Wednesday, 2/2/11 -- SEVENTH GRADE
Warm Up. Copy 1-5. Use your spelling/vocabulary list to choose the best word for each blank.
  1. embarrassment : success :: chaos : __________ (1 + 1)
  2. snack : meal :: ________ : friend
  3. tasty : delicious :: wordy : ________
  4. When you are both-handed, you are ambi_________.
  5. You _____ the tools for ______. (You just have to use them.)
    Lois Lowry Speech.
  6. She says she began creating the Community by imagining getting rid of everything bad.  a) True  b) False
  7. Which of these theories about the ending does she not relate in her speech?  a) Jonas and Gabriel die.  b) Jonas has gone in a huge circle.  c) Jonas has made it to Heaven.  d) They traveled to a parallel world of the past.  e) She relates all of these theories.

 
 

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

  1. After a long, wet three days, the storm finally _______(ed). a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
  2. Before you sign anything, always ________ it very carefully.  a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
  3. He did a lot of community service to help _______ for his crime. a) reprove  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) shirk  e) atone
  4. He makes all sorts of weird fruit _______(ions) with that blender of his.  a) concoct  b) dexterous  c) laconic  d) shirk  e) verbose
  5. A captain at sea had the authority to whip a sailor who was _______(ing) his duty.  a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
  6. Mother Teresa was a(n) _____ volunteer for the poor. She dedicated her life to helping them. a) decrepit  b) reprove  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose
  7. My teacher thought I was ____(ing) my work, but I was only skipping it because I really didn't understand how to do it. a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
  8. He didn't make a very good interview subject because he was so ___________.  a) laconic  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose
  9. The magician _________(ly) manipulated the cards. a) laconic  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose
  10. ________ and _______ are antonyms of each other.  a) unstinting, shirk  b) laconic, verbose  c) dexterous, unstinting  d) abate, reprove  e) concoct, shirk
  11. If you crashed the car, Mom would probably do much more than just _____ you. a) reprove  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
  12. The "haunted" house was so _________ that the stairs collapsed under us.  a) laconic  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose

 
 
 

Begin reading "Old Glory" p203.
"I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave."
What is freedom? What should you be allowed to do?
 
 
 

Wednesday 2/2/11 - EIGHTH GRADE
Comedy Warm Up A.
In your notebook, write the answer that matches each "joke." You won't use all the answers.
  1. Why is it hard to keep a secret in the winter? 
  2. What color is the wind? 
  3. What do you call a camel with no humps?
  4. Why can't a bicycle stand on its own?
  5. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a...
  • Blue.
  • Banana.
  • Cheese.
  • Humphrey.
  • Your teeth chatter.
  • Flatback.
  • It's so cold you talk.
  • Too tired.
  • Your mom.
  • Poop.
  • Stephen.

Warm Up B. Copy. Use your spelling/vocabulary list to choose the best word for each blank.

  1. embarrassment : success :: chaos : __________ (1 + 1)
  2. snack : meal :: ________ : friend
  3. A(n) _______ is not a(n) _________ friend. (2)
  4. green : jealous :: blue _________
  5. _______ creatures are _______ during the night.

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. Yes, you will use words more than once.

  1. The massive Microsoft _________ takes up many  acres of land.  a) terminal  b) complex  c) patron  d) arsenal  e) disposition
  2. Technically, life is a _________ illness... a) disheartened  b) intimate  c) nocturnal  d) complex  e) terminal
  3. ...I guess you might be a little ___________ to hear that, but it's true; everyone eventually dies.   a) disheartened  b) incandescent  c) nocturnal  d) incongruous  e) secrete
  4. They blamed his __________ behavior on his progressing mental illness...  a) complex  b) terminal  c) incongruous  d) nocturnal  e) intimate
  5. ...he just didn't have his usual friendly _______.  a) buxom  b) complex  c) patron  d) arsenal  e) disposition
  6. He has a top security clearance because he is _________(ly) involved in all details of the operation.   a) disheartened  b) terminal  c) incongruous  d) nocturnal  e) intimate
  7. The bats were part of the zoo exhibit of ___________ animals. a) complex  b) terminal  c) incongruous  d) nocturnal  e) intimate
  8. ________ light bulbs are not as energy efficient as fluorescent ones.  a) disheartened  b) incandescent  c) nocturnal  d) incongruous  e) secrete
  9. The _________(ions) of the skin of the Poison Dart frog can cause hallucinations if you lick it.  a) secrete  b) complex  c) patron  d) arsenal  e) disposition
  10. Please do not ________(ize) me. I can take care of myself.   a) buxom  b) complex  c) patron  d) arsenal  e) disposition
  11. Deanna Dees, from the way Lorraine describes her, is probably ________.  a) terminal  b) complex  c) patron  d) arsenal  e) buxom
  12. The comedian had a(n) _________ of insults ready for anybody who heckled him.  a) disheartened  b) incandescent  c) arsenal  d) incongruous  e) secrete
  13. The train ________ hid... a) patron  b) incandescent  c) nocturnal  d) incongruous  e) terminal
  14. ...a secret ________ of weapons for the revolutionary fighters.  a) buxom  b) incongruous  c) patron  d) arsenal  e) disposition



The Pigman. Chapter 6. (10p)

  1. What is John's justification/rationalization for cashing Mr. Pignati's check?
  2. Lorraine's mom insists that she pay her dues now because she wants Lorraine to learn responsibility.  a) True  b) False
  3. How does Lorraine's mom earn an extra $10?
  4. Why does Lorraine say she likes to wear her Ben Franklin sunglasses?
  5. (3) What were the three "bad omens" Lorraine saw at the zoo?
  6. What does Lorraine say must be a requirement for working with kids?
  7. (2) What is Mr. Pignati's reaction when John and Lorraine start ugga-ugga'ing at the monkeys?
The Pigman. Chapter 7. (8)
  1. What word does John use to describe what makes Lorraine's fibs different from his?
  2. On p56, what does the word perpetual mean?
  3. What does John say his real reason is for going to the graveyard?
  4. (Quote.) What is John's father's reaction when John says he wants to be an actor?
  5. (Quote.) Why does John say he doesn't want the job his father is offering?
  6. What does Mr. Pignati do when John and Lorraine come over, that John says he doesn't remember his parents ever doing?
  7. Besides Old Lady, what is John's other nickname for his mom?
  8. (Quote.) John's main concern regarding a future career: " I want..."