Warm Up.Copy into notebook. Use your spelling*/vocabulary** list to choose the correct word for each blank.

1. * "into break thing" =
2. * "nature study" =
3. * "apart to free" =
4. (2) * " mindful thing(s) =
5. ** wander : meander :: rush : _____
6. ** ugliness : beauty :: mourning : _____
7. ** spiral : whorl :: effectiveness : _____

Correct RCA p348-349
RCA Quiz.

1. What letter did you box for question #1?  a) A  b) B  c) C  d) D
2. How many things did you circle for #2?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4
3. How can you tell this is a compound microscope? (Besides the fact that they tell you.)
4. By just looking at the diagram, how could you quickly tell the high-power objective from the low-power one?
5. If there were too much light to properly see the specimen, what part of the microscope would you adjust? (Choose the best answer.) a) eyepiece  b) coarse adjustment  c) arm  d) diaphragm  e) nosepiece
6. What was your answer to #6?
7. If you are using the high-power objective lens, what power of magnification does the example microscope have?
8. The word microscope literally means... a) "larger looker."  b) "compound looker."  c) "magnify looker."  d) "tiny looker."  e) none of the above

MWA.
Bonus Questions:

1. sackbut, gittern, rebec? Which is which?  (See below.)
2. What are the antipodes? (Three answers are acceptable - You may give all three.)
3. What is "wagging"?
4. "Corpus Bones" was a popular mild oath in those days. What does the Corpus refer to?
5. How does Runt help us figure out when this story takes place? (Between 1272 and 1307.)

Thursday, 12/9/10 - Eighth Grade
Tomorrow's Test:
-Spelling (5x each for the ones you missed)
-Vocabulary (study the pretest and the ** warm ups)
-RCA p350-351
-MAUS (open book)
 

Warm Up.Copy into notebook. Use your spelling*/vocabulary** list to choose the correct word for each blank.

1. *  significance : importance :: obstacle : ________  a) attainable  b) importance  c) deductible  d) relentless  e) hindrance
2. * chaos : pandemonium :: letter : _______  a) illustration  b) falsifying  c) knowledgeable  d) popularize  e) correspondence
3. * fine : agreeable :: kind : ______  a) apologize  b) celebrate  c) popluarize  d) humane  e) infancy
4. ** useless : futile ::  flashy : _____   a) defray  b) ostentatious  c) zeal  c) pandemonium  d) inevitable  e) wallow
5. ** impossible : inevitable :: apathy : _____ a) subjugate  b) flounder  c) wallow  d) disgruntled  e) zeal
6. ** enslave : subjugate :: offset : _____  a) defray  b) wallow  c) flounder  d) futile  e) foreboding
7. Adding the suffix -ion usually turns a word into a(n) _______.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb

IRP p362-363. Quiz.

1. Which of these is not a cause/effect word/phrase?  a) as a result  b) because  c) since  d) before  e) therefore
2. For second part of question #1 on p362, did you write  a) cause  or  b) effect?
3. Which of these should you have underlined as an effect for question #2?  a) ...hundreds of ex-prisoners of war  b) ...caused the steam boilers to leak...  c) Because the Sultana was carrying so many people...  d) ...about 200 more than died aboard the Titanic...   e) NOTA
4. What did you put in box #1?  a) boilers exploded  b) 100's killed  c) trapped below deck  d) too weak to swim  e) NOTA
5. What did you put in box #2?  a) boilers exploded  b) too many people on board  c) 100's killed  d) boilers repaired  e) NOTA
6. What did you put in box #3?  a) 1700 people died  b) trapped below deck  d) greatest seafaring disaster ever  e) NOTA
7. What did you put in box #4?  a) 1700 people died  b) greatest seafaring disaster ever  c) newspapers covering Lincoln's funeral train  d) tragedy not reported  e) NOTA
8. Only the Titanic was a greater ship disaster than the Sultana. a) True  b) False

MAUS