"Warm Up, Spelling Practice - 12/13/12" No, you don't get partners for this one. And no peekee at the buff sheet.
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly, and write it correctly in your notebook. If all are correct, write "all correct."
 

1. correspond, arrangment, illegible, all correct
2. assortment, irreguler, illiterate, all correct
3. attempt, accustumed, immature, all correct
4. irresponsible, arrest, illogical, all correct
5. irresistible, irrepairable, immeasurable, all correct
6. accompany, immobilize, irreplacable, all correct
7. assignment, illegal, account, all correct
8. assure, immagrant, irrational, all correct

"Vocabulary Pretest #14 - 12/13/12"
Write the correct word for each blank in your notebook. Yes, #13 is multiple choice.Yes, you will use words more than once.
stanch, derivative, disreputable, tumultuous, resound, tantalize, abide, boon, sham, incompetent, attribute

1. Along some parts of the border, they have built a giant fence to try to ________ the flow of illegal drugs and immigrants.
2. Aspirin is a ________ of the bark of the willow tree.
3. Unlike the Socs, the greasers were considered to be __________ characters.
4. Their relationship was rather _____, with lots of ups, downs, and in-betweens over the years.
5. When Alyce told Joan that the midwife was just "relieving herself," Joan knew it was a _____.
6. The cat liked to "bite at the ____(ingly) moving pen."
7. I cannot ____ someone who cheats. He/she will be punished by...
8. Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be. Often, the money brings unhappiness instead of happiness.
9. Alyce thinks she is _____, but she is actually very skilled and smart.
10. On the last day of school, the screams of joy will ______ in the hallways.
11. The quote in the paper was ______(ed) to him, but he says he never said it.
12. serene : tumultuous :: responsible : ________
13. The 42-0 score was a _____(ing) victory for the home team.  a) boon  b) stanch  c) resound  d) disreputable  e) sham

"Alyce - 12/13/12"
Copy and complete the following sentence starter.

Because Alyce had never__________,  she ____________.

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