Thursday, 2/23/12
Tomorrow's Test: Spelling (just like Wednesday's pretest, only different), roots (same same as warm ups), CD/CX sentences (6-9 on the warm up today), Vocabulary (duh), Husker Du, Charlotte
Warm Up. Copy 1-5.  Write out the answers for 6-9. Ummmmm... NO, you can't.
  1. "again fold thing" =
  2. "again together build" =
  3. "into build person" =
  4. "feel thing" (2) =
  5. "feel person" =
  6. Although the heat is on, it is still cold in this room.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex  d) cd-cx
  7. I had to turn up my hearing aid since it's so hard to hear you, but that still didn't work.   a) simple  b) compound  c) complex  d) cd-cx
  8. Nobody may speak while Mr. Coward is speaking because this is not a democracy.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex  d) cd-cx
  9. Joel and Cole both received detention and Saturday work for their rude behavior.   a) simple  b) compound  c) complex  d) cd-cx

 
 

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

  1. After Charlotte asked to be a part of the crew, they _____ amongst themselves, and decided that if she climbed to the royal yard, she would be allowed to sign on.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) thwarted  e) cowed
  2. Are we lost? By my __________(ing) we should have been home hours ago.  a) reckon  b) brusque  c) edify  d) tract  e) caucus
  3. The teacher _______ the students into being quiet by threatening to use the Quiet Stick.  a) edified  b) supplication  c) rebuffed  d) brusqued  e) cowed
  4. After much ______, and many cookies, the teacher finally forgave the students for the heinous behavior.  a) gumption  b) supplication  c) rebuff d) thwartage  e) cowed
  5. Jaggery _______ Charlotte's efforts to apologize.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) brusqued  e) reckoned
  6. People say New Yorkers can be very ____- almost rude, and always in a hurry.  a) thwart  b) edified  c) cowed  d) gumption  e) brusque
  7. Jaggery told Hollybrass to whip the man "with strength," or else to "stand aside for someone who has the _____."  a) brusqueness  b) irrelevant  c) edification  d) gumption  e) thwart
  8. People read both for pleasure and _____.   a) brusqueness  b) tracts  c) edification  d) gumption  e) reckoning
  9. The Women's _______ is a political group that promotes issues that are important to women.  a) Irrelevant  b) Gumption  c) Edification  d) Caucus  e) Brusqueness
  10. Before they walked on the field, the team was already _____ by the thought of how big and intimidating the other team was.   a) brusqued  b) cowed  c) edified  d) rebuffed  e) reckoned
  11. Some true believers think that the final __________(ing) is near, and God will reward them, and punish the non-believers.  a) reckon  b) supplication  c) edify  d) tract  e) irrelevant
  12. His attempt to climb Mt. Everest was _______ by bad weather, which forced him to turn back.  a) brusqued  b) cowed  c) thwarted  d) caucused  e) edified
  13. The revolution that made the US a separate nation was preceded by the printing and circulation of political _________(s) that influenced people's thinking.   a) reckon  b) brusque  c) edify  d) tract  e) irrelevant
  14. Which word is similar in meaning to last week's word impertinent?   a) reckon  b) irrelevant  c) gumption  d) caucus  e) NOTA

Charlotte. (14/15)

  1. Besides the fact that she went into the rigging without his permission, what is Jaggery  upset about when Charlotte comes down from aloft?  a) She disobeyed his orders.  b) The men disobeyed his orders.  c) If she gets hurt, her father will be angry at him.  d) The way she is dressed.  e) All of the above.
  2. The one thing Charlotte said she couldn't do that the other sailors did was... a) Steer the ship.  b) Use a knife to fix ropes.  c) Cuss.  d) Scrape the bow.  e) She did all these things.
  3. What is scuttlebutt?  a) a nickname for a cockroach  b) a nickname for the captain  c) a nickname for Charlotte  d) gossip and rumors  e) NOTA
  4. What was the "prison" that Charlotte referred to as her "proper place"?  a) The cabin she used to stay in.  b) The Barrington School for Better Girls.  c) Her previous lifestyle and attitudes.  d) Her family.  e) NOTA
  5. Which "illustration" below best shows the situation Charlotte was in in chapter 14?
  6. How did the crew help save Charlotte from drowning?  a) Grimes grabbed and pulled her in.  b) They changed course so the water was calmer.  c) They threw her a rope, and pulled her back.  d) They didn't; she did it all by herself.  e) They cut loose the tangled sail that was knocking her into the sea.
  7. Why does Jaggery hit Charlotte?  a) She says she's going to report him to the courts.  b) To show the crew she was no longer his friend.  c) She called him a coward!  d) He said she failed a task.  e) She disobeyed him.
  8. After the scene between Jaggery and Charlotte, what does Grimes do for Charlotte?  a) Helps protect her from Jaggery.  b) Warns her when Jaggery is watching her.  c) Gives her a pistol to protect herself.  d) Teaches her how to use a knife.  e) NOTA
  9. Why do the sailors have to go aloft during the hurricane?  a) To cut away the sails.  b) To see where the clear weather is.  c) Because Jaggery is a jerk.  d) To fix the sails.  e) None of the above.
  10. As she is climbing the mast during the hurricane, what does Charlotte do on the way up?  a) Drops the knife.  b) Slips and almost falls off.  c) Cuts off her hair.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
  11. Which "illustration" below best shows the situation Charlotte was in in chapter 15?
  12. Who saves Charlotte during the hurricane?  a) Hollybrass.  b) Grimes.  c) Keetch.  d) Ewing.  e) None of the above.
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