1. The sun has many bad _________(s) on your skin. 
2. I would recognize his ____(ive) voice anywhere. 
3. Try to ______ the structure of your sentences, so they don't get boring.
4. He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action.  (Don't use effect.)
5. The Boy Scouts teach you to be _______(ful). 

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6. relaxed : intense :: nonchalant : _________
7. inventive : resourceful :: suspicious : _______
8. laugh : cry :: convict : _________

Verbs II - "Mr. Morton"/"That's What's Happening"

1. A verb expresses action, being, or _______.  a) feeling  b) state of being  c) past, present, future  d) thought  e) being in action
2. The word ________ is another name for the main ________ in a sentence.  a) subject/verb  b) predicate/adjective  c) noun/verb  d) predicate/verb  e) noun/predicate
3. The words am, is, are, was, were are all forms of the same word.  a) True  b) False
4. Only _______  have a past, present, and future tense.   a) adjectives   b) verbs   c) nouns   d) NOTA
5. The main verb in a sentence is called...   a) the action  b) the large and in charge verb  c) Mr. Morton  d) linking verb  e) NOTA
6. Thor was fabulous in the play.  a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun  d) NOTA
7. Fritz's leap across the pool was a failure.   a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun  d) NOTA
8. The climb up Walton mountain took us two hours. a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
9. Lucille's party at the pool was a failure.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
10. Lenny had to time the race for us with his watch.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective   d) NOTA

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #3.  (Oh, Raffle King?)

1. Johnny persisted ______(ly) in asking about his parents; he just kept asking and asking.  a) ironic  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) indignant  e) leery
2. The students _______(ed) the teacher to go easy on them. "Please?"a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) indignant  e) implore
3. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with.  a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) leery
4. I can't eat Snickers any more since I _______(ed) on them at Halloween.  a) bluff  b) dogged  c) leery  d) implore  e) gorge
5. I waited until Mom's anger ________(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.  a) acquit  b) dogged  c) bluff  d) subside  e) leery
6. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) implore  e) gorge
7. Since I studied, I __________(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) acquit   d) implore  e) gorge
8. A good attitude is very _______ to doing well in school. a) ironic  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) acquit
9. The team's _______ defense is what kept them in the game.  a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) subside
10. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one. a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) bluff
11. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge
12. "You're hungry?" he said _____(ly), "I'm the one who hasn't eaten all day!"   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) implore
13. Homesick away at camp, Stevie thought ________(ly) of his life back home.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) gorge

The Outsiders
 
 

Wednesday, 9/15/10 - EIGHTH GRADE
Warm Up. Copy. Use your academic words pretest to find the appropriate word for each blank. #7 and #8 will be vocabulary words.

1. The __________ of your research should be trying to prove your thesis.
2. A big part of the financial business is called M and A; Mergers and ___________(s).
3. Facebook is sort of like an online __________ that everyone can see and write in.
4. There was one _______ of the problem I hadn't looked at.
5. He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action.
6. The government publishes the ___________ Price Index, which lists current prices for stuff.

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7. help : facilitate :: silence : _______
8. yell : scream :: divvy up : ________

Simple and Compound Sentences II.

1. What do they call a word that connects two independent clauses?  a) a preposition  b) a subordinate clause  c) a conjunction  d) a coordinating conjunction e) NOTA
2. When you use a connecting word like that, you also need to use... a) a comma  b) a semicolon  c) a period  d) some other piece of punctuation  e) You don't need to use anything else.
3. A simple sentence has only one verb.  a) True  b) False
4. It was pouring rain; getting a cab was impossible.  a) simple sentence  b) compound sentence
5. It was pouring rain; getting a cab was impossible.  a) correctly punctuated  b) incorrectly punctuated
6. The word because is an example of a coordinating conjunction.  a) True  b) False
7. Astronauts train hard and prepare for the unexpected.  a) simple sentence  b) compound sentence
8. Leo took the flag down, and Cypress folded it.   a) simple sentence  b) compound sentence
9. The aliens arrived earlier than expected, but I was ready.  a) simple sentence  b) compound sentence
10. I had cleaned my laser rifle and changed the locks on my barn.  a) simple sentence  b) compound sentence

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest

1. The word _________ would be a pretty good adjective to help describe the noun __________ .  a) bedlam, raucous  b) arbitrary, raucous  c) squelch, bedlam  d) raucous, bedlam  e) bedlam, provocative
2. When it first came out, The Outsiders was considered very ___________ and not appropriate for school. It it still looked at that way in some schools.  a) bedlam  b) condone  c) arbitrary  d) raucous  e) provocative
3. Gandhi advocated peaceful protest; he would never __________ violence.  a) squelch  b) insolent  c) condone  d) allocate  e) foil
4. In The Outsiders, Pony and Darry are so different, they serve as ________(s) for each other, so SE Hinton can show the contrasts in the two.  a) insolence  b) foil  c) facilitate  d) bedlam  e) allocation
5. He offered a bribe to the head waiter to "____________" getting a good table more quickly.  a) foil  b) condone  c) facilitate  d) squelch  e) arbitrary
6. People have this image of eighth graders as being sullen, resentful, and ___________ to their parents.   a) insolent  b) condone  c) raucous  d) bedlam  e) allocate
7. The school does not __________ ____________ attire. You will have to put on your pe clothes.   a) squelch, raucous  b) condone, squelch  c) foil, bedlam  d) condone, provocative  e) facilitate, arbitrary
8. The mob boss _________(ed) the snitch by "rubbing him out."  a) condone  b) facilitate  c) bedlam  d) insolent  e) squelch
9. After the huge concert, it was complete ___________ in the parking lot as thousands of cars tried to leave at once.  a) raucous  b) bedlam  c) provocative  d) arbitrary  e) insolence
10. At camp, we were each ___________(ed) two T-shirts, one hat, and one towel.  a) facilitate  b) squelch  c) arbitrary  d) allocate  e) foil
11. The teacher didn't let us vote; he just made a(n) _____________ decision.  a) facilitate  b) raucous  c) allocate  d) condone  e) arbitrary

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