Wednesday, 1/11/12 -- Welcome Guest Teacher.
Warm Up. Copy 1-7. Guest teacher checks 600 words.
entity, retain, enable, transit, notion, generate, clause, enforce, revenue, amend

1. A(n) ______ is a piece of a sentence that could be a sentence on its own.
2. If you don't know whether it's a word or not, ________ your dictionary.
3. If you make excuses for a person with destructive behavior, they call that _________(ing).
4. Some people still have the ______ that the whole flight to the moon was a fake.
5. Soon you will have to _______ your own ideas for writing.
6. Somewhere, in _________ between home and school, I lost my wallet.
7. Even after he sold the business, he _______(ed) a small part of it.

Partners for Vocabulary Sheet. Go over.
Vocabulary Pretest. NO CHEAT SHEET! Write the answer for each in your notebook.

1. If you search more methodically, instead of so ___(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you're looking for.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulgent
2. Everyone in the library politely tried to _____ their giggles when Mr. Marinello walked into the wall.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulge
3. Jonas thought that Gabriel's eyes were ___, unlike the dull eyes of the rest of the people of the community.  a) luminous  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) suppressed
4. The belly dancer glided ____(ly) across the room.  a) escalate  b) cult  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) indulgent
5. He is so ___ when he plays baseball, he is just fun to watch.  a) magnitude  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) anguished
6. After the police mishandled the fight, it ____(ed) into a riot. a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) magnitude  d) sinuous  e) cult
7. Jonas will soon find out  the _____ that war causes.  a) magnitude  b) exuberant  c) escalator  d) cult  e) anguish
8. In 1978, 900 members of the ___ of followers of Jim Jones committed suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid.  a) anguish  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) cult
9. The Pills ____(es) the Stirrings, as well as deep emotions.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) magnitude  d) suppress  e) indulge
10. The _____ of Bill Gates's wealth is staggering. On average, since 1986, he has made over $3700 per minute, 24 hours a day.  a) escalate  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) indulgent
11. At the Ceremony, instead of frowning at the disturbance, all the adults __________(ed) the little ones up front, and chuckled at their squalling and squirming.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulge

Trade and Grade.
Giver Quiz, Chapter 9.

1. Jonas does not feel separate and different yet because the training has not started. a) True   b) False
2. Jonas's parents are proud of his selection as Receiver.  a) True  b) False.
3. When a name is never used again, it means the last person to have that name was so great, the name is not used any more out of honor for that person.  a) True  b) False
4. What stuns Jonas so much about the instructions he is given?   a) There is only a single printed sheet.   b) There is no time for recreation.   c) He can lie.   d) He can ask personal questions.   e) All of the above.
5. Since Jonas's training involves pain, he has special access to pain medication.  a) True  b) False
6. Why does the final rule (#8) unnerve Jonas so much?   a) Because it’s different.   b) Because it promises pain.   c) Because he doesn’t understand it.   d) Because he hates lying.   e) NOTA