Thursday, 12/5/13 - Tomorrow's Test: Spelling, Vocabulary, Warm Up Reruns (especially today's), Husker Du, Bottled Water II
Warm Up.  * = spelling ** = vocabulary

1. * Which spelling word has a prefix that means "together"?
2. * Which spelling word(s) follow(s) the "drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel" rule?
3. * Which spelling word(s) is/are an exception to that rule?
4. * sloppy : illegible :: huge : _____
5. *  try : attempt :: escort : ______
   
6. ** trait : attribute :: benefit : _____
7. ** calm : tumultuous :: responsible : ______
8. ** qualified : incompetent :: disgusting : ______(ing)
9. ** He ________(ed) his success in life to listening to his seventh grade English teacher.
   
10. The prefixes ir-, il-, im- all mean ______. (Bonus: Except in the case of the word immigrant. In that word the first m is taking the place of another letter that really should be there. But that letter, I think, made the word too hard to say, so eventually it was changed to an m. What letter was there first?)

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Bottled Water Part II - The Other Side. "Bottled Water Matters."  Write on a new page in your notebook. Keep all BW stuff in your notebook until I say to tear out and turn in.
1) What do you notice about this website? What is each PICTURE trying to say? What about the title? The url?
2) Now look at the sheet. What do you notice at first glance?
3) Divvy into 7 groups. Each group reads the assigned paragraph and answers the following questions (in writing):

• Who wrote this? What do we know about the author or writers.
• Does the writer (or writers) seem trustworthy? Why?
• What is the claim about bottled water?
• Is the writing serious or funny? Why?
• Does the writing make you have any sort of emotional reaction to it? Why?

3) Reread your assigned paragraph. Find one claim that you find particularly believable and one that you find hard to believe. Make a mini-chart.Quote the claims.

Section Name	Believable Claim	Hard-to-Believe Claim

Norman: An "Ordinary" Man.

• Write down your first thoughts. Are you inclined to believe Norman's story? Why/not?
• Which video do you find more believable? Why?
• Here's the town they're talking about. Do you agree or disagree with the ban? Why?