some Huck aloud