Wednesday, 9/21/11 - Finally a regular schedule!
Checking: Vocabulary.
Warm Up. Copy. * = spelling word  ** = vocabulary word  {} = do not copy.  OPEN MOUTH!
  1. *"jumbled sound" = ________
  2. *"self life writing"  = ________
  3. *"light write"  = _________
  4. *author : pen :: musician : ____
  5. *"together sound" = __________
  6. **It was very (in)_____ to cheat on a test, and then brag about it.
  7. **S. E. Hinton says that she didn't have the ______ to be a teacher. {It just wore her out.}
  8. *{When you spell a word the way it sounds, like kat, it is called the _____ spelling.}
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest 4. There are two words from last week's list included.
     My mom was singing along to her oldies station, "You're so (1)_____; you probably think this song is about you..." So, instead of laughing and (2)______(ing) her silly "dance" moves, I figured I might ask about the party again. We had been arguing about whether I was old enough to (3)_____ an all-ages dance club by myself.
     "Please, please, please, let me go to the party, Mom!" I said imploringly, but she said she was (4)_________ about the crowd I was hanging with. She thought they might influence me into some (5)__________  or illegal activities. I told her that I would be (6)______,  but that only  (7)______(ed)an angry response from her. She said I was being too nonchalant about the risks involved, and that I ought to take her more seriously. She explained that life was made up of a million (8)______ decisions, and each one was important.  I got (9)____________ with her for treating me like a gullible little kid, and I told her to quit (10)_______(ing) me. I also said,  "Mom, don't get all (11)__________ and crazy on me; you've taught me to be savvy  enough to make the right decisions."
     I guess Mom just didn't have the (12)________ to argue with me any more. She said OK.
  1. A) PATRONIZE  B) STAMINA  C) DISCREET  D) VAIN  E) HYSTERICAL
  2. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) ILLICIT
  3. A) DISCRETE  B) STAMINA  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) PATRONIZE
  4. A) CONDUCIVE  B) WISTFUL  C) LEERY  D) INDIGNANT  E) DOGGED
  5. A) VAIN  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) HYSTERICAL
  6. A) DISCREET  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) DISCRETE  E) HYSTERICAL
  7. A) DISCREET  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) HYSTERICAL
  8. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) DISCRETE  D) ELICIT  E) ILLICIT
  9. A) CONDUCIVE  B) WISTFUL  C) LEERY  D) INDIGNANT  E) DOGGED
  10. A) PATRONIZE  B) STAMINA  C) DISCREET  D) MIMIC  E) HYSTERICAL
  11. A) PATRONIZE  B) ELICIT  C) DISCRETE  D) VAIN  E) HYSTERICAL
  12. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) HYSTERICAL  D) VAIN  E) MIMIC

 
 
 

Voibs! Click only

  1. In English, we use helping verbs to help express past and future tenses.  a) True  b) False
  2. Exactly how does the brain work? Verb Phrase? a) how does  b) does work  c) how does work  d) how work e) NOTA
  3. We may know the answer to that question in the future. Verb Phrase?  a) know  b) may  c) may know  d) may know answer  e) NOTA
  4. I should have bought a souvenir cheese keychain. Helping Verb(s)?  a) have  b) bought  c) should d) should have  e) should have bought
  5. We might go to the cheese factory tomorrow. Helping Verb(s)?  a) might  b) go  c) might go d) to  e) NOTA


The Outsiders.
Key Terms: protagonist, antagonist, flashback, foreshadowing, ironic, stereotype, perception