Wednesday, 12/18/13

Warm Up. Copy 1-7. * = spelling. ** = vocabulary. (8p)
  1. * "life study" = ____
  2. * "together hang thing" = _____
  3. * "before say thing" = _____
  4. * "self life writing" = ______
  5. ** compliment : criticism :: shortage : _______
  6. **  fruitful : barren :: compliant : ______
  7. ** suggest : recommend :: resent : ______
  8. Find a line in Chapter 7 that foreshadows that Alyce would turn out to be the devil and quote it.














Vocabulary Pretest #14. Write the word in your notebook. 


reluctant, intrigue, blight, barren, begrudge, compliant, glutton(y), stupefied, frail, surfeit

  1. reluctant : eager :: nonchalant : _______(ed)
  2. moderation : gluttony :: shortage : _____
  3. He paid the Popple only after being forced to, and even then he did it ______(ingly), grumbling the whole time that it wasn't fair.
  4. When he graduated from MIT with honors, he had a ________ of choices of where to work. He was in demand by everyone.
  5. Which vocabulary word is this picture a good example of?  -------------->
  6. "Q was by far the most beautiful, she thought, even if it could not stand alone and must be accompanied everywhere by the ____ U." (The U goes along willingly.)
  7. (3) When it comes to pizza, I am a bit of a ______, and I always eat a _____ of food, until I have to lie down and nap, somewhat _____ by the fullness of my belly.
  8. Alyce did not know that Magister Reese had long watched her, and he had wondered what could so _____ a person so young. How could she be so "damaged?"
  9. "...judging from the words pouring forth from her mouth with none to listen, (she) would not be ________ to talk to Alyce" about Edward.
  10. He was very weak and ______ before he buffed up at the gym.
  11. (2) After the _____, the lemon orchard survived, but it was ________ and could no longer produce fruit.
  12. The 1-10 rating system helps make a class more _______ for the guest teacher.




Alyce...

A taste of medieval life.