Thursday, 10/2/08
Special Preview: "Lolly's, Lolly's Lolly's, Get Your Adverbs Here!"
Warm Up. Click and Copy (1-6).
  1. He was obsessed with his new hobby; it totally __________(ed) his life.  a) acquire  b) vary  c) consume  d) perceive  e) design
  2. His latest ____ was a rare stamp collection.  a) acquiring  b) previous  c) acquirement  d) acquisition  e) principle
  3. His _____ of the incident was very different from hers.    a) procedure  b) principle  c) previous  d) perception  e) potential
  4. The council studied the ______  _______ of the new shopping center.  a) consume effect  b) affect strategy  c) site affect  d) potential impact  e) potential principle
  5. Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _______(ed) a response from the dog. a) illicit  b) vain  c) mimic  d) elicit  e) patronize
  6. It was very (in)_____ to get caught cheating on the test. a) discrete  b) discreet  c) mimic  d) vain  e) illicit
  7. homophones : sound :: synonyms :  _____  a) core  b) spelling  c) meaning  d) pronunciation  e) queso
  8. The noun form of discreet is...  a) discreeting  b) discreeted  c) discreet  d) discretion  e) discreeteding
Verb Phrases.
    -Pink Sheet p11
    -helping/main verb
Verb Phrase Pretest II.
  1. Helping verbs help link the subject to the predicate.  a) True  b) False
  2. The main verb phrase in a sentence is called... a) the subject  b) the complete predicate  c) the simple predicate  d) Mr. Morton  e) NOTA
  3. _______ you ever hear of Harriet Tubman?  a) have  b) has  c) did  d) had  e) does
  4. Which one is not a form of the word be?  a) are  b) is  c) been  d) was  e) did
  5. He was screaming. The word was is being used as a helping verb.  a) True  b) False
  6. In English, we use helping verbs to help express past and future tenses.  a) True  b) False
  7. "It was almost four months ago. I _____ walked down to the DX to get a bottle of pop." a) was  b) did  c) had  d) done  e) has
  8. "He ____ hunting our football to practice a few kicks." a) had been b)  been  c) were being  d) were  e) none of the above
  9. p11 - #9 - a) you / read  b) have / you  c) you / have  d) have / read  e) NOTA
  10. p11 - #10  a) you / do  b) do / understand  c) you / understand  d) understand / importance  e) NOTA


Color Justification Paper
Rough Draft and Brainstorming due Thursday, 10/9.
(This is instead of the SLAP.)

The Outsiders
Chapter 7 -->

Tomorrow's Test:  AW II, Vocabulary, Verb Phrases, Outsiders?