Wednesday, 4/3/13 
"Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla"
Check Spelling Rule II homework.
Drop the final e before a suffix beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) but not before a suffix beginning with a consonant.

Warm Up. Parts of Speech Review III
Copy the sentence below and label each word with its part of speech.

He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.


Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. Write the word. Yes. Yes. No.
iconic, daunting, anthropomorphic, saw, pogrom, pragmatic, aspire, skinflint, diminutive, volatile
  1. Leonardo, Donatello, Rafael, and Michaelangelo (the TMNT's) are _____ cartoon turtles. (Not iconic.)
  2. You may _________ to someday be as cool as Mr. Coward.
  3. Doing your homework every day, before playing video games, is a _______ strategy for success.
  4. If you are tight-fisted with your money, people might call you a __________.
  5. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice came from such a _______ girl.
  6. The swastika is a(n) ________symbol of evil.
  7. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are ________ figures in American history.
  8. As recently as twenty years ago there was a ________ in Rwanda that tried to eliminate an entire tribe.
  9. The students weren't shocked by the kid's outburst. They always thought he was touchy and _______.
  10. Eating fifty hard-boiled eggs in one sitting is a very _________ task. Not to mention stupid.
  11. An ambitious politician might ________ to one day become president.
  12. She has high ______(ations). She wants to rule the world.
  13. Give an example of a saw. (NOT the cutting kind, and you know it.)


MAUS, chapter II: the honeymoon










40th anniversary of the cell phone.