Wednesday, 10/3/12 -- Due: Vocabulary. SSI should have definitions as well. Sentences of your own are extra credit.
Warm Up 10/3/12. Copy (1-6)  into notebook. * = spelling word.  ** = vocabulary word.
  1. * its, whose, ________
  2. * friendly : hostile :: active : ______
  3. * Sacramento : _______ :: Mrs. Frost : ________ (2)
  4. * {They say that many stereotypes start with} a _______ of truth.
  5. ** disquieted : distraught :: save : ______
  6. ** rigid : flexible :: soothing : ___ 
  7. Respond to #4. What does it mean? What do you think? Is it true?

 

FRO III.Click only.

  1. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.  a) Fragment (F)  b) Run-On  (RO) c) Complete Sentence (CS)
  2. Explained the rules of the game and demonstrated it. a) Fragment (F)  b) Run-On  (RO) c) Complete Sentence (CS)
  3. Months may pass between rainfalls, but when storms do occur, they may be violent.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  4. One way to fix some run-on sentences is with a comma plus a conjunction, such as the word but.  a) True  b) False
  5. One way to fix some run-on sentences is with a semi-colon between the parts that run together.  a) True  b) False

 
 
 

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #6. "Oh Raffle King!?"

  1. The coaches watched each potential player, looking for any natural ______(s) he might have, in order to choose the proper assignment.  a) empathy  b) disposition  c) adherance  d) aptitude  e) hoard
  2. Which is more important, your genes or the environment you are raised in?  This is often called the nature vs. ______ question.  a) disposition  b) nurture  c) disquieting  d) chortle  e) aptitude
  3. The waiter was ________(ed) for forgetting the customer's order.   a) distraught  b) disquiet  c) chortle  d) nurture  e) chastise
  4. After Halloween, I hid my ______ of candy so my brother wouldn't steal any of it.  a) hoard  b) empathy  c) chastise  d) chortle  e) disposition
  5. Please ______ carefully to the instructions given. Failure to do so will be costly.  a) hoard  b) distraught  c) adhere  d) empathy  e) disposition
  6. The root of this word means "to feel."  a) chastise  b) aptitude  c) chortle  d) empathy  e) disquieting
  7. The ________ mourners burst into tears at the funeral.  a) disquieting  b) distraught  c) chastised  d) empathy  e) nurturing
  8. Holly wasn't exactly scared by the incident the other night, just a little ________.  a) chortled  b) empathied  c) distraught  d) disquieted  e) chastised
  9. The teacher's crabby ________ sort of brought the whole class down.  a) hoard  b) disquieting  c) distraught  d) empathy  e) disposition
  10. Homer _______(ed) to himself as he thought of the bear driving the little car. a) distraught  b) disquiet  c) chortle  d) nurture  e) chastise
  11. The characters in The Outsiders are so realistic, that we ______(ize) with them and their problems. (Bonus: The -ize suffix makes it a _____.)

  12. a) disquiet  b) distraught  c) chastise  d) empathy  e) nurture
  13. The tape didn't _____ too well to the brick, and the poster fell down.  a) empathy  b) disposition  c) adhere  d) chortle  e) hoard
  14. Once he became a(n) _____(ent) of the teachings of Buddism he became a much more peaceful man. (Bonus: The -ent suffix makes it a _____.)

  15. a) empathy  b) disposition  c) adhere  d) chortle  e) hoard