Thursday, 9/22/11
Tomorrow's Test: Spelling (practice your 5x), Roots (study the crossword/warm ups), Vocabulary (study the homework sheet and the pretest online), Verb Phrases (study the pink sheet, p10), Husker Du? (study the ones you got wrong last week), Outsiders ch3 (maybe)
Due Tomorrow: KBAR, 5x, crossword.
Checking Right Now: Pink Sheet, p11
Warm Up. Copy. * = spelling  ** = vocabulary  {} = do not copy
  1. *"between time" = __________
  2. **The comedian ____(ed) the famous politician.
  3. *"self starting" =  ________
  4. **Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _______(ed) a response from the dog.
  5. *author : book :: musician : _______
  6. *author : reader : musician : _______
  7. **nonchalant : hysterical :: gossipy : _______
  8. *"between time" = _____
  9. *{When you learn to read by sounding out words, you are using _________. }

Verb Phrase Pretest III. (22/25 or 10/10 right now = exempt.)

  1. Helping verbs help link the subject to the predicate.  a) True  b) False
  2. He was screaming. The word was is being used as a helping verb.  a) True  b) False
  3. p11 - A2:  Helping Verb?  a) were  b) helped  c) were helped  d) to  e) NOTA
  4. p11 - A4: Main Verb?  a) might  b) be  c) might be  d) seen  e) NOTA
  5. p11 - A9: Verb Phrase? a) have you read  b) have c) read  d) have read e) NOTA
  6. p11 - A10: Verb Phrase?  a) do you understand  b) do you  c) do understand  d) understand  e) NOTA
  7. p11 - B2:  a) have  b) has  c) did  d) had  e) does
  8. p11 - B6:  a) did  b) can  c) would  d) if  e) NOTA
  9. p11 - B9:  a) do  b) should  c) was  d) should be  e) NOTA
  10. In English, we use helping verbs to help express past and future tenses.  a) True  b) False

Finish Outsiders chapter 2 (if not already finished)

Open Mouth Quiz on Chapter 2

  1. According to Pony --  greasers : gang :: Socs : ___  a) gang  b) social club c) family  d) pack e) none of the above
  2.  icebox : fridge :: dame : _______  a) wide  b) tuff  c) girl  d) Soc  e) none of the above
  3. "Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) Who said?  a) Cherry  b) Two-Bit  c) Dally  d) Pony  e) Soda
  4. "Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) What's going on?  a) Johnny was jumped again.  b) Darry forgot to pick up Pony at the movies. c) Soda was sorry Steve was a jerk before.  d) Two-Bit forgot how jumpy Johnny was. e) Dally forgot that Johnny was the gang's pet.
  5. Since the beating, Johnny has used his knife to defend himself more than once.  a) True  b) False
  6. "It was almost four months ago..." This begins an example of...  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) interruption  d) introduction  e) character analysis
  7. "Not over his dead body..."  This is an example of...  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) interruption  d) introduction  e) character analysis
  8. "Things are rough all over." Who said?  a) Cherry  b) Two-Bit  c) Dally  d) Pony  e) Soda
  9. "Things are rough all over."  What does she/he mean?  a) The greasers are looked down on by everyone.  b) Socs get all the breaks.  c) Life sucks.  d) Socs have problems too.  e) People like Dally are jerks.
  10. "I know better now." Who said? a) Cherry  b) Soda  c) Pony  d) Dally  e) Johnny
  11. "I know better now."  This is an example of...  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) interruption  d) introduction  e) character analysis
  12. When we assume that all members of a group are the same, we are using a ________ to judge people.  a) character analysis  b) racism  c) stereotype  d) character trait  e) NOTA
  13. Our main protagonist(s) so far... a) Johnny  b) Cherry  c) Dally  d) Ponyboy  e) the Socs
  14. Our main antagonist(s) so far...  a) Johnny  b) Cherry  c) Dally  d) Ponyboy  e) the Socs

Chapter 3...