1. locker : storage :: _______ : security
2. soldier : obedient :: artist : _________
3. story : narrative :: 2nd draft : __________
4. portable : movable :: credible : _________
5. bliss : happiness :: rules : __________

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   Don't copy! Just answer.
6. Why do we drop the e from ignore before we add -ance to spell ignorance?

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7. In the adjectives video, we saw  a great example of "judging a book by its cover." What was it?
8. Based on the video, write a definition for the word adjective.

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #1. Click only.  "Cheat" Sheet? Ask the RAFFLE KING. 12/12 means you can skip the vocabulary portion of the test on Friday.

1. My friend has a lot of basketball __________. He just seems to have a natural feel for the game. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conformity  e) sage
2. "I touched the bruise on my cheek  ____________." a) infer  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
3. The coach accused me of being too __________ at practice. He thought I should take the game more seriously.  a) denotation  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
4. "He liked fights, blondes, and for some (un)___________(able) reason, school." Nobody could understand why school was on that list. a) sage  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
5. After the accident, her outlook on life became very_________. She seemed to have no hope any more. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
6. "I wish I had done my homework," I thought__________(ly). a) sage  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
7. I was able to ________ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
8. A person who doesn't like to ____________ to the group is often called an outsider. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conform  e) sage
9. The _______ of a word is its dictionary definition. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
10. The _______ of a word is what it makes you think of.  a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
11. Jimmy nodded his head ___________(ly), and said, "It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up." a) rueful  b) gingerly  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
12. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ___________ of a hoodlum who breaks windows and such. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom

The Outsiders!

1. "together pay thing" = ____________
2. "forward look thing" = ____________
3. "before judge thing" = ____________
4. "across write thing" = ____________
5. truck : transportation :: "In conclusion" : ____________
6. change : transformation :: Fate : ______________

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7. (2) __________ doesn't fit because....   evaluate, predict, question, summarize, react

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #1. Click only.  "Cheat" Sheet? Ask the RAFFLE KING. 13/13 means you can skip the vocabulary portion of the test on Friday.

1. When I was in junior high, and someone _________(ly) insulted the teacher, Sr. Enda would say he was being "bold as brass" and whack him with a yardstick.  a) deft  b) prodigy  c) perfunctory  d) brazen  e) lapse
2. The prisoner took advantage of a __________ in security, and escaped.  a) brazen  b) deft  c) boisterous  d) reverie  e) lapse
3. I once had a student who was some sort of Trackwords ________. She almost always found over 100 words.  a) perverse  b) petulant  c) fetish  d) boisterous  e) prodigy
4. I was jolted out of my lazy afternoon ______________ by the explosion next door.  a) boisterous  b) lapse  c) reverie  d) perfunctory  e) petulant
5. Michael Jordan retired from basketball because it was becoming too much of a job, and he didn't want to play in a ________________ way.  a) boisterous  b) deft  c) perverse  d) fetish  e) perfunctory
6. She had a ____________ for collecting pig statues. Everywhere she went, she had to get a pig-related souvenir.  a) reverie  b) deft  c) perverse  d) fetish  e) perfunctory
7. She handled the awkward situation very ___________, and nobody's feelings got hurt.  a) brazen  b) deft  c) boisterous  d) reverie  e) perverse
8. He was a ___________ and fussy man who was always blaming everyone else for his problems.   a) boisterous  b) lapse  c) reverie  d) perfunctory  e) petulant
9. Trapped in the abandoned house alone, he thought his "friends" were playing some sort of __________ "joke" on him.  a) perverse  b) reverie  c) fetish  d) boisterous  e) prodigy
10. My third period class was a bit too loud and ___________, so I had to use the Quiet Stick on a few of them.   a) perverse  b) perfunctory  c) fetish  d) boisterous  e) prodigy
11. skilled : deft :: apathetic : ___________   a) boisterous  b) lapse  c) reverie  d) perfunctory  e) petulant
12. audacious : brazen :: twisted : __________   a) perverse  b) petulant  c) fetish  d) brazen  e) prodigy
13. Dr. McCheese fears that the weak and seriously ill patient might ________ into a coma. a) reverie  b) prodigy  c) lapse  d) deft  e) perverse

Think as we read:
Why does the author not name any of the characters?