Correct Pink Sheet p164. Subject/Verb Agreement
Circle the following numbers for the pretest:
A3, A6, A9, A10, B4, B5, B7, B8, B9, B10

Exemption Round II. 18/20 needed for the week. P164.

1. A3 a) arrive  b) arrived  c) arrives d) arriving
2. A6  a) think  b) thought  c) thinks  d) thinking
3. A9  a) is  b) be  c) am  d) were  e) was
4. A10  a) feel  b) feels  c) felt  d) feeling

   ---

   Click A if the subject and verb agree, click B if they do not.
5. B4  a) agree  b) disagree
6. B5  a) agree  b) disagree
7. B7  a) agree  b) disagree
8. B8  a) agree  b) disagree
9. B9  a) agree  b) disagree
10. B10  a) agree  b) disagree

Correct IRW p362-363. Science. (11p.)
IRW p362-363. (10p.)

1. Taste buds are examples of receptors. a) True  b) False
2. A neuron is a type of...  a) cell  b) organ  c) receptor  d) cytoplasm  e) NOTA
3. The nerves that connect the arms and legs with the spinal cord are part of the _______ nervous system.  a) peripheral   b) branch  c) lower  d) central  e) NOTA
4. The science article on p363 compares the nervous system to a ______. a) car  b) brain  c) television  d) computer  e) NOTA
5. Which of these is NOT something this lesson will teach?  a) What an impulse is.  b) The difference between the central and peripheral nervous systems.  c) How the brain works.  d) How neurons do their job.  e) All of these will be taught.
6. This is a diagram of a neuron. Identify #1.  a) cytoplasm  b) dendrites  c) peripheral cells  d) receptors  e) NOTA
7. Your skin could be considered one giant sense organ.  a) True.  b) False.
8. When you remember what a verb is, you are using your peripheral nervous system.  a) True.  b) False.
9. At the end of this lesson, there will be a lab.  a) True.  b) False.
10. The "signal words" in an article like this will probably show order or categories.  a) True  b) False

"Old Glory" p203.

1. On the surface, who are we initially supposed to think is the protagonist of the story?  a) Donald  b) Gran-Da  c) Uncle  d) SOS men
2. If we dig deeper, who is REALLY the protagonist?  a) Donald  b) Gran-Da  c) Uncle  d) SOS men
3. Conflict #1:  a) Uncle vs himself  b) Gran-Da vs himslef  c) Uncle vs Donald  d) Donald vs Gran-Da  e) Donald vs society
4. Conflict #2:  a) Uncle vs Dad  b) Donald vs Dad  c) Gran-Da vs society  d) Donald vs nature  e) Gran-Da vs nature
5. Gran-Da would be considered a non-conformist.  a) True  b) False
6. What right did the SOS law take away?  a) freedom of speech  b) freedom of religion  c) voting rights  d) right to a fair trial  e) right to assemble peaceably
7. Why did Gran-Da try to burn the flag?  a) He wanted to die, like Dally.  b) To show how much he hated Uncle.  c) To protest the way the country was going.  d) He really was crazy.  e) NOTA
8. Why did Donald turn him in?  a) He really didn't like Gran-Da.  b) He thought Gran-Da was too old and crazy to live.  c) He thought Gran-Da would get the whole family in trouble.  d) His dad told him to.  e) NOTA
9. What/Who does Uncle represent?  a) the police  b) the U.S.A.  c) all that is good  d) the future  e) a spy
10. The theme of this story is "don't mess with the government."  a) True  b) False
11. The last line of the story is meant to be ironic.  a) True  b) False

Euphemism (n - U FEM ISM):
A "nice" way of saying something (usually) unpleasant.
Examples: passed on = died, sanitation engineer = garbage man, waitress in the sky = flight attendant

1. visually disabled =
2. involuntary servitude =
3. solid waste =
4. landfill =
5. economically disadvantaged =
6. undocumented transborder migrant =
7. vertically challenged =

The Giver.
There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. If there's something you don't understand, WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTION(S) in your notebook. I will answer them before the quiz. I will not answer questions that are not written in the notebook. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY! There will also be a Moodle forum set up so you can ask each other questions about the book.

What causes war? Crime?