Wednesday, 4/25/12 (36)
TOMORROW'S Test: AW's, vocabulary, outline, Husker Du, Good Topic or Not, TS.

Warm Up I. Copy 1-7. No hints today. No Partners. Nothing.
anticipate, inherent, coincide, concurrent, subordinate, pose, converse, attain, passive, compatible

  1. You can't be ______ if you want to learn anything, {you must play an active role in the process.}
  2. If 3 + 5 =  8, then the ______ is also true; 5 + 3 = 8.
  3. The importance of the grade should be ______ {to the main goal of learning the material.}
  4. Injun Joe no longer ______(s) a problem for Tom and Huck.
  5. {The date of }the concert ______(ed) with my brothers' wedding, {so I missed the wedding.}
  6. {They say if you work hard enough} you can ______ any goal you desire.
  7. {As a senior in high school he was an overachiever} who was also _______(ly) enrolled in classes at Cuesta College.

 

Good Controlling Question?

  1. Why are flamigos pink?
  2. What are the best ways to get smarter?
  3. Was the Civil War really about slavery?
  4. Was _____ a great president?
  5. What's the best cell phone?
  6. What did Hitler do?

 

Lightning Round Practice for Test Tomorrow

  1. Sometimes third period is so quiet, it seems that, instead of concentrating, they are just being _______.  (Obviously, this does not refer to this year's third period.) a) converse  b) behalf  c) coherent  d) mediate  e) passive
  2. The pattern of electrical plugs and sockets in Europe is not _______ with the one we use for our appliances here.   a) inherent  b) mutual  c) pose  d) compatible  e) converse
  3. counterfeit : bona fide :: loyal : ______   a) bliss  b) fickle  c) covet  d) purloin  e) tarry
  4. Luckily for you, you don't have to _______ what will be on the test, since Mr. Coward tells you.  a) subordinate  b) accommodate  c) supplement  d) converse  e) anticipate
  5. Even though sky-diving is relatively safe today, the sport is still ______(ly) risky.  a) inherent  b) coincide  c) pose  d) concurrent  e) coherent
  6. She won the ________(ed) Best Cheese award at the State Fair.  a) bliss  b) fickle  c) covet  d) purloin  e) tarry
  7. The accelerated class started with 28 students, but through the ________ of so much extra work, 10 people dropped out.   a) jeer  b) clamor  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) attrition
  8. The poem's language was so _______ that everyone interpreted it differently. a) clarify  b) contemporary  c) deviate  d) arbitrary  e) ambiguous
  9. He is the most _______ part of the team; without him the mission would fail.  a) ethics  b) integral  c) behalf  d) supplement  e) accommodate
  10. He had a very strong work _______, and always gave his full effort.  a) attain  b) mutual  c) ethic  d) supplement  e) inherent

 

Tom Sawyer 31-33.

  1. There was a picture in the original book, in chapter 31, called "Attacked by the Natives." By the "natives" they mean IJ and his partner.   a) True  b) False
  2. Which of these did Tom and Becky NOT have access to inside the cave?  a) candles  b) water  c) kite string  d) piece of cake  e) They had all of these.
  3. "...but I've see such a beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there." The country Becky means is the countryside outside of the cave.  a) True  b) False
  4. When Tom told the story of their adventures in the cave... a) he told it very realistically.  b) he told how Becky broke down and cried.  c) he added many extra details.  d) he was too tired to tell the whole story. e) none of the above.
  5. When Tom comes out of the cave and talks to the men on a skiff (boat), why did they not believe his story at first? a) They thought he was dead.  b) He was acting too strangely.  c) He always lies.  d) They were so far away from the entrance of the cave.  e) They didn't see Becky.
  6. After Injun Joe dies, what becomes the new tourist attraction?  a) His grave.  b) The rock where he collected what little water he had.  c) The bones of the bats he ate.   d) His broken knife.   e) Aladdin's Palace.
  7. How does Tom feel about Injun Joe's death? a) He's overjoyed that he's dead.   b) He's relieved that he's dead.   c) He pities him.   d) All of the above.   e) B and C.
  8. What does Tom say is the only down side of being a robber?   a) It's too far from "home and circuses and all that."   b) It's not as "bully" as being a pirate.   c) The women whom you hold for ransom fall in love with you and won't leave.   d) There's a lot of killing involved.   e) There is no down side.
  9. Why does Tom say they are safe from IJ's ghost when they take the money?  a) His ghost is at the other end of the cave where he died.  b) Since he was so evil, he doesn't get to be a ghost.  c) He has the right charm and incantation.  d) As long as they don't mention his name they are safe.  e) None of the above.
  10. What is ironic about the Welshman's comment that begins, "I judged so..." (p220)?  a) The boys already have a lot of money.  b) The boys don't really work hard.   c) They wouldn't really "make twice the money at regular work."  d) That's normal human behavior.   e) None of the above.
*Bonus: There is an example of Tom "going by the book" in chapter 33 which he would probably be very embarrassed about if he knew what he was saying. What word does Tom obviously not know the meaning of?
 
 
 
 
 
 

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