Warm Up. Copy 1-5 and click. For 6-10, choose/click the incorrectly spelled word, and write it correctly, or click/write all correct.

1. hopeful : bleak :: proud : ________  a)  savvy  b) denotation  c) sage  d) rueful  e) fathomable
2. casual : nonchalant :: sage : __________     a) fathom  b) savvy  c) infer  d) denotation  e) connotation
3. cool : good :: dig : _________   a) sage  b) rueful  c) conform  d) fathom  e) bleak
4. An adjective is a word that...  a) describes how you do something.  b) shows action.  c) describes another word.  d) describes a noun.  e) describes a relationship between words.  (Choose the BEST answer.)
5. A noun is...  a) an action word.  b) a thing.  c) describing word.  d) a person, place or thing.  e) NOTA.

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6. a) useage  b) creative  c) continuous  d) insurance  e) all correct
7. a) pleasure  b) maturity  c) television  d) survivle  e) all correct
8. a) confusion  b) storage  c) narrative  d) beleivable  e) all correct
9. a) ridiculous  b) ignorance  c) refusal  d) literature  e) all correct
10. a) security  b) valuble  c) completion  d) revision  e) all correct

"UYA"
Which one?  What kind?  How Many? About nouns.
Adjective Practice I. Partner up. Circle/Click. 7/7 = +4 6/7 = +3  5/7 = +2  4/7 = +1
Study Up. There will be a section on the test.

The Outsiders
Without conflict, there can be no story. What is our main conflict so far. Others? Are they internal or external?
Read aloud.

Thursday 9/2/10 - EIGHTH GRADE
Due Today: Spelling 5X, KBARR (duh)
Due Tomorrow: Decision Poem, KBARR
Test Tomorrow: Spelling, Vocabulary, Prefixes,  Fragments, "Checkouts"

Warm Up. Copy 1-7. * means the answer is a spelling word. ** means the answer is a vocabulary word. For 8-10, choose the incorrectly spelled word, and write it correctly, or choose/write all correct.

1. * perpendicular : parallel :: free will : ___________
2. * "across shape thing" = __________
3. * "with count" = ________
4. * "under with knowingly" = ________
5. ** reverie : boisterous :: Santa Claus : _________  (hint: not)
6. ** mature : petulant :: passionate : __________
7. ** slip : lapse :: obsession : ____________

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8. prejudice, paramedic, provision, subconciously, all correct
9. proclaim, proclaimation, transition, transportation, all correct
10. transparent, transformation, concede, contrabution, all correct

Decision Poem is due tomorrow.
Criteria (25 pp):

• (2) Must have a good title.
• (1) It should be less than 150 words long.
• (2) It should look like a poem, not a paragraph, with varying line lengths, etc.
• (1) The first letter of each line should be capitalized.
• (15)  We should be able to follow the storyline, which should show:
• What the decision was.
• How you made it (what influenced it).
• How you feel about it now.
• (4) INK. NDP. Tidy.
• Punctuation is optional, but encouraged.
• Bonus for especially creative ones.

"Checkouts" p23
 Choices...Motivation...
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
What does that mean? Is it true?
"If I had any regrets, it's what I didn't do, rather than what I did..."
Why do people often choose not to pursue what they want?
Why is the anticipation of something often better than the actual thing/event we were anticipating?

Think as we read:
Why does the author not name any of the characters?
Predict: What will happen? What makes you think so?
(Write it down! Winners receive a bonus!)

After...

• List all the possible influences that might have gone into her decision NOT to talk to the boy.

Which do you think were most influential? Why?
 
• Why is there an "s" at the end of the title?
• How does the bag boy help the girl even though he never speaks to her?
• Suppose the girl and the boy had actually talked to each other the first time they met. Would they have liked each other? Explain why you think so/not.
• Why are the characters never named?

Time? (Should be Review)
Fragment? (Missing S or P? Supply it.) Run-on? (Fix!) Sentence? (Say so.)
5/5 = +3   4/5 = +2   3/5 = +1

1. The curtain opened the show began.
2. Because of the bad weather.
3. It's the best one.
4. As a hobby.
5. This restaurant is great let's eat here.