Tuesday, 9/29/09
Re: Grades. "DO THE MATH!" (/528)

Collect "FUN/WEIRD PLANET."

Warm Up. Click and copy(1-7). If you earned a 19+ on the AW Pretest, you only have to copy the starred items.

  1. A good teacher tries to _________ the students in the lesson.  a) concept  b) conduct  c) consist  d) occur  e) involve
  2. Try to figure out the word's meaning from its ________.  a) factor  b) concept  c) significant  d) context  e) conduct
  3. The teacher had to call home about the student's _________.  a) concept  b) feature  c) conduct  d) evidence  e) structure
  4. You should have _________ to back up your opinion.  a) feature  b) evidence  c) factor  d) aspect  e) significant
  5. *To the detective, it was _________ that Fred was the thief.  a) occurred   b) required  c) evident  d) complex  e) available
  6. *idea : concept :: situation : ____  a) approach  b) method  c) aspect  d) context  e) significant
  7. *The root of the word benefit, bene, means...   a) thing  b) help  c) advantage  d) good  e) kind
  8. One way to fix a run-on is with a comma plus a conjunction, such as the word and.  a) True  b) False
  9. (R) Only _________ have a past, present and future tense.  a) nouns  b) verbs  c) adjectives  d) adverbs e) subjects
  10. (R) He will probably be reelected, since his performance during his term in office has been outstanding.  Which word is an adjective?   a) probably  b) his  c) outstanding  d) since  e) none of them


FRAGMENTS AND RUN-ONS
Correct 1/2 of Pink Sheet.
FRO Pretest I. Click in these numbers from your pink sheet:
2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11  a) CS  b) Fragment  c) Run-On

Outsiders!