Wednesday, 10/16/13
Due Today: Vocabulary.  Due Tomorrow: Sentence Combining. Be sure to read your sentences out loud.
"Warm Up, 10/16/13." Copy. * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary.  { } = Do not copy.
  1. * write out : abbreviate :: minimize : ______
  2. * protagonist : hero :: antagonist : _______
  3. * professor : teach :: ______ : orbit
  4. * climax : end :: exposition : ______
  5. ** calm : apprehensive :: colorful : ______
  6. ** Your story _____(s) me... {tell me more.}
  7. ** The detective ______(ed) through the clues... {to get at the truth}.

"Apostrophes II, 10/16/13." (Solo - Write all the answers first, then we'll click them in..)
  1. The _______ clothes are on the second floor.   a) children's  b) childrens  c) childrens'  d) childrens's
  2. Five _______ parents will be guests of honor.  a) student's  b) students'  c) students's
  3. _______ suggestion was a good one.  a) Carlos's  b) Carlos'  c) something else   (His name is Carlos, not Carlo.)
  4. She is a member of the _______ softball team.  a) womans'  b) womens'  c) women's  d) womens's
  5. The ______ costumes were hilarious.   a) lady's  b) ladies'  c) ladies's   d) ladies  (Several of each.)
  6. There were four ______ in the room.  a) Jake's  b) Jakes'  c) Jakes's  d) Jakes

Go over vocabulary homework.
"Vocabulary Pretest #8, 10/16/13."  Write down the answers first, then we will click in, one at a time.
  1. After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach, they _______(ed) through the sand until they found it.  a) palpable  b) wheedle  c) intrigue  d) ebb  e) sift
  2. The candidate's popularity _________(ed) as scandal after scandal was uncovered.   a) aghast  b) wheedle  c) enhance  d) ebb  e) sift
  3. While Mr. Buffy was in training, he took several different vitamin ___________. a) enhances  b) supplements  c) palpables  d) transgressions  e) intrigues
  4. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  a) enhance  b) wheedle  c) palpable  d) ebb  e) sift   (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
  5. The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward. a) palpable/enhanced   b) nondescript/supplement  c) apprehensive/aghast  d) intrigued/sift  e) aghast/transgression
  6. The new landscaping in front of the house really ______(ed) its value.  a) enhance  b) aghast  c) transgress  d) ebb  e) sift
  7. After testing out several kinds of toilet paper, Mr. Sensitive found that one brand was ____ better than the others for comfort.  a) enhance  b) supplementary  c) palpably  d) transgression  e) aghast
  8. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) aghast
  9. Genevieve's  wardrobe was rather ____ and boring until she went on the show What not to Wear.   a) enhanced    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intriguing  e) supplementary
  10. The class's relief was ____ when Mr. Coward canceled the test. A giant sigh escaped from every student. (Then they woke up.)  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) palpable
  11. I really like mystery novels because of all the adventure and _____.   a) ebb    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) palpable
  12. As a rule, grandparents respond to _____(ing) more than parents do.   a) wheedle    b) ebb  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) sift
  13. Another name for detention might be "______ behavior training."  a) aghast   b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigued  e) supplementary   (Bonus: What's this kind of expression called?)
  14. "Why don't you get a job?"   asked Steve.  "What?" Two-Bit was _____. "And ruin my rep?"   a) enhanced  b) aghast  c) transgress  d) ebbed  e) sifted


The Outsiders... Quiz on Chapter 6. 1-6: closed mouth. 7-10: open mouth. One at a time. (If not already completed.)
  1. Why would Johnny be "having the time of his life" in the church? a) He wants to pay back for what he did to Bob. b) He feels needed for the first time. c) He likes little kids. d) He thinks the cops will go easy on him. e) He secretly wants to die.
  2. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood "studie(s) his wedding ring," what's going on? a) He's thinking about his wife. b) It's still hot from the fire. c) It's stuck, and painful, so he pauses to adjust it. d) He's stalling, trying to think of how to break the news. e) NOTA
  3. It is ironic when Jerry says, "...(we) think you were sent straight from Heaven." a) True b) False
  4. It is ironic that Pony is smoking at the hospital.  a) True b) False
  5. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him? a) When he says, "Oh Ponyboy, your hair..." b) When he reads the letter from Soda. c) When Darry offers him a cigarette. d) When Darry starts crying. e) When he rescues Pony from the fire.
  6. The scene in the church would be considered part of the ________ of the story. a) climax b) inciting action c) exposition d) rising action e) NOTA
  7. "We were careful with our cigarettes--if that old church ever caught fire there'd be no stopping it." a) foreshadowing b) flashback c) protagonist d) irony e) metaphor f) simile g) theme
  8. "I could fall in love with Dallas Winston." a) foreshadowing b) flashback c) protagonist d) irony e) metaphor f) simile g) theme
  9. "Things are rough all over," and  "...some of us watch the sunset too."  a) foreshadowing b) flashback c) protagonist d) irony e) metaphor f) simile g) theme
  10. "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times...you'll have Johnny." a) foreshadowing b) flashback c) protagonist d) irony e) metaphor f) simile g) theme