Wednesday, 10/20/10 -- Seventh Grade.
Due: Vocabulary. Due tomorrow: Sentence Combining
Warm Up 10/20/10. Copy.
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*ballet : dance :: pointe : _______ (not ballet)
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*energy : fatigue :: professional : __________
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*money : bank :: water : _______
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*rubric : grades :: camera : _____
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*throw : bouquet :: cruise : ______
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**calm : apprehensive :: memorable : ______
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**Your story _____(s) me; tell me more.
KoS II.
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A declarative sentence... a) gives
an order. b) asks a question. c) makes a statement. d) says
wow.
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An imperative sentence... a) gives
an order. b) asks a question. c) makes a statement. d) says
wow.
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An interrogative sentence... a) gives
an order. b) asks a question. c) makes a statement. d) says
wow.
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In an imperative sentence, the subject
is usually... a) he b) it c) do d) they e)
none of the above
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Tell me where Australia is located
a) declarative b) imperative c) interrogative d) exclamatory
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Do you know what limberger is a) declarative
b) imperative c) interrogative d) exclamatory
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Can you name two Australian birds a)
declarative b) imperative c) interrogative d) exclamatory
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You can see the penguin from here a)
declarative b) imperative c) interrogative d) exclamatory
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Notice how polite he is a) declarative
b) imperative c) interrogative d) exclamatory
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What kind of sentence is this
a) declarative b) imperative c) interrogative d) exclamatory
Go over vocabulary
homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #8.
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After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach,
they _______(ed) through the sand until they found it. a) palpable
b) wheedle c) intrigue d) ebb e) sift
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The candidate's popularity _________(ed) as
scandal after scandal was uncovered. a) aghast b)
wheedle c) enhance d) ebb e) sift
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While Mr. Buffy was in training, he took several
different vitamin ___________. a) enhances b) supplements
c) palpables d) transgressions e) intrigues
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Third period tried to ___________ Mr. Coward
into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
a) enhance b) wheedle c) palpable d) ebb e) sift
(Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
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The class was ________ that someone would
be silly enough to commit a ___________ like that in front of Mr. Coward.
a) palpable/enhanced b) nondescript/supplement c)
apprehensive/aghast d) intrigued/sift e) aghast/transgression
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The new landscaping in front of the house
really ___________(ed) its value. a) enhance b) aghast
c) transgress d) ebb e) sift
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After testing out several kinds of toilet
paper, Mr. Sensitive found that one brand was ___________ better than the
others for comfort. a) enhance b) supplementary c)
palpably d) transgression e) aghast
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I found your story __________(ing), but ultimately
unbelievable. a) enhance b) nondescript
c) apprehensive d) intrigue e) aghast
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Genevieve's wardrobe was rather __________
and boring until she went on the show What not to Wear.
a) enhanced b) nondescript c) apprehensive
d) intriguing e) supplementary
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The class's relief was __________ when Mr.
Coward canceled the test. A giant sigh escaped from every student. (Then
they woke up.) a) enhance b) nondescript
c) apprehensive d) intrigue e) palpable
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I really like mystery novels because of all
the adventure and __________. a)
wheedle b) nondescript c) apprehensive d)
intrigue e) palpable
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As a rule, grandparents respond to _____________(ing)
more than parents do. a) wheedle
b) ebb c) apprehensive d) intrigue e) sift
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Another name for detention might be "__________
behavior training." a) aghast b) nondescript
c) apprehensive d) intrigued e) supplementary (Bonus:
What's this kind of expression called?)
The Outsiders. Open Mouth Quiz on Chapter 7.
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Why do the Curtises leave their front door unlocked? a) In case Pony forgets
his key. b) Because it's a safe neighborhood. c) In case one
of the boys needs a place to calm down. d) Because Darry's so big.
e) Because nobody messes with the greasers in their own neighborhood.
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What sort of "legal trouble" does Johnny face for the "Bob incident"?
a) They're charging him with murder. b) They're charging him
with manslaughter. c) He has to appear in court for running away
from home. d) b and c. e) They're letting him off because he's a
hero.
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What sort of "legal trouble" does Pony face for the "Bob incident"?
a) They're charging him with manslaughter. b) He has to appear in
court for running away from home. c) They're charging him for not
reporting the crime. d) b and c. e) They're letting him off
for being a hero.
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Pony's nightmares started... a) When his parents died. b) The night
of his parents' funeral. c) When Darry started being hard on him.
d) After he got jumped in Chapter 1. e) After Johnny got jumped.
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Why was Darry so upset when Steve referred to him as "all brawn and no
brain"? a) Darry still regrets not going to college. b) Steve's such
a jerk. c) Darry thought he was smarter even than Ponyboy.
d) He knew it was true. e) None of the above.
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What reason does Ponyboy give Randy for going into the church to save the
kids? a) He says he doesn't really know. b) He thought it would
get him off easy for the incident in the park. c) He felt guilty
for starting the fire. d) He liked all the publicity. e) He thought
it would be kind of fun..
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What does Randy say Bob wanted from his parents that he never got? a) Money.
b) To spoil him rotten. c) To help him with his troubles. d)
To tell him no. e) All of the above.
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How is Bob like Johnny? a) Johnny is dying and Bob is dead. b) They
hated each other. c) They both needed their parents to pay attention to
them. d) They both were good at fighting. e) They're not alike at
all.
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"Greaser didn't have anything to do with it...It's the individual." (p115)
Pony means... a) most Socs wouldn't have gone in to save the kids. b) most
greasers wouldn't have gone in to save the kids. c) you can't tell
everything about a person by the group he's a part of. d) only he and Johnny
would have done something like that. e) All of the above.
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When does Pony finally realize Cherry was right when she said, "Things
are rough all over"? a) When Randy tells him about Bob's parents
b) When Randy invites him to talk in his car. c) When he reads the
newspaper articles d) After Randy explains why he won't show at the
rumble. e) When Two-Bit agrees with her.
Wednesday, 10/20/10 -- EIGHTH GRADE
Due: Vocabulary. Due tomorrow: Sentence Combining
Answers for prefixes on pretest: inter = between, intra =
within, counter = against, super = over
Warm Up 10/20/10. Copy.
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*translate : interpret :: shallow : __________
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*"between burst thing" = _____________
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*"over look" = ____________
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*between scatter" = ___________
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*intercept : verb :: d'oh : ___________
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**diligence : nonchalance :: savvy : _______
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**famous : obscure :: straight : _________
CCSc II.
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Jimmy didn't understand peace, love, or understanding;
he just knew hate, mistrust, and greed. a) correctly punctuated
b) incorrectly punctuated
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My friend Sam, the kung-fu fighter, got a good night's
sleep, he wanted to be ready for STAR testing the next day.
a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
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For the trip everyone took the following; cheese, a pair
of stilts, and some Cheerios. a) correctly
punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
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Mrs. Negranti, the second best teacher at Laguna, likes
to do the Hamster Dance; she dances around and tears up papers with no
name, while the Hamster Dance web site shows on the screen.
a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
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After the show, which was an hour long, we went home;
we didn't want to stay for the punch and cookies, nor did we want to talk
to those people. a) correctly punctuated
b) incorrectly punctuated
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #8 - Write the answer in your notebook.
convoluted, vulgar, superlative, rationale, fissure, progressive,
regression, superfluous, naivete, auspices
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Tacking "The End" at the end of your essay is just
a bit _______.
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Start with one, take away half. Take away half again, and
again, and again, and... This is an example of an infinite _________. (BTW:
You will never reach zero.)
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Charlie's __________ made him think Joe Carp and Frank Reilly
were his friends, but they were just pretending.
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The giant ________ in the water-damaged dam...
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...was ________(ly) widening each day it rained. Soon
the dam would burst.
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The roller coaster was a __________ tangle of metal and wood
after the tornado.
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National Geographic magazine is published under the _______
of the National Geographic Society.
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Part of the joke of those Capital One ads is that the ______barbarians
are running around in the middle of sophisticated and cultural settings.
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Many of those blurbs you see in movie ads that tell how ________
the movie is were written by the movie studios themselves.
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There didn't seem to be any _______ behind his grading system.
It just seemed random.
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When you lie it is best to avoid _________ explanations.
It is always best to keep it simple, so you can easily remember what you
said before.
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His _______ joke didn't go over so well with the nun; she
was offended.
NBTT