Wednesday, 4/18/12
Checking AW sentences/definitions and eagles.
Warm Up. Copy 1-7.
exploit, collateral, contemporary, denote, deficit,
induce, implicit, crucial
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Abraham Lincoln was a _____ of Charles Darwin; {they lived
at the same time, but they never met}. HINT: The root of
this word means time.
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{As we approached the intersection,} we saw the red flares
that __________(ed) danger ahead. HINT: Remember the old
vocab word that meant "dictionary definition"?
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Please do not skip any steps; they are all _________ {to
the process, and it will not work unless you follow all of them}.HINT:
Important. Very important.
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When your income is less than your expenses, you have a __________.
HINT: We've been hearing this word a lot from politicians.
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{After Tom and Huck's oath,} nothing could ________ them
to tell on Injun Joe. HINT: Make happen. You see this word
on the side of bottles of stuff you shouldn't swallow, where it tells you
what to do--or not do--if you do swallow it.
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{Even though he didn't say anything, because of his actions,}
I _____(ly) understood that he was with me on this. HINT:
This one is the opposite of a previous AW that most of you associated with
cussing. This one means " understood without actually saying it." The literal
meaning is "into folding."
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When civilians are accidentally killed in war, they call
it ________ damage. HINT: The literal meaning of this word is
"together sideways."
succinct, arbitrary, attrition, prodigious,
bode, exploit, displace
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The battle between the boys and the schoolmaster was one
of ________, with the boys being punished even more after every victory.
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They made a movie about the _______(s) of the famous world
traveler. HINT: This is another meaning of a word we had earlier
this week.
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His decision wasn't entirely _____; he actually had a reason
behind it.
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(2) The Titanic _________(ed) more than 13 million gallons
of water, making it the world's most ________ ship at the time.
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The hacker exploited people's trust online in order to get
passwords. This is an example of the correct use of the word exploit.
a) True b) False
EAGLE OUTLINES
Trade and Grade. 10 points.
I. General facts about endangered eagles
A. Drop in numbers in the 1940s
and '50s
B. Enormous
decline in 1960's
II. Reasons eagles were endangered
A. Belief
that eagles were destroying crops and livestock
1. Hunters
2. Bounties
that encouraged hunting
B. Demand
for lumber and land
1. Lumber
mills
2. New
homes and businesses
C. Pesticides
1. Effects
on eagles' food
2. Effects
on offspring
III. Ways eagles were helped
A. Laws
1. 1940--the
Bald Eagle Protection Act
2. 1972--banning
of DDT
3. 1973--the
Endangered Species Protection Act
B. Scientists
"Would this be a good
research topic?"
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Who was Martin Luther King
Jr.?
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How do they do special
effects in movies?
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Does doing homework actually
help you learn?
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What are the best treatments
for ADD/ADHD?
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Who invented the car?
Remember: You will be trying to prove a thesis with you research.
Tom
Sawyer 27/28
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After the events in the haunted house, Tom
dreamed of... a) rats. b) grabbing for and losing the treasure.
c) Injun Joe trying to kill him. d) all of the above. e) None
of the above.
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What made Tom think that the events in the haunted
house were also just a dream? a) The stairs collapsed just in time
to save them. b) There just isn't that much money in the world.
c) They have actually found treasure. d) With the murder, the treasure,
and everything, it's all just too much to be real. e) He's sort of
delirious.
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How did he make sure they were not a dream?
a) He went back to the haunted house. b) He saw Injun Joe again.
c) He went to see Huck. d) He thought about it some more. e)
He's still not sure.
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After the events in the haunted house, Huck
dreamed of... a) piles of money. b) grabbing for and losing the treasure.
c) Injun Joe trying to kill him. d) all of the above. e) None
of the above.
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Name the two people in the picture. a) Huck
and Tom b) Injun Joe and Huck c) Injun Joe and Tom d)
Tom and "the ragged man" e) Injun Joe and his partner.
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How did the one with the lantern get in?
a) He tried every key he could find until one worked. b) The door
wasn't locked c) He crawled through the window. d) There was
a secret way in. e) NOTA
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If you paid attention as you read chapter 28,
you should have noticed a rather "disturbing" paragraph. What should have
disturbed you about this paragraph? a) It's very violent. b)
There's cussing. c) It sounds racist. d) It advocates drug
use. e) There is something very "inappropriate" going on with Tom
and Becky.
Tom
Sawyer 29...