Thursday, 1/26/12 - Checking: Vocabulary.
Test Tomorrow: Spelling (practice 5x -
only 16 words total), Vocabulary, (go back and study today's pretest and
your homework), S/CD Sentences (pink sheet), Giver (read)
Warm Up. Choose from the spelling words so far. Copy.
fascinate, discipline, conscience, conscious, mischievous, delicious,
jealous, appreciate, humorous, possess, success, acquaintance, apologize,
peculiar, appearance, occurrence
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snack : meal :: _____ : friend
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(2) You _____ the tools for _____. {You just have to use them.}
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serious : humorous :: normal : ______
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looks : appearance :: incidence : ______
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bore : fascinate :: reject : ______ (not possess)
Compound Sentences. 22/24 OR 10/10 = Exempt.
REMEMBER! A Compound Sentence is one or more INDEPENDENT CLAUSES!
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Tom and Gail quickly cut and stacked the cheeselogs. a) Simple Sentence
b) Compound Sentence c) Neither
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Several people watched, but nobody ate cheese. a) Simple Sentence
b) Compound Sentence c) Neither
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Mr. McCheese may be in court, or he may be in his office. a) Simple
Sentence b) Compound Sentence c) Neither
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The party ran out of cheese and fizzled. a) Simple Sentence
b) Compound Sentence c) Neither
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I went to the store because I needed some cheese. a) Simple Sentence
b) Compound Sentence c) Neither
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We could play a video game, or we could eat cheese. a) Simple Sentence
b) Compound Sentence c) Neither
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Jimmy hurt his leg; but he didn't complain. a) correctly combined
b) incorrectly combined
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The Poppel Mafia wants your money and it's all for a good cause.
a) correctly combined b) incorrectly combined
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You can eat cheese today, so have a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.
a) correctly combined b) incorrectly combined
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Blessed are the Cheesemakers, for they shall inherit the earth. a)
correctly combined b) incorrectly combined
Go over Vocabulary Homework. Yes,
I know about the missing word in the crossword.And the missing d. Everyone
take a +1 tomorrow.
Vocabulary Pretest. (Do the math. No cheat sheet.)
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"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a _____ like me!"
a) augment b) grovel c) parch d) wretch e) alibi
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"There was an all-_____(ing) quiet that blanketed the whole street."
a) deft b) pervade c) augment d) lethargic
e) reprieve
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In the Christmas memory, Jonas could feel the love _______(ing) the
room, but he didn't know the feeling was called love. a) reprieve
b) relinquish c) pervade d) alibi e) augment
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After the painful memories of war and the like, Jonas always felt ______
for a long time. a) grovel b) augment c) reprieve
d) relinquish e) wretched
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The shortstop ____(ly) fielded the difficult grounder, and threw to
first for the out. a) wretched b) lethargic c) grovel
d) alibi e) deft
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A sloth is a pretty good example of the word ______.
a) relinquish b) lethargic c) deft d) augmented
e) pervading
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Nobody could confirm his ____ that he was at the movies at the time
of the crime, since he went alone, and nobody saw him. a) reprieve
b) wretched c) augment d) alibi e) lethargic
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In the 1930's drought became so severe and the farmland so ________,
that the winds created huge dust storms. a) parched b)
deft c) pervading d) relinquished e) augmented
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Jonas felt resentful that he had to _____ his childhood in order to
become the new Receiver. a) reprieve b) relinquish c) pervade
d) alibi e) augment
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The academic word amend is similar in meaning to the vocabulary word
____. a) grovel b) relinquish c) augment d)
alibi e) parched
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The condemned man waited hopefully for a last-minute ______ from the
governor. a) grovel b) wretch c) alibi d) relinquish
e) reprieve
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Some teachers keep their classrooms very cold because they think it
keeps the students from being too ____. a) wretched b)
lethargic c) parched d) deft e) alibied
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After the home economics class made snickerdoodles, the delicious aroma
____(ed) the room. a) augment b) pervade c) alibi
d) parch e) relinquish
The Giver: 20.
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The Giver has lied to Jonas before. a) True b) False
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What does The Giver say is the worst part of holding the memories?
a) the loneliness b) the pain c) the emptiness d) the
sorrow e) all of the above
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How long has Jonas been in training with the Giver? a) a few weeks
b) a few months c) a year d) a couple of years e) There's
no way to tell.
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What was the Giver's first sign that he had the power to receive memories
like Jonas? a) He saw colors like Jonas. b) He was able to
feel pain even with medication. c) He was able to hear music.
d) He was able to feel emotions even with the pills. e) NOTA
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What plan do The Giver and Jonas make? a) They will both escape the
community together. b) Jonas will break the rules three times so
he has to be Released. c) Jonas will start releasing memories to
people in the Community to show them what they're missing. d) Nothing;
they will continue on as normal because there's nothing they can do.
e) NOTA
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The Giver gives Jonas memories of people escaping to help him with the
plan. a) True b) False
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The Giver makes Jonas understand that caring about others is the meaning
of everything. a) True b) False
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What's the Giver's plan when his and Jonas's plan is finished? a)
To go Elsewhere like Jonas. b) To hide so the Community doesn't punish
him. c) To become leader of the Community d) To die.
e) NOTA
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Whom does Rosemary turn out to have been? a) Jonas's "sister"
b) the Giver's spouse c) the Giver's sister d) an outsider
e) NOTA
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