1. food : ____ :: stars : ____
2. _____ ---> primary --> _____ ---> secondary
3. classes : schedule :: cities : ____
4. fair: ____ :: permanent : ___  (antonyms)
5. lawnmower : machinery :: ________ : genre
6. grocery : store :: fence : ________

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7. Because of the endings, this week there are no _______(s) on our spelling list.  a) nouns  b) verbs  c) adjectives

1. "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a ______ like me!"  a) augment  b) grovel  c) parch  d) wretch  e) manifest
2. "There was an all-______(ing) quiet that blanketed the whole street."  a) deft   b) pervade  c) augment  d) lethargic  e) reprieve
3. In the Christmas memory, Jonas could feel the love _________(ing) the room, but he didn't know the feeling was called love.  a) reprieve  b) relinquish  c) pervade  d) manifest  e) augment
4. After the painful memories of war and the like, Jonas always felt ____________ for a long time.  a) grovel  b) augment  c) reprieve  d) relinquish  e) wretched
5. The shortstop _____(ly) fielded the difficult grounder, and threw to first for the out.  a) wretched  b) lethargic  c) grovel  d) manifest  e) deft
6. A sloth is a pretty good example of the word _________.     a) relinquish  b) lethargic  c) deft  d) augmented  e) pervading
7. The official policy of the US in the 1800's was called _______ Destiny. It was the belief that the US was shown by God that its destiny was to expand across the whole North American continent.  a) Reprieved  b) Wretched  c) Augmented  d) Manifest  e) Lethargic
8. In the 1930's drought became so severe and the farmland so ________, that the winds created huge dust storms.  a) parched  b) deft  c) pervading  d) relinquished  e) augmented
9. Jonas felt resentful that he had to _______ his childhood in order to become the new Receiver. a) reprieve  b) relinquish  c) pervade  d) manifest  e) augment
10. The academic word amend is similar in meaning to the vocabulary word _________.  a) grovel  b) relinquish  c) augment  d) manifest  e) parched
11. The condemned man waited hopefully for a last-minute __________ from the governor.  a) grovel  b) wretch  c) manifest  d) relinquish  e) reprieve
12. Some teachers keep their classrooms very cold because they think it keeps the students from being too ___________.  a) wretched  b) lethargic  c) parched  d) deft  e) manifested
13. After the home economics class made snickerdoodles, the delicious aroma ___________(ed) the room.  a) augment  b) pervade  c) manifest  d) parch  e) relinquish

1. How does The Giver describe the previously selected Receiver who failed?  a) A remarkable young woman  b) Self-possessed  c) Serene  d) Intelligent  e) All of the above
2. Which of these memories of pain did The Giver not give to Rosemary?   a) Physical  b) Loss  c) Loneliness  d) Poverty  e) He gave her all of them.
3. Rosemary broke the rules when she asked to be released.  a) True  b) False
4. When Rosemary was released, and her memories overwhelmed the Community, The Giver didn't help them because he was too overwhelmed himself.  a) True  b) False
5. What idea of Jonas's intrigues The Giver?  a) Jonas swimming.  b) Changing the rules so The Receiver can no longer ask to be released.  c) Helping the whole community the way he's helped Jonas.   d) Giving memories to Gabriel.  e) Floating off down the river.
6. This could be considered foreshadowing.  a) True  b) False
7. The main external conflict of the novel now is... a) Jonas vs himself  b) Jonas vs The Giver  c) Jonas vs Asher  d) Jonas vs his parents  e) Jonas vs The Community

Wednesday, 1/26/11 - EIGHTH GRADE
Warm Up. Copy (1-6). Choose the correct word from your Spelling Pretest #10.  (6p)

1. sweet : vile :: ordinary : ________
2. occasionally : continually :: demented : ___________
3. include : accept :: exclude : ___________
4. marketplace : bazaar :: point-of-view : _________
5. flee : prosecution :: ___________ : persecution
6. comatose : conscious :: positive : ________

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. If you score < 9, you must make vocabulary flashcards by Friday. (word b/w definition and sentence)
(Do the math. No cheat sheet.)

1. I am not exactly _________ to letting you go by yourself, but I do have my doubts.  a) imminent  b) accede  c) averse  d) disdain  e) infantile
2. As a writer, he has a strict ___________ that includes writing at least 1000 words per day.  a) rationale  b) prospective  c) eminent  d) regimen  e) imminent
3. I just couldn't ____________ to the pleas of the students for less work.  a) accede  b) averse  c) rationale  d) voluptuous  e) hovel
4. They may not understand the _________ for it now, but the purpose will become clear later in life.   a) accede  b) averse  c) rationale  d) disdain  e) prospective
5. Lorraine wonders if John acts ________ at home, and if that's why his mother is so bizarre.  a) rationale  b) infantile  c) voluptuous  d) disdain  e) hovel
6. She was a little too _______ for the tiny shirt she was wearing.  a) eminent  b) infantile  c) voluptuous  d) averse  e) regimen
7. They scoured the phone book, looking for ________ victims for their phone pranks.  a) voluptuous  b) averse  c) eminent  d) disdain  e) prospective
8. Sometimes cities use their power of  "______ domain," or higher authority, to condemn and tear down houses that are in the way of things like freeways and stadiums.  a) rationale  b) averse  c) eminent  d) accede  e) prospective
9. Lorraine keeps seeing omens of ______ doom.  a) imminent  b) voluptuous  c) averse  d) disdain  e) infantile
10. reason : rationale :: routine : __________   a) eminent  b) infantile  c) voluptuous  d) averse  e) regimen
11. disagree : accede :: mature : __________  a) imminent  b) infantile  c) voluptuous  d) averse  e) hovel
12. The Socs treated the greasers with _________.  a) imminent  b) infantile  c) disdain  d) averse  e) hovel
13. Pony's house was by no means a mansion, but it wasn't a _________ either.   a) rationale  b) hovel  c) eminent  d) accede  e) prospective

Pigman Quiz (chapters 3/4)

1. (3) John says that Lorraine's most interesting feature (of her looks) is her ________, but ever since the Pigman died __________________, except when _____________.
2. (2) John says that he always remembers ____________, and Lorraine remembers __________.
3. What's the main reason that they can't use John's phone for their prank calls?
4. What does Lorraine say is the reason Norton is a social pariah?
5. What does Lorraine say her type of lying is?
6. Why does Lorraine say John's parents can't help him stop lying?
7. (3) During their first phone call with Lorraine, Mr. Pignati makes a __________ (type of joke) that plays on the homonyms _________ and ________.

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