Wednesday, 4/18/12
Checking AW sentences/definitions and eagles.
Warm Up. Copy 1-7.
exploit, collateral, contemporary, denote, deficit, induce, implicit, crucial
  1. 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.
  2. {As we approached the intersection,} we saw the red flares that __________(ed) danger ahead.  HINT: Remember the old vocab word that meant "dictionary definition"?
  3. 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.
  4. When your income is less than your expenses, you have a __________.  HINT: We've been hearing this word a lot from politicians.
  5. {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.
  6. {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."
  7. 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
  8. The battle between the boys and the schoolmaster was one of ________, with the boys being punished even more after every victory.
  9. 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.
  10. His decision wasn't entirely _____; he actually had a reason behind it.
  11. (2) The Titanic _________(ed) more than 13 million gallons of water, making it the world's most ________ ship at the time.
  12. 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?"

  1. Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
  2. How do they do special effects in movies?
  3. Does doing homework actually help you learn?
  4. What are the best treatments for ADD/ADHD?
  5. Who invented the car?

 
 

Remember: You will be trying to prove a thesis with you research.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tom Sawyer 27/28

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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.

 


 
 

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