Wednesday, 3/7/12
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODLE!
Warm Up. Copy. Use your spelling list.
  1. * fame : anonymity :: poverty : _______
  2. * dampness : humidity :: idiosyncracy : ________
  3. * majority : minority :: peace-of-mind : _______
  4. * worry : anxiety :: disposition : __________
  5. * calm : urgency :: routine : ___________
  6. * animals : herd :: humans : ______


Pink Sheet: Prepositions. Correct p127. -0 = +3,  -1 = +2,  -2 = +1.

  1. I like to ride my bike to work.   a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  2. After much supplication and many cookies, the teacher finally forgave the students for their heinous behavior.  a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  3. After much supplication and many cookies, the teacher finally forgave the students for their heinous behavior.  a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  4. After much supplication and many cookies, the teacher finally forgave the students for their heinous behavior.  a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  5. Our platypus has been running behind schedule until now.  a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  6. I am going to skip on my way home from Grandmother's house.   a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  7. I am going to skip on my way home from Grandmother's house.   a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
  8. Some of the disagreements between ducks are beside the point.  a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase

    9. The clown with the evil grin skipped homeward.  a) adjective prepositional phrase  b) adverb prepositional phrase  c) not a prepositional phrase
Go over Vocabulary.
Vocabulary Pretest
  • It was hard for Pony to understand the _________(ing) that Socs had for greasers. a) blather  b) ecstatic  c) furtive  d) odious  e) loathe
  • crafty : savvy :: patronizing : ________ a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) odious  e) impudent
  • Jimmy was a ___ on the team after he blew the game.  a) condescending  b) pariah  c) odious  d) loathe  e) blather
  • Tom ______(ed) his opponent in the "sword" fight.  a) condescending  b) pariah  c) odious  d) loathe  e) vanquish
  • Aunt Polly was ______ that Tom be punished for his misbehavior; she just had to do her job as a parent. a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) contemplate  e) impudent
  • History is just ________ to me; all those names and dates run together in my mind and I tune it out. a) condescending  b) pariah  c) odious  d) loathe  e) blather
  • If there's one thing teachers ___________, it's __________ behavior. a) contemplate/ecstatic  b) odious/blather  c) condescending/loathe  d) loathe/impudent  e) vanquish/ecstatic
  • The players mobbed each other ___________(ally) after they won the World Series.  a) blather  b) ecstatic  c) furtive  d) odious  e) loathe
  • She _________(ly) passed the note during class so the teacher wouldn't see. a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) odious  e) furtive
  • It was Dally's quick thinking and _______ that sent the fuzz to Texas looking for the boys. a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) odious  e) furtive
  • Pony got angry at Cherry in chapter 8 because he thought she was just being ___________, trying to help out the poor little greasers.  a) ecstatic  b) adamant  c) guile  d) contemplate  e) condescending

    • We will soon see that Huck Finn, being the son of the town drunk, is a _________ in Tom's village, and all the mothers try to keep their kids away from him.  a) blather  b) pariah  c) odious  d) loathe  e) vanquish