Wednesday, 3/12/14
Grammar Rock Request Time: Any rerun except "Adjectives." Or we could ask the Raffle King.

Warm Up. Please read the instructions carefully as they will not be read aloud.
For 1-3, write the incorrectly spelled word correctly or write "all correct."
(Hint: All of the misspelled words are exceptions to the "drop the e" rule.)
Copy 4-6. For 7- 10, write the word and the part of speech based on its use in the sentence.
 * = part of speech.  ** = vocabulary.  Collaboration: OK.

1. a) desirable b) wasting c) becoming d) couragous e) all correct 
2. a) statement b) reservation c) expensive d) arguement e) all correct
   
3. a) truely b) joking c) changeable d) famous e) all correct
4. ** humble : ______ :: traditional : _______ (2)
5. ** disease : _______ :: rudeness : ______  (2)
   
6. ** trade : ______ :: transfix : _______  (2)
   He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.
   
7. was: _____ *
8. we: _____*
9. hasty: _____*
10. retreat: _____*

Vladek Quiz. Chapter 5 for those classes far enough along. Write the answer.

1. Why might Vladek be more attached to things than to people?
   
2. Why does Artie put himself in a prison in "Prisoner from Hell Planet"? (What is he a prisoner of?)
   
3. Why is Vladek unfriendly to Artie on page 98?
   
4. What does Mala say about how "Prisoner..." showed the way things were when Anja died?
   
5. What possession of Anja's is Artie so interested in finding?
   
6. (2) How does Richieu die? Why that way?
   
7. How did Vladek and co. get caught in their attic bunker?
   
8. Being called a kombinator is a compliment. a) True b) False

Vladek aloud. Literally.

OK. Why the animals?