Wednesday, 12/1/10 - Extended Homies Schedule
HOMIES: No Bullies
I. Brainstorm examples in groups.
II. What is Bullying?

SEVENTH GRADE
Warm Up - 12/1/10. Copy. Use your spelling*/vocabulary** list to help you choose the correct word for each blank.
  1. *"before say thing"  =   _____
  2. *"around stand things" =  _____
  3. *"under stand person" =  _____
  4. *"together throw thing" =  _____
  5. *subject : predicate :: _____ : verdict
  6. **negotiate : haggle  ::  beg : ________


Possessive Nouns - 12/1/10. Use your chart to help you. Copy.

  1. _______ switchblade   a) Thomas'  b) Thomas's
  2. the _______ hats   a) men's  b) mens'  c) mens's
  3. one _______ save  a) goalies'  b) goalie's  c) goalies's
  4. a) Jimmies'   b) Jimmy's  c) Jimmys'      lame excuse...
  5. an old _______ tale  a) wifes' b) wives'  c) wive's  d) wives's
  6. Mrs. Jones low-rider --> a) Mrs. Jones'  b) Mrs. Jones's  c) Mrs. Jone's
  7. If a word is already plural, we always just add an apostrophe to make it possessive.  a) True  b) False
  8. ______ Night is Thursday...   a) Parent's  b) Parents's  c) Parents'
  9. all my _______ parents   a) friends'  b) friend's  c) friends's
  10. ______ Head Soup (made from one goat)  a) Goat's  b) Goats'  c) Goats's


Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest 12/1/10.
heedless, diligent, diffident, dire, cordial, privy, grovel, abundant, turmoil, compelling, haggle

  1. The meeting with the angry parents was less than _______.
  2. My mom didn't find my reasons for "needing" an X-Box very _______, so I was denied.
  3. He read the words of wisdom written on the wall of the old _________.
  4. He practiced the skate trick ______(ly) until he got it right.
  5. The "consequences" for misbehavior in schools in the old days were sometimes pretty ______.
  6. The hypnotist's voice was strangely ________, and actually almost made you want to cluck like a chicken.
  7. His brother's sudden disappearance caused great __________ in the family.
  8. Please be discreet when someone makes you _______ to their thoughts and feelings.
  9. "Now, now, don't be _______; speak up!"
  10. After he forgot his wife's birthday, he had to ________ for several days before she forgave him.
  11. Most stores these days don't _________ over the price.  They expect you to pay the marked price.
  12. Beetle (then known as Brat) crawled into the dung heap, _________ of the smell, because she was cold.
  13. All of a sudden, there was a(n) ___________ of bread at the midwife's cottage. So much bread, that even Beetle got to share some.
Midwife's Apprentice.

Wednesday, 12/1/10 - Extended Homies Schedule
EIGHTH GRADE
Warm Up - 12/1/10. Copy. Use your spelling*/vocabulary** list to help you choose the correct word for each blank.

  1. *business : partner :: crime : _________
  2. *"hand make" = _______
  3. *together coming" = _______
  4. *together to place = _____
  5. *salon : manicure :: rising action : _________
  6. **generous : meager :: uncertain : _________
  7. **judge : separate :: _______ : _______
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest 12/1/10.
dissemble, resolute, discriminate, segregate, intercede, idiosyncrasy, subsistence, ambivalent, objectivity, dilemma, meager
  1. A(n) _________ is having to choose between two bad options.
  2. You have to be ___________ and decisive when you are interviewing for a job; you can't be hemming and hawing.
  3. You __________ when you choose one thing over another...
  4. ...but you _________ when you separate different items from each other.
  5. The Nazis ________(ed) the Jewish population into ghettos.
  6. I was disappointed that the food servings at the wedding were pretty __________ for such a rich family.
  7. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of ________ farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it. (Not meager.)
  8. Old people have many ____________ : odd habits they have developed over a lifetime.
  9. He tried to __________ when Mr. Marinello asked him where he had been; but his red ears gave him away.
  10. People expect judges to have a certain level of __________.
  11. His __________(ing) fell apart under careful questioning.
  12. The poor villagers of La Paz needed someone to _______ on their behalf, and help them to be treated fairly.
  13. The athlete was ______ about the use of steriods. He knew they were harmful, but they helped his performance.

 

History of English II
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