Warm Up 10/20/11. Copy.* = spelling.  ** = vocabulary  { } = do not copy

1. * professor : teach :: ______ : orbit
2. * rigid : flexible :: optional : _______
3. * high school : teacher :: university : ________
4. * unhappy : miserable :: various : ________
5. **{The movie was so scary,} the feeling of fear in the theater was ___________ .
6. **The principal had to ______ through all the conflicting stories {to get at the truth}.
7. **I was _______ when I saw the 5/10 rating {from the guest teacher}!

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8. {"I killed him," he said slowly, "I killed that boy."}  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) metaphor  g) foreshadowing
9. {The following quote from Pony is an example that demonstrates which conflict in The Outsiders?  "That didn't make me feel so hot." (in biology class)}  a) Pony vs. Darry  b) greasers vs. Socs  c) Dally vs. the world  d) Pony vs. Pony  e) Pony vs. the world  f) Pony vs. the Socs
10. {"It amazed me that Johnny could get more meaning ...than I could...I was supposed to be the smart one."}  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA

Apostrophes III.
With your (non-moving) partner, do part A and B. Or no partners for a 10/10 option.
DO NOT WRITE OUT THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH IN PART B!
Just write the possessive word for each phrase.

Circle the following on p209 for a pretest: A1, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, B1, B3, B4, B7.
Correct the rest.
Click it!  You need 27/30 (or 10/10 if you fly solo) to qualify for an exemption.

1. A1 - a) its  b) it's  c) its'
2. A4 - a) Joyce's  b) Joyces'  c) NOTA
3. A5 - a) Carlos's  b) Carlos'  c) NOTA
4. A6 - a) who's  b) who'se  c) whose  d) whos'
5. A7 - a) it's  b) its'  c) cant  d) NOTA
6. A9 - a) childrens'  b) children's  c) childrens's  d) NOTA
7. B1 - a) my friends' Maria's hobby  b) my friend Maria's hobby  c) my friend's Maria hobby  d) NOTA
8. B3 - a) the newspaper critic's review  b) the newspaper critics' review  c) the newspaper critics review  d) NOTA
9. B4 - a) Marias' goal  b) Marias goal  c) Maria's goal  d) NOTA
10. B7 - a) a theater-lovers nightmare  b) a theater-lovers's nightmare  c) a theater-lover's nightmare  d) NOTA

Sentence Combining.
 

Example Paragraph:
     Chuckie, the class clown, bounces wildy in his desk as he clucks like a chicken. His fingers make scratching sounds as they claw the battered desktop. Then a stern voice freezes his disturbing behavior. He spins around, raises his eyebrows, and asks, "Who me?"  His teacher, a very quiet woman with karate experience, appears unamused. She advances down the aisle slowly, quietly, dangerously.
 
 

Collect.