Wednesday, 9/22/10 - SEVENTH GRADE
Messy Room Examples.
Weird Planet is moved to next Thursday.
Checking: Vocabulary h/w.
9/22/10 - Warm Up. Copy 1-6. * = spelling word. ** = vocabulary word.
  1. *"distant sound"  =  ________
  2. *"sound write" =  ________
  3. *"self starting" =  ________
  4. *author : book :: musician : _________
  5. **Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _______(ed) a response from the dog.
  6. **It was very (in)_____ to cheat on a test, and then brag about it. 
    ID only the HELPING VERBS in the following sentences.
  7. We might go to the cheese factory tomorrow.
  8. I should have bought a souvenir cheese keychain.
  9. Exactly how does the cheese roll?
  10. That has not been studied! (Be careful on this one!)
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest 4. There are two words from last week's list included.
     My mom was singing along to her oldies station, "You're so (1)_____; you probably think this song is about you..." So, instead of laughing and (2)______(ing) her silly "dance" moves, I figured I might ask about the party again. We had been arguing about whether I was old enough to (3)_____ an all-ages dance club by myself.
     "Please, please, please, let me go to the party, Mom!" I said imploringly, but she said she was (4)_________ about the crowd I was hanging with. She thought they might influence me into some (5)__________  or illegal activities. I told her that I would be (6)______,  but that only  (7)______(ed)an angry response from her. She said I was being too nonchalant about the risks involved, and that I ought to take her more seriously. She explained that life was made up of a million (8)______ decisions, and each one was important.  I got (9)____________ with her for treating me like a gullible little kid, and I told her to quit (10)_______(ing) me. I also said,  "Mom, don't get all (11)__________ and crazy on me; you've taught me to be savvy  enough to make the right decisions."
     I guess Mom just didn't have the (12)________ to argue with me any more. She said OK.
  1. A) PATRONIZE  B) STAMINA  C) DISCREET  D) VAIN  E) HYSTERICAL
  2. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) ILLICIT
  3. A) DISCRETE  B) STAMINA  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) PATRONIZE
  4. A) CONDUCIVE  B) WISTFUL  C) LEERY  D) INDIGNANT  E) DOGGED
  5. A) VAIN  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) HYSTERICAL
  6. A) DISCREET  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) DISCRETE  E) HYSTERICAL
  7. A) DISCREET  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) HYSTERICAL
  8. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) DISCRETE  D) ELICIT  E) ILLICIT
  9. A) CONDUCIVE  B) WISTFUL  C) LEERY  D) INDIGNANT  E) DOGGED
  10. A) PATRONIZE  B) STAMINA  C) DISCREET  D) MIMIC  E) HYSTERICAL
  11. A) PATRONIZE  B) ELICIT  C) DISCRETE  D) VAIN  E) HYSTERICAL
  12. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) HYSTERICAL  D) VAIN  E) MIMIC

 
 
 
 

Wednesday, 9/22/10 - EIGHTH GRADE
Demo Perfect Bidness Letters.

Reminder: Perfect II. 300 words, one comma/cc combo, 8 spelling words, and a semicolon. Due next Tuesday. Prereads due Friday.
Warm Up. Copy 1-7. * = spelling word. ** = vocabulary word.

  1. *unhappy : miserable :: pitiful : _______
  2. *Dally's death : climax :: Ponyboy: ________
  3. *uneven : symmetrical :: natural : __________
  4. *"without feeling" = __________
  5. *"together/same feeling" = _________
  6. **whisper : yell :: encourage : ______
  7. **unfair : equitable :: humble : _______
  8. Which sentence on p193 contains an example of an appositive? (Check the pink sheet.) Copy the part of the sentence that is an appositive.
  9. Which sentence on p193 contain an example of "words that interrupt the flow of thought"? Copy just the interrupting words from the sentence.
  10. (2) Which sentences on p193 contain an example of "nouns of direct address"? Copy the nouns.

 

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

  1. For most of you, it would be __________ to actually study before the Friday test.  a) haughty  b) expedite  c) tenure  d) prudent  e) equitable
  2. He made things very clear. It was impossible to ________ what he meant.  a) suppress  b) misconstrue  c) construe  d) expedite  e) beneficiary
  3. Since his snooty, new wife was the __________ of his large life insurance policy, the police immediately suspected her when he turned up dead.  a) haughty  b) prudent  c) animosity  d) repose  e) beneficiary
  4. Most teachers here at Laguna have ___________, which means they can't really be fired.  a) animosity  b) tenure  c) beneficiary  d) repose  e) suppression
  5. He paid extra to _______ the delivery of the important package. It HAD to be there by the next day.  a) suppress  b) haughty  c) construe  d) expedite  e) equitable
  6. The _______ waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn't even have french fries on the menu a) animosity  b) haughty  c) misconstrued  d) expedite  e) equitable
  7. The students felt that their right to free speech and expression was being __________(ed) by the banning of certain types of clothing.  a) suppress  b) expedite  c) tenure  d) prudent  e) equitable
  8. The way a lawyer might ________a particular word is often different from how other people would understand it.  a) animosity  b) haughty  c) construe  d) expedite  e) misconstrue
  9. Miss Narwin says she likes Phillip, but Phillip feels nothing but ____________ from Miss Narwin.  a) haughty  b) prudent  c) animosity  d) repose  e) beneficiary
  10. There was no way for the matter to be settled __________(ly), so they fought a duel to the death, winner take all.  a) beneficiary  b) haughty  c) construe  d) expedite  e) equitable
  11. The relaxing _______ of the warm, summer afternoon was ruined by the swarms of mosquitos.  a) animosity  b) tenure  c) beneficiary  d) repose  e) suppression
  12. Last week's academic word, facilitate, has a meaning similar to which vocabulary word from this week?   a) repose  b) suppress  c) construe  d) expedite  e) misconstrue

 
 
 
 

NBTT.
IF we were to rewrite this book using a narrator instead of the actual documents involved, who would make the best narrator?
Some third person omniscient narrator?
Or would first person be a better way to tell the story? Who would tell it?