Wednesday, 2/22/12
Checking 600 words: 2/15-2/22.
Warm Up. Copy. Use your spelling sheet to help you.
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"together foldy-ness" = ______
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"together fold thing" = _______ (not consensus)
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"together fold PERSON" = _____
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"against build" = _____
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tool : pliers :: warmth : ________
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foolish : sensible :: rigid : _______
Spelling Pretest #13. In your notebook, correctly spell the misspelled
word in each group. If there are no misspelled words write all correct.
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a) structure b) complexety c) reconstruct d) all correct
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a) complication b) sencible c) obstruct d) all correct
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a) imply b) pliars c) sentry d) all correct
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a) sensation b) accomplice c) destruction d) all correct
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a) resent b) sentimental c) applacable d) all correct
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a) sensor b) perpelex c) multiplication d) all correct
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a) sensitivity b) replica c) concensus d) all correct
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a) instructer b) explicit c) implicit d) all correct
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a) pilable b) application c) construction d) all correct
Compound and Complex Sentences (Count 50 for today's 600. In notebook.)
Compound: I + I Comma + fanboys OR semicolon.
Complex: I + D which, while, although, if,
when, who, because, after, since, even though, since, so that (and more)
Complex. (Try D-I-D)
1a. Eldon hates airplanes.
1b. He will probably take the train.
1c. The train is slow. |
Compound. (I + I)
2a. Johnny bought a tie.
2b. The tie was ugly.
2c. Johnny bought a jacket.
2d. The jacket was ok. |
Compound-Complex! (I + D + another I.)
3a. My dog can play the piano.
3b. He does not play the piano very well.
3c. Nobody asks him for an encore. |
Charlotte 12-13
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When Charlotte tries to apologize to Jaggery,
he... a) calls her ugly and self-centered. b) says he will punish
her for it. c) says her father will hear of this. d) all of
the above. e) none of the above.
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Who got demoted for sympathizing with the crew?
a) Johnson. b) Fisk. c) Hollybrass. d) Keetch.
e) Nobody.
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What makes Morgan speak for the first time
(that Charlotte had heard)? a) Zachariah's funeral. b)
When Charlotte asks for forgiveness. c) When the captain makes them
do extra watches. d) When the captain threatened to whip him.
e) NOTA
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On page 109, Fisk says to Charlotte, "What
you mean to say, Miss Doyle, is that you didn't choose to heed his words
because Zachariah was an old black who lacked the captain's graces!"
Is he right? a) Yes. b) No.
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On page 110, Charlotte says that something
Fisk had said to her was her inspiration to try to join the crew. What
line was she thinking of? a) "You are the lady passenger, Miss
Doyle. The informer." b) "The captain intends to work us till we
drop." c) "Gentlefolk like you never mean, Miss Doyle. But what you
do..." d) "'Oh Miss Doyle believes in honor,' he'd say. 'She's the
very soul of justice.'" e) "What you mean to say, Miss Doyle, is that you
didn't choose to heed his words because Zachariah was an old black who
lacked the captain's graces!"
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Foley compliments Charlotte by calling her
a pretty girl. a) True
b) False (Don't even raise your hand. Read the sentence again.)
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When she agrees to the test, they look at her
with a combination of... a) fear
and hatred b) suspicion and mistrust c) respect and trust
d) admiration and contempt e) pity and contempt
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Ewing's advice to Charlotte... a)
"Don't! Don't!" b) "Don't look down. Or up." c) "Up on the
ratlines." d) "Now before never." e) NOTA
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The "great mistake" Charlotte made when she
started out was that she chose to climb the ratlines instead of going up
the mast. a) True b) False
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Charlotte's descent was even harder than the
ascent. a) True b) False
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Which "illustration" best shows the situation
Charlotte was in in Chapter 13?