1. Please allow me to ________ my point with a few examples.  a) contribute  b) coordinate  c) consent  d) illustrate  e) sequence
2. We all anxiously awaited the ____________ of the game.  a) illustrate  b) outcome  c) sequence  d) scheme  e) component
3. Congress _______________(ed) a special session just to deal with what happened on 9/11/__.  a) contribute  b) considerable  c) outcome  d) dominate  e) convene
4. Opinions that you can't ___________ are basically worthless.  a) valid  b) justify  c) constrain  d) coordinate  e) imply
5. Many times your future is ___________(ed) by choices you make when you are younger.  a) component  b) document  c) constrain  d) initial  e) convene
6. The Tigers' ____________(ing) defense kept Lompoc from scoring at all.   a) contribute  b) valid  c) imply  d) dominate  e) correspond

1. At the family reunion, we sat around _______(ing) about the last reunion. a) grimace  b) circumvent  c) delinquent  d) reminisce  e) siege
2. Please stop being so ________ about not getting your way. Quit stamping your feet! a) defunct  b) circumvent  c) juvenile  d) reminisce  e) delirious
3. The thief _______(ed) the alarm system, and was able to steal the jewels.  a) defunct  b) grimace  c) juvenile  d) siege e) circumvent
4. One of Tom Sawyer's most famous __________(s) is the fence-whitewashing scheme.  a) defunct  b) grimace  c) exploit  d) siege e) circumvent
5. "I get ______ whenever you're near. I lose all self-control baby, just can't steer."  a) defunct  b) exploit  c) juvenile  d) delirious e) circumvent
6. It is sometimes fun to _________ a little brother or sister's lack of savvy.  a) exploit  b) grimace  c) juvenile  d) delirious e) circumvent
7. The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year.  a) grimace  b) circumvent  c) juvenile  d) delirious  e) defunct
8. "around come" = _________  a) reminisce  b) premonition  c) delirious  d) exploit  e) circumvent
9. Johnny ______(ed) as he thought about what happened in the park that night.  a) grimace  b) circumvent  c) exploit  d) reminisce  e) delirious
10. reminisce : predict :: obey : ________  a) grimace  b) circumvent  c) juvenile  d) reminisce  e) delirious
11. globally : locally :: mature : ________  a) defunct  b) juvenile  c) delirious  d) reminisce  e) grimace
12. flashback : reveals :: __________ : foreshadows    a) exploit  b) grimace  c) premonition  d) delirious e) circumvent
13. situation : context :: attack : ________  a) defunct  b) grimace  c) siege  d) delirious e) circumvent

Wednesday, 9/29/10 - EIGHTH GRADE
Warm Up. Click and copy.

1. Is there any _________ for violence, except self defense?   a) philosophy  b) core  c) reliance  d) justification  e) interaction
2. Failure to follow directions will result in a _________ from your grade.  a) validity  b) proportion  c) deduction  d) reliance  e) compensation
3. Some students might try  harder in school if they received monetary ___________.  a) compensation  b) proportion  c) constant  d) circumstances  e) deduction
4. Nihilism is a __________ that says, "Life sucks and then you die."    a) philosophy  b) core  c) reliance  d) justification  e) interaction
5. Many scientists questioned the __________ of the study.  a) interaction  b) validity  c) constraint  d) convention  e) proportion
6. Fractions are a form of ___________.  a) justification  b) framework  c) constant  d) proportion  e) volume

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #5. - Write down your answers.

1. Phillip has seen his parents _________, and thinks they might be divorcing.  a) vigilant  b) bicker  c) propaganda  d) bygones  e) incite
2. Speeding is a(n) ___________ rather than a crime.  a) righteous  b) bicker  c) propaganda  d) infraction  e) rational
3. Talk-radio hosts are often very self-__________, and spout about how messed up everyone else is.   a) vigilant  b) bicker  c) propaganda  d) bygones  e) righteous
4. John F Kennedy was a(n) ___________ of  Martin Luther King.  a) bygones  b) elemental  c) gratify  d) contemporary  e) incite
5. He always held a grudge; he just couldn't let __________ stay in the past.  a) bygones   b) propaganda  c) contemporaries  d) incites  e) elementals
6. The right to free speech is one of our __________ freedoms.  a) bygones  b) vigilant  c) elemental  d) contemporary  e) gratify
7. The court jester performed for the ___________(ication) of the king.  a) propaganda  b) gratify  c) rational  d) infraction  e) incite
8. The leader of the rally was arrested for trying to ________ a riot.  a) incite  b) vigilant  c) bicker  d) infraction  e) contemporary
9. Phillip's decision not to tell his dad the truth about the track team was not exactly a __________ decision.  a) vigilant  b) elemental  c) rational  d) bygones  e) inciteful
10. Commercials are a form of __________.  a) bickering  b) vigilance  c) rational  d) propaganda  e) righteous
11. His new furniture was very ___________, unlike the old furniture he inherited from his granny.   a) bygones  b) elemental  c) gratify  d) contemporary  e) incite
12. A prison guard must always be ________.  a) bygones  b) vigilant  c) elemental  d) contemporary  e) gratify
13. Was Phillip's humming a(n) _____________ of the rules?   a) propaganda  b) gratify  c) rational  d) infraction  e) incite

What happened that day in Narwin's class?
Did Phillip break a rule, and was Miss Narwin right to stop him?

Aloud.