Thursday, 2/17/11
(Eighth Grade: Welcome
HS Counselors.
If you haven't already
sent it, please bring in an electronic copy of your interview by this Friday.
Put all the other work
on hold until next week!)
Tomorrow's Test: Plurals, Vocabulary, Husker Du, Charlotte
Warm Up in notebook. ** = Vocabulary Word
** = SSI copies.
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Make them plural: a) beach b) echo
c) roof d) medium e) A f) Elvis g) thesis
h) secretary of defense i) Kennedy
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Make them possessive: a) it b) people
c) Alex d) Hunter and Bray e) they f) us
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**Mr. Coward ________(ed) my efforts to
explain why I didn't have my essay.
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**Your essay should not have any __________
sentences.
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**Our comeback was ________(ed) when Nate
hit into a double-play.
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Please _________ at least five academic
words in your essay. a) incorporate b) enhance c)
aggregate d) inhibit e) migrate
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Do not ________ with Mr. Coward; he has
a stick. a) slanderous b) impertinent c) adversity
d) trifle e) inferior
Charlotte 9/10
Quiz.
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Use the key on p223 to figure approximately what time "it" happened (p76).
a) about noon b) about 6:00 am c) about 2:00 or 3:00 pm
d) about 5:00 or 5:30pm e) You can't tell what time it is.
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Now we know for sure who kept the other passengers off the ship. Who?
a) Keetch b) Jaggery c) Grummage d) the crew e)
NOTA
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Which of these does Charlotte NOT find when she finally goes, on an errand,
to the crew's quarters? a) a needle b) a gun c) a round
robin d) an extra crewman e) She finds all of these.
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How could we tell that the crew knew she was thinking about talking to
the captain? a) They told her not to tell. b) They sent her
a note. c) They started spying on her. d) Zachariah said something
mysterious.
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How did the crew warn Charlotte not to tell? a) They told her they
would throw her overboard. b) They threatened to put her name on
a round robin. c) One of them pretended to slit his throat. d) One of them
flashed a knife at her. e) NOTA
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Who does Jaggery say he trusts more than anyone? a) Charlotte b)
Hollybrass c) Keetch d) Zachariah e) He says he trusts
no one.
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When Charlotte tells what she saw, what is Hollybrass's reaction?
a) He gets fidgety. b) He turns pale. c) He turns red with
excitement. d) He says he doesn't believe her. e) NOTA
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When Charlotte tells what she saw, what is Jaggery's reaction? a)
He gets fidgety. b) He turns pale. c) He turns red with excitement.
d) He says he doesn't believe her. e) NOTA
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Who was the leader of the attempted mutiny? a) Zachariah b) Morgan
c) Barlow d) Cranick e) Ewing
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How does Jaggery crush the mutiny? a) He hangs one of them.
b) He threatens them with his guns. c) He shoots Cranick. d)
He tells Charlotte to pick which one will be shot. e) None of the
above.
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Which person actually disobeys Jaggery, without getting punished for it?
a) Zachariah b) Morgan c) Barlow d) Cranick e)
NOTA
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How does Jaggery demonstrate how little regard he had for Cranick after
they dumped his body overboard? a) He cursed him. b) He didn't
enter the event in the ship's log. c) He laughed. d) All of
the above. e) NOTA
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When Jaggery makes Charlotte choose whom to punish for the attempted mutiny,
she chooses... a) Cranick. b) Morgan. c) Zachariah. d) Barlow.
e) None of the above.
Vocabulary Lightning Round?
Charlotte aloud.