Wednesday, 2/22/12
Checking 600 words: 2/15-2/22.
Warm Up. Copy. Use your spelling sheet to help you.
  1. "together foldy-ness" = ______
  2. "together fold thing" = _______  (not consensus)
  3. "together fold PERSON" = _____
  4. "against build" = _____
  5. tool : pliers :: warmth : ________
  6. 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.

  1. a) structure  b) complexety  c) reconstruct  d) all correct
  2. a) complication  b) sencible  c) obstruct  d) all correct
  3. a) imply  b) pliars  c) sentry  d) all correct
  4. a) sensation  b) accomplice  c) destruction  d) all correct
  5. a) resent  b) sentimental  c) applacable  d) all correct
  6. a) sensor  b) perpelex  c) multiplication  d) all correct
  7. a) sensitivity  b) replica  c) concensus  d) all correct
  8. a) instructer  b) explicit  c) implicit  d) all correct
  9. 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

  1. 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.
  2. Who got demoted for sympathizing with the crew? a) Johnson.  b) Fisk.  c) Hollybrass.  d) Keetch.  e) Nobody.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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!"
  6. Foley compliments Charlotte by calling her a pretty girl.  a) True  b) False  (Don't even raise your hand. Read the sentence again.)
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Charlotte's descent was even harder than the ascent.  a) True  b) False
  11. Which "illustration"  best shows the situation Charlotte was in in Chapter 13?
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