Thursday, 10/7/10 - SEVENTH GRADE
Test tomorrow (Sample Questions):
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spelling (pink pretest and warm
ups),
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vocabulary (green vocabulary
sheet and/or browse to yesterday's pretest),
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commas (pink sheet),
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Outsiders (listen and pay attention),
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five reruns from last week
(9) Warm Up.10/7/10. Copy. * = spelling word. ** =
vocabulary word.
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*antagonist : protagonist :: villain : ______
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*Do you understand the _____(s) of dividing fractions?
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*Red and green are ________ colors.
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*_______ books are ______?
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(2) The *_______ stupidity of his actions showed how **_______
he was about his daughter's disappearance.
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(3) It is rather **______ to me that you have no **_______
for the kid *______ being bullied.
Commas III. (18/20 or 10/10 = Exempt.)
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The town of El Queso Grande, I believe,
has a 48 foot wheel of cheese. a) correctly punctuated
b) incorrectly punctuated
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I was late to class so, I got detention.
a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
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The sentence in #1 contains an appositive.
a) True b) False
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A lot of cake was served, during Cindy's wedding.
a) correctly punctuated
b) incorrectly punctuated
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Captain Queso, the chief of police directed traffic during
the president's visit. a) correctly punctuated
b) incorrectly punctuated
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We waited in a long line to climb to the top of the giant
wheel of cheese but, it was a disappointment. a)
correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
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Training was based on apprenticeship and students learned
from older students. a) apprenticeship, b) apprenticeship,
and,
c)
and, d) Ok as is.
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Kenny an Australian nurse aroused controversy due to her
treatment methods. a) Kenny, nurse, b)
Kenny,
c) nurse, d) nurse,
controversy,
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A pastor in Germany began an early nurses' training program
Future Nurses. a) Germany, program, b) Germany,
c)
began,
program, d) program,
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What rule should be followed when you put commas in the following
sentence? The Germans took Brussels and they arrested her for
treason. a) Before the but. b) Three in a row.
c) Intro phrase. d) Appositive. e) Double adjective.
Outsiders.
Thursday, 10/7/10 -- EIGHTH GRADE
Test tomorrow:
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spelling (salmon pretest and warm
ups),
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vocabulary (yaller vocabulary
sheet and/or browse to yesterday's pretest),
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Parallel Structure (review this
web site),
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NBTT (listen and pay attention),
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five reruns from last week
(10) Warm Up. 10/7/10. Copy. * = spelling word.
** = vocabulary word.
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*length : centimeter :: weight : _________
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*unfeeling : callous :: healthy : ________
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(2) The *______ into Hell didn't really *_______ Dante.
He was cool with it.
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(2) Extension *______(s) are found in the electronics
*_______.
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(2) The searchers **________(ly) *______(ed) the
neighborhood, looking for the missing girl.
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(2) Your excuses do not **_________ the fact that you
**________(ly) ignored my orders.
Parallelism
#3. (18/20 or 10/10 = Exempt.)
Click A if the sentence has an ERROR in parallel structure.
Click B if the sentence is CORRECT.
NBTT