Thursday, 9/25/08
"Mr. Morton is the SUBJECT of the sentence, and what the PREDICATE says, he does."
Warm Up. Click and Copy (1-8).
  1. "self starting"  a) symphony b) autograph c) automobile d) megaphone e) automatic
  2. "together sound"  a) symphony b) telephone c) telegraph d) megaphone e) phonetic
  3. "book writing"  a) paragraph b) autobiography c) bibliography d) instrument e) cheese
  4. When you spell a word the way it sounds, like kat, that is called the _____ spelling. a) phonics  b) symphonic  c) phonetic  d) automatic  e) NOTA
  5. author : pen :: musician : ____  a) performance  b) audience  c) symphony   d) instrument  e) cacophony
  6. lazy : dogged :: flattered : _______ a) acquit  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
  7. fear : panic :: ask : ________  a) acquit  b) conducive  c) bluff  d) implore  e) gorge
  8. I ______(ed) myself nicely in the baseball game, going 4 for 4.  a) indignant  b) acquit  c) bluff  d) implore  e) gorge 
  9. The simple predicate of a sentence is also called the... a) noun  b) Pearl  c) subject  d) adjective  e) verb
  10. The town of El Queso Grande, I believe, has an 18 foot wheel of cheese.  (ss/sp)  a) town/believe  b) El Queso Grande/has  c) town/has  d) El Queso Grande/believe  e) I/believe
  11. The previous sentence is punctuated correctly.  a) True  b) False
  12. It is ironic that Two-Bit is still a junior at 18 1/2 years old. a) True  b) False

 
 
 

Click in SS/SP from yellow sheet. (10p.  9+ = exempt tomorrow!)
3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20
 
 
 
 
 
 

Outsiders Quiz.  Open Mouth?

  1. The fact that quiet, gentle Johnny is now a killer is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
  2. Why did Pony stop going to church?  a) They found out he was a greaser.  b) They stared at his old clothes.  c) He stopped believing after Johnny was beat up.  d) Two-Bit, Soda, and Steve embarrassed him.  e) It wasn't safe to walk there any more.
  3. At the beginning of chapter 5, how long has it been since Pony and Dally and Johnny sat down behind the girls at the drive-in?  a) About 2 days.  b) About 24 hours.  c) About 12 hours  d) 4 or 5 days.  e) 3 days.
  4. Pony's first feeling when he wakes up in the church is... a) fear  b) confusion  c) cold  d) relief  e) none of the above
  5. Gone with the Wind (the book Johnny and Pony are reading) takes place during...  a) the future  b) the 1950's  c) 1776  d) the 1860's e) none of the above
  6. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the book than Pony, even though Pony is the "smart" one, is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
  7. The real message of  "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is that if something is bad it will last forever.  a) True  b) False
  8. The real message of  "Richard Cory" is that all rich people are unhappy.  a) True  b) False
  9. Who said? "I can't believe little old Johnny could kill somebody."  a) Pony  b) Dally  c) Soda  d) Darry  e) Two-Bit
  10. Sodapop misspelling words in his letter to Pony is ironic.  a) True  b) False
  11. Who said? "I guess we're different." a) Cherry  b) Soda  c) Pony  d) Johnny  e) Dally
  12. Dally getting hauled in for the crime he didn't do is an example of irony. a) True  b) False