Thursday, 4/11/13
Reminder: KBARR = Chart + Outline for one (any) page of your reading this week.
Tomorrow's Test: Vocabulary, S/CD/CX Sentences, Outlining (Automobile), MAUS, Husker Du
Checking Today: Vocabulary, Eagles.

CORRECTION FOR PERIODS 1 and 2: #7 on yesterday's warm up should be SIMPLE.
Warm Up. (Rerun from January 17 Quiz.)
ID each sentence as Simple (S), Compound (CD), or Complex (CX).
  1. Greg shoveled snow, and his brother ate cheese.  
  2. Greg ate pancakes and waited for his brother. 
  3. Mermaids, who can breathe under water, sometimes help drowning sailors.
  4. The squirrel and the sheepdog battled over the turnip. 
  5. The activity is popular with people who like to take risks.
  6. Gina and David picked green onions and arranged them in a vase.
  7. The garbage was ugly, but it smelled nice. 
  8. The return to the surface, which can last up to 20 minutes, is a very important step in the process.
  9. David tripped awkwardly while Jeff skated smoothly.
  10. Although I usually don't like cheese, I think it's good on pizza.

Correct Eagles Outline. NOTICE: The Automobile Outline will be the Outline Section on tomorrow's test.

Go over Vocabulary homework. (Sorry about the missing r in disgruntled.)
Vocabulary Pretest. Yes. Yes. No.
dissemble, resolute, segregate, intercede, subsistence, ambivalent, meager, futile, disgruntled, wallow
  1. You have to be ___________ and decisive when you are interviewing for a job; you can't be hemming and hawing.
  2. Even thoeugh he came from a very religious family, he was still ________ about organized religion. (Not disgruntled.)
  3. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of ________ farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it. (Not meager.)
  4. He tried to __________ when Mr. Marinello asked him where he had been; but his red ears gave him away.
  5. I was disappointed that the food portions at the wedding were pretty __________ for such a rich family...
  6. ...and the people who were used to a lot more were very _________.
  7. The poor villagers needed someone to _______ on their behalf, and help them to be treated fairly.
  8. The athlete was ______ about the use of steriods. He knew they were harmful, but they helped his performance.
  9. After winning the huge jackpot in Vegas, she threw all the cash on the bed and ________(ed) around in it just to celebrate.
  10. It is ________ to whine about things you can't change.
  11. The Nazis ________(ed) the Jewish population into ghettos.
  12. His __________(ing) fell apart under careful questioning.
  13. Aunt Polly was ______ that Tom be punished for skipping school.



MAUS. Chapter 4: The Noose Tightens.




Test 25?