Thursday, 11/13/08 - Welcome Parents!
Verbs! Prepositions! Check pink sheet.

Tip: Who did what to what for whom?  Who = subject  did what = predicate/verb  to what = direct object  for whom = indirect object
Warm Up. Copy, label, and click! Use your pink sheet to help.
Hector was a good friend, and gave Esteban a duck for his birthday.

  1. Hector   a) subject  b) predicate noun c) direct object  d) indirect object e) object of preposition
  2. friend  a) subject  b) predicate noun c) direct object  d) indirect object e) object of preposition
  3. Esteban   a) subject  b) predicate noun c) direct object  d) indirect object e) object of preposition
  4. duck   a) subject  b) predicate noun c) direct object  d) indirect object e) object of preposition
  5. birthday  a) subject  b) predicate noun c) direct object  d) indirect object e) object of preposition
  6. Direct and indirect objects are also called complements.  a) True  b) False


Go Over Pink Sheet. Correct p43. (Much) more on prepositions later.
Tip: In the dictionary, when it says vt, that means verb-transitive. A transitive verb is one that has a direct object.

Pink Sheet Pretest: Click in 1-10 on p44. 9/10 = exempt.

The Giver, ch14/15.

  1. What is Jonas's first taste of real pain?  a) Death  b) Losing an arm. c) Hunger   d) A broken leg.  d)  Being shot. e) NOTA
  2. What makes Jonas feel "desperately lonely"?  a)  The fact that he went to bed early   b) He misses Asher and Fiona   c) The realization that the others have  never felt pain   d) Not being able to talk about his training   e) The fact that he has to spend all of his time with The Giver
  3. The Giver tells Jonas that the memories of pain and suffering give them wisdom.  a) True  b) False
  4. What memory was the strongest when the Elders sought the Giver's advice about increasing the birthrate?  a) Jealousy  b) Racism  c) Sickness.  d) Hunger  e) NOTA
  5. Why is The Giver the one with all of the memories?  a) So that not everyone will be burdened and pained.   b) Because he is the most intelligent person in the community.  c) So there is no jealousy.  d) So that everything will stay the same and the community won't rebel  e) NOTA
  6. How do they usually decide which identical twin to release?  a) The Birthmother decides.  b) There's a number system.  c) Birthweight.  d) Raffle King  e) NOTA
  7. What does Jonas do to soothe Gabriel?  a) He rocks him to sleep.  b) Nothing; he is not allowed.  c) He accidentally gives him a memory.  d) Tells him about elephants and giraffes.  e) Chants softly.
  8. At the beginning of chapter 15, why does Jonas have to remind The Giver to put his hands on Jonas’s back? a) Because the old man has been forgetting lately.  b) It's part of his training to help remind The Giver.  c) The Giver is in such pain that Jonas thinks he might forget.  d) The Giver has told him to remind him, because he often gets distracted.  e) NOTA
  9. All of these are things Jonas first perceived in this new memory in chapter 15, except... a) Smoke in the air.  b) Bombs exploding nearby.  c) Terrible smells.  d) Groaning men. e) He noticed all these things right away.
  10. What does the boy in the memory want?  a) Water  b) Revenge.  c) A gun   d)  Food   e) To be "put out of his misery."
The Giver aloud.