Wednesday, 9/02/09 - Finally! Regular Schedule!
Unpack your Adjectives! (Featuring Blossom Dearie)
I check KBAR and vocabulary homework.
Warm Up. For #1-7, copy and click. For #8, click only. For #9 and #10, write, don't click.
  1. locker : storage :: _______ : security   a) usage  b) completion  c) believable  d) insurance  e) valuable
  2. rewrite : revision :: story : _________  a) believable  b) narrative  c) requirement  d) separately  e) television

  3. (Bonus: What is the other correct answer from this week's list?)
  4. roughly : gingerly :: intense : _________ a) savvy  b) sincerely  c) movable  d) creative  e) nonchalant
  5. sage : wise :: artist : _________ a) creative  b) literature  c) rueful  d) conform  e) movable
  6. dig : like :: fathom : __________  a) ignore  b) dig  c) infer  c) sage  e) confuse
  7. definition : denotation :: rule : ________  a) connotation  b) believable  c) conform  d) revision  e) requirement
  8. A person, place, or thing is called a ________.  a) adjective  b) pronoun  c) adverb  d) noun  e) NOTA
    Don't copy!
  9. The reason we drop the e from ignore before we add -ance to spell ignorance, is because the new ending begins with a vowel. a) True  b) False 
    Write only!
  10. In the adjectives video, we saw  a great example of "judging a book by its cover." What was it?
  11. Based on the video, write a definition for the word adjective.


Go over vocabulary homework.
Crossword Puzzle Help.
Vocabulary Pretest #1. Click only.  "Cheat" Sheet? Ask the RAFFLE KING. 12/12 means you can skip the vocabulary portion of the test on Friday.

  1. My friend has a lot of basketball __________. He just seems to have a natural feel for the game.

  2. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conformity  e) sage
  3. "I touched the bruise on my cheek  ____________." a) infer  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
  4. The coach accused me of being too __________ at practice. He thought I should take the game more seriously.

  5. a) denotation  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
  6. "He liked fights, blondes, and for some (un)___________(able) reason, school." Nobody could understand it.

  7. a) sage  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
  8. After the accident, her outlook on life became very_________. She seemed to have no hope any more.

  9. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
  10. "I wish I had done my homework," I thought__________(ly). a) sage  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
  11. I was able to ________ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence.

  12. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
  13. A person who doesn't like to ____________ to the group is often called an outsider.

  14. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conform  e) sage
  15. The _______ of a word is its dictionary definition. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
  16. The _______ of a word is what it makes you think of.  a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
  17. Jimmy nodded his head ___________(ly), and said, "It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up."

  18. a) rueful  b) gingerly  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
  19. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ___________ of a hoodlum who breaks windows and such. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom