Wednesday, 4/13/11
Test Tomorrow: Spelling, Vocabulary, Roots, Husker Du, ISP
Warm Up. Copy. Use your spelling*/vocabulary** list.
  1. * "mindful stuff" = _______
  2. * "put the mark or seal on" = _______
  3. * "together hang thing" = _______
  4. * "before say thing" = _______
  5. ** responsible : dependable :: vapid : ______
  6. All but two of our vocabulary words this week are ______(s).  (n, v, adj, etc.)
  7. Those other two words are _______(s).  (n, v, adj, etc.)


Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

  1. Most of you thought that 600 words/week would be a(n) _________ assignment, but that turned out not to be the case.  a) enviable  b) tenuous  c) pliant  d) vacuous  e) onerous
  2. Each of the neighbors told Barney not to ________ to the others what offer he/she had made to him for The Piggy.  a) relegate  b) divulge  c) enviable  d) terse  e) phlegmatic
  3. Even after failing the test, he remained _______ about his prospects for passing the class. He figured he had enough extra credit to make up for it.   a) vacuous  b) divulge  c) tenuous  d) terse  e) phlegmatic
  4. Barney described Moyna's tentacles as being "________ but muscular."  a) onerous  b) irrevocable  c) pliant  d) enviable  e) terse
  5. Barney at first thought that having The Piggy in his possession was a(n) _________ position to be in, but he soon felt more vulnerable than safe.   a) onerous  b) irrevocable  c) pliant  d) enviable  e) vacuous
  6. The boy was still angry with his mom, and so spoke very ______(ly), in short, direct sentences.  a) terse  b) vacuous  c) divulge  d) tenuous  e) onerous
  7. Without any evidence, they could make only a(n) ________ connection between his absence and the robbery. They had to let him go.   a) phlegmatic  b) vacuous  c) irrevocable  d) tenuous  e) enviable
  8. Most movies today are very ______, and insult the viewer's intelligence with stupid humor.  a) phlegmatic  b) vacuous  c) divulge  d) tenuous  e) relegated
  9. Once the words are out of your mouth they are _________. Be careful before you speak.   a) terse  b) vacuous  c) divulge  d) tenuous  e) irrevocable
  10. Innovation in technology moves so fast these days that your brand new device will soon be ________(ed) to the junk heap when the newer model comes out.  a) enviable  b) vacuous  c) divulge  d) tenuous  e) relegate
  11. stiff : pliant :: wordy : ______  a) enviable  b) vacuous  c) terse  d) onerous  e) relegate
  12. irresponsible : dependable :: excitable : ______  a) terse  b) vacuous  c) divulge  d) phlegmatic  e) relegate


Read aloud.
7th grade: Interstellar Pig

Lichen!
 
 

Wednesday, 4/13/11 -- EIGHTH GRADE
Test Tomorrow: Spelling, Vocabulary, Roots, Husker Du, Red Chief
Warm Up. Copy 1-5. Use your spelling*/vocabulary** list.

  1. * "mindful stuff" = _______
  2. * "put the mark or seal on" = _______
  3. * "together hang thing" = _______
  4. * "before say thing" = _______
  5. ** _____ and ______ have somewhat similar meanings, but _____ is a noun, and _____ is an adjective.
  6. Identify the following historical persons by saying what they are most famous for:
  7. What do we call words like buzz, hum, and hiss? (Words that sound like what they are.)
  8. What do we call expressions that seem contradictory, like "jumbo shrimp" and "larger half" and "unbiased opinion"? Give other examples for extra credit.

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

  1. He _____(ly) palmed the quarter, and pretended to pull it from her ear.  a) contiguous  b) bedlam  c) deleterious  d) surreptitious  e) ineffable
  2. The connoisseur did not find the expensive wine _____ at all; in fact he thought it was vinegar.  a) raucous  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) surreptitious  e) palatable
  3. When they turned off the lights at the junior high assembly, it was sheer _______...  a) raucous  b) bedlam  c) chronic  d) proclivity  e) ineffable
  4. ...with ________ shouts and wild screams.   a) pervade  b) bedlam  c) chronic  d) reconnoiter  e) raucous
  5. Near the end of those commercials for various drugs, they always very quickly list the possible _______ effects of the drugs.  a) apparition  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) proclivity  e) palatable
  6. When home economics classes make cookies, the aroma _______(s) this building, making me crave cookies.  a) reconnoiter  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) proclivity  e) contiguous
  7. We sent Dad up ahead to ________ the area for a good campsite.  a) pervade  b) bedlam  c) chronic  d) reconnoiter  e) palatable
  8. She felt ________ joy at the sight of her long-lost children.  a) contiguous  b) bedlam  c) deleterious  d) surreptitious  e) ineffable
  9. The combination of heat and fatigue while he was driving made him see ______(s) rising from the pavement.   a) apparition  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) proclivity  e) palatable
  10. The old row houses in NYC are not separate buildings; they are _______, much like condos here. a) pervade  b) bedlam  c) chronic  d) reconnoiter  e) contiguous
  11. Mozart showed a(n) ________ for music at a very early age. He composed "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" when he was three.  a) apparition  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) proclivity  e) ineffable
  12. Unfortunately, drug gang violence has become rather ________ in Mexico, with reports of shootings almost daily.   a) pervade  b) bedlam  c) palatable  d) reconnoiter  e) chronic
  13. Feelings like love and depression are, by definition, ________. Nobody else can understand what you're feeling.  a) apparition  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) ineffable  e) palatable
  14. Eighth graders generally have a ________ for laziness.  a) apparition  b) pervade  c) deleterious  d) proclivity  e) palatable

"Ransom of the Red Chief"