Thursday, 9/8/11 - 45 Minute Lunch Schedule Again!
Test Tomorrow: Adjectives (study the half sheet and Tuesday's warm up), Vocabulary (study the homework sheet), the Library (study the sheet), The Outsiders

"UYA"

  • Adjectives Practice III.

  • You need 22/25 for T-Th or 7/7 today to qualify for exemption the adjectives section tomorrow.
     

    Library sheet: I will take 8-10 of those questions for the test tomorrow.
    Go over Vocabulary Homework. Vocabulary Pretest #2. Raffle King says what?

    1. At the party, he stood ______ off to the side of the room, quietly watching the festivities. a) gallantly  b) roguishly  c) facade  d) savvy  e) aloofly
    2. If you make the Scholar List you are a part of the educational ________. a) wince  b) aloof  c) elite  d) gallant  e) asset
    3. The old-school gentleman ________(ly) put his jacket over the mud puddle so his lady wouldn't soil her shoes.  a)  incredulous  b) contemptuous  c) roguish  d) gallant  e) aloof
    4. "Guess what I've been in for?" asked Dally, grinning ________(ly).  a) asset  b) aloof  c) gallant  d) roguish  e) incredulous
    5. Dally spat _______(ly) as he thought of what the Socs did to Johnny. a) aloof  b) contemptuous  c) gallant  d) savvy  e) wince
    6. Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) ironic  d) facade  e) wince
    7. The paper said that the business man was a(n) __________ to society, but _________, he was secretly a mobster.  a) facade, roguishly  b) asset, ironically  c) elite, facadely,   d) ironic, facade  e) elite, ironically
    8. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me. a) wince  b) gallant  c) facade  d) elude  e) savvy
    9. It rather ________ that Mr. Coward's web page about the "Perfect Paper" assignment had a mistake in it.  a) ironic  b) savvy  c) incredulous  d) elude  e) facade
    10. I looked at my grandma __________(ly) when she said she wanted to ride the colossal roller coaster.  a) wince  b) incredulous  c) credible  d) ironic  e) aloof
    11. The bank's _________ was cracked and damaged by the wind, but the inside was fine. a) facade  b) asset  c) gallant  d) irony  e) elite
    12. The delinquents ran to _________ responsibility for their actions.  a) wince  b) facade  c) asset  d) elude  e) contemptuous
    13. Joey _________(ed) at the thought of his brother being a drop-out. He just couldn't stand it.  a) facade  b) elude  c) ironic  d) wince  e) connotation
    14. It would be ironic if a poor hobo spent his last dollar on a lottery ticket, and won.  a) True   b) False


    The Outsiders...