Thursday, 10/4/12
Tomorrow's Test:
  1. SSI = < 32
  2. Spelling (study the white sheets)
  3. Warm Ups (duh)
  4. Vocabulary (study the bottom of the large white sheet and browse to the vocabulary pretest)
  5. FRO (study the pink sheet)
  6. Husker Du (duh)
  7. The Outsiders. (chapter 6)


Warm Up 10/4/12. Copy 1-4. * = spelling word.  ** = vocabulary word. (10p)

  1. * antagonist : protagonist :: villain : ______
  2. * {Do you understand} the _____(s) of dividing fractions?
  3. * Red and green are ________(ary) colors.
  4. *_______ books are *______?  (Two ways to win.)
  5. (2) The *_______ stupidity of his actions showed how **_______ he was about his daughter's disappearance.
  6. (3) It is rather **______ to me that you have no **_______ for the kid *______ being bullied.

 

FRO IV. 27/31 = Skippy!

  1. There are shells all over the beach, so let's collect some!  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  2. Johnny and Pony ran as the Soc chased them.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  3. That's the largest desert in the world!  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  4. Not many people, except those in the desert.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  5. The dry desert soil, and hardly any water.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  6. Months may pass between rainfalls but when storms do occur they may be violent.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  7. I wanted to go trick-or-treating, I was too old. a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  8. Into the hole fell he.  a) Fragment   b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
  9. Chief Wiggum, chief cop of Springfield, ate a doughnut.  a) Fragment   b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
  10. One way to fix some run-ons is with a semi-colon.  a) True  b) False

 
 

Outsiders. Chapter 5. Open Mouth Stylie.

  1. At the beginning of chapter 5, how long has it been since Pony and Dally and Johnny sat down behind the girls at the drive-in?  a) About 2 days.  b) About 24 hours.  c) About 12 hours  d) 4 or 5 days.  e) 3 days.
  2. Gone with the Wind (the book Johnny and Pony are reading) takes place during...  a) the future  b) the 1950's  c) 1776  d) the Civil War  e) NOTA
  3. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the book than Pony, even though Pony is the "smart" one, is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
  4. The real message of  "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is that bad things always happen.  a) True  b) False
  5. Who said? "I can't believe little old Johnny could kill somebody."  a) Pony  b) Dally  c) Soda  d) Darry  e) Two-Bit
  6. This person is commenting on the irony of that.  a) True  b) False
  7. What example does Johnny give to show why he thinks Dally is gallant? a) Dally's treatment of Cherry ? Marcia.  b) How Dally stands up for himself.  c) How he acted when the police busted him for something he didn't do.  d) How Dally helped them get away.  e) How he rides in races honestly.
  8. Which quote best connects to the title of the novel?  a) "How'd you like to live with that?"  b) "I guess we're different."  c) "Too bad it couldn't stay like that all the time."  d) "Things have been happening so fast..."  e) "I bet they were cool old guys."
  9. The same character said all five of the previous quotes. Which one?  a) Pony  b) Soda  c) Dally  d) Johnny  e) NOTA
  10. Dally getting hauled in for the murder he didn't do is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
  11. What has been the result of Johnny killing Bob, as far as the feud between Socs and greasers is concerned?  a) The socs are trying to find Pony and Johnny.  b) There's a truce, while they mourn for Bob.  c) all-out warfare  d) Now the adults have found out about it.  e) Lots of arrests have been made for fighting.
  12. Chapter 5 would be considered part of the ______ of this story.    a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA

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Chapter 6...