Wednesday 5/12/10 - Weird Star (ELA)
Schedule.(43 minute periods)
Warm Up. Answer in your notebook.
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What piece of information, if you can find it, should always be first in
the work cited (bibliography) entry?
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(2) When you find a book related to your topic, where should you start
reading?
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(2) The following is an excerpt from a research paper on the effects of
watching too much tv. a) What is Jones? b) What is 51?
"...either way, this means that a student leaving high school
after four years has spent more time in front of the television than in
the classroom (Jones 51). Therefore..."
Topic: Are any UFOs really spaceships? Good Source
or Not? If not a good source, explain why not.
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Alien Autopsy on Fox TV. Air date: 2007.
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Area 51, a Discovery Channel investigation into the famous Area
51 where the Air Force supposedly hid an alien spacecraft.
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Mysteries of Mind, Space, and Time, an encyclopedia of research
about "paranormal" events.
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The web site An Unseen World.com, "Gateway to the Supernatural from
a Astro-Biblical Perspective" by Reverend Fred "Sonic" Smith, last updated
4/5/07.
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
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After a while, interest in yoyos
_________(ed) and some other fad took over. a) jeer b) clamor
c) bode d) wax e) wane
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tom thought that Huck's dream
about rats was __________(ing) that trouble was ahead. a) effusive
b) jeer c) gratifying d) stupor e) bode
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He ate a(n) __________
amount of hot dogs in the hot dog eating contest. a) effusive
b) jeer c) gratifying d) stupor e) prodigious
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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
Note-Taking Practice - Fold the sheet vertically.Take bullet notes
on the bike sharing article. Compare with demo.