1. The training the employee received was NOT __________; it only covered the bare basics of the job.  a) adapt  b) phenomenon  c) finite  d) comprehensive  e) ultimate
2. The employees at Google are encouraged to _________, and come up with new ideas.  a) differentiate  b) simulate  c) extract  d) confirm  e) innovate
3. Recent polls show that a slight majority of people __________ the death penalty for some crimes.  a) successor  b) extract  c) advocate  d) confirm  e) comprise
4. Even though it looks like it goes forever, the universe is ____________.  a) dispose  b) comprehensive  c) finite  d) phenomenon  e) hierarchy
5. Everyone was talking about the strange _______________ that appeared in the sky yesterday.  a) hierarchy  b) advocate  c) successor  d) ultimate  e) phenomenon
6. There was a rumor going around school, but it was just (un)__________(ed) gossip.  a) phenomenon  b) confirm  c) comprise  d) adapt  e) prohibit 

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7. The rescuers' climb up the hill was treacherous. a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
8. What kind of sentence is this     a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
9. What is the subject of this sentence?     a) what  b) subject  c) sentence  d) this   e) NOTA
10. Kenny an Australian nurse aroused controversy due to her treatment methods. a) Kenny,  nurse,   b) Kenny, c) nurse, d) nurse, controversy,
11. SUPER BONUS: The phrase, "an Australian nurse" in the previous sentence, is a specific type of phrase. What is it called?

1. (P) Having their images placed on postage stamps has honored many famous people, both real and fictional. Choose a real or fictional person who you feel deserves this honor.  Write a paper that would persuade others your choice is good.
2. (B) Describe the person who has had the greatest impact on your life (either positive or negative). Show how/why.
3. (T) Write a speech called "How to Laugh." First define what laughter is. Then compare and contrast different kinds of laughs (chuckle, guffaw, snicker, titter, giggle) and describe/show each.
4. (R) "The people in my neighborhood are so weird..." (or normal, or scary, or friendly, or...)
5. (R or E) Middle School isn't as bad as I thought... but here's what would make it better.
6. (T) Tips for surviving middle school.
7. (T) Make a slang dictionary. Make it funny. Write an introduction to it and a guide for usage. Be sure to include POS and examples of context.
8. (R) Show the same incident from two or three different points of view: a car wreck, a fight in a restaurant, a person being wrongly accused by the teacher, etc.
9. (L) Continue The Monsters are due on Maple Street. Write it in the form of a play, and show what happens the next day. Do they realize what happened? Do they report it? Are the aliens successful?
10. (P) What items would you place in a time-capsule, which would be buried here at Laguna, and unearthed in the year 2065? Why would you choose those items?

1. In the example paragraph about Columbus, what is the main idea? a) Columbus made a lot of mistakes, but was successful anyway.  b) Columbus was a very persuasive guy.   c) Columbus was a successful guy.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above
2. In the example paragraph about Columbus, how many supporting details do they give for the main idea?   a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) 5
3. What is the main idea of the next paragraph?  a) Doctors in that time often made people's illnesses worse.  b) Columbus's doctor told him to smell a goat.  c) Doctor's in Columbus's time were dumb.  d) Doctors in that time didn't have the knowledge to cure diseases.  e) All of the above
4. How many supporting details are there for that main idea?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) 5
5. According to "After-School Blues," what is the root problem?  a) Kids are littering.  b) Restaurants are too expensive.  c) Kids are "horsing around in people's front yards."  d) Kids from the middle school are loitering in the neighborhood after school.  e) None of the above.
6. This brief excerpt has most of the pieces required for a problem/solution essay. What is it missing?  a) Details that support the solution.  b) An opposing argument.  c) Examples that illustrate the problem.  d) A proposed solution.  e) A statement of the problem.

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