Thursday, 3/3/11 - SEVENTH GRADE.
Tomorrow's Test: Spelling, roots, vocabulary, Husker Du adverbs, Charlotte
I check 600 words/rough drafts.
Final Draft is due next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, you do this:
I. Warm Up 3/3/11. Copy into your notebook. Use your spelling/vocabulary list to help you.
  1. "together foldy-ness" = ______ *
  2. "together fold thing" = _______ *
  3. tool : pliers :: warmth : ________ *
  4. foolish : sensible :: rigid : _______ *
  5. face : visage :: fantasy : _______ **
  6. The group ________(s)** its anti-government ideas on the web.
  7. It may not be _______(ally)** pleasing, but it worked.
 II. Charlotte. Click it!
  1. While waiting for Zachariah in her cage, Charlotte, for the first time in a while, thinks about her family. What does she picture?  a) How they will be shocked by her haircut.  b) How they will be shocked by her clothes.  c) How they will think she made it all up.  d) How they will eagerly listen to her adventurous tale.  e) NOTA
  2. Whom do Charlotte and Zachariah let in on their plan?  a) Barlow  b) Keetch  c) Fisk  d) Hollybrass  e) NOTA
  3. Charlotte is more comfortable with their plan now that someone else is in on it to help.  a) True  b) False
  4. On p190, Charlotte says, "Oh what a power of faith in justice I had then!" This could be considered foreshadowing.  a) True  b) False
  5. While approaching the captain's cabin, Charlotte has a flashback to her first night on board the ship.  What triggers it?  a) The creaking of the mast.  b) The banging of her old cabin door.  c) The smell.  d) The sound of voices.  e) NOTA
III. Adverbs Sheet!

Do both sides. On side 2, put your answers down the side. 
Do Not Circle! Save the circling for the correct answers.
You will click at the end.
 
 

 
 
 
 

Thursday, 3/3/11 - EIGHTH GRADE
Warm Up. Copy into your notebook. Use your spelling/vocabulary sheet to help you.

  1. "one turning" = __________ *
  2. "with breathe thing" = ___________ *
  3. "turning against" = __________*
  4. agreement : controversy :: limited : __________ * (3)
  5. shameful : ignominious :: unstoppable : _______ **
  6. rhythm : cadence :: contradiction : __________  **
  7. sweat : perspiration :: mistake : ________ **

Pink Sheet: Prepositions. 20/22 correct on p128 = Exempt.
 
 

Warm Up II. (Counts for 600 words.)
Jack London (1876-1916)

"I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze
Than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor,
Every atom of me in magnificent glow,
Than a sleepy permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live,
Not to exist."

(To stifle is to hold back or snuff out.)

  1. What exactly does Jack London mean by the last two lines?
  2. Do you agree? Why/not? If you can, give an example from your life that shows it.
  3. There is a clue above that shows that Jack London probably lived this philosophy. What is it?

Read pages 144-147 in hardback Lit. book. Answer the questions after.

  1. What was one of the earliest inspirations that drew Jack London to writing?
  2. London took his first job when he was...a) 7.  b) 10.  c) 15.  d) 17.
  3. London's first short story was based on his experience on a...
  4. What persuaded London to go back to high school?
  5. After how many years of high school was he able to get into UC Berkeley?
  6. What had the largest influence on London's writing?
  7. His most successful piece of writing was...
  8. When he became rich from his writing, he continued to crusade in support of...?
  9. The Klondike gold rush began in what year?
  10. As many as __________ people participated.
  11. The police made people turn back if they didn't have...