Thursday, 10/17/13
Due Today: Sentence Combining on a separate sheet. Have that out on your desk during the warm up.
Due Tomorrow: KBARR + Spelling Crossword.

Tomorrow's Test:
Spelling - Study the words you missed. SSI 5x each.
Vocabulary - See the pretest/homework.
Apostrophes - Pink sheet.
Warm Up Reruns - Especially the literary ones.
Sentence Combining
Husker Du - One question from each of the last few tests.
Outsiders - Open book.

"Warm Up, 10/17/13."  Write the ANSWER. * = Spelling.  ** = Vocabulary.
  1.  * rigid : flexible :: optional : _______
  2. * high school : teacher :: university : ________
  3. * unhappy : miserable :: various : ________
  4. ** The movie was so scary the feeling of fear in the theater was ________ .
  5. ** The fan _______(ed) her way into the concert without a ticket by flirting with the security guard.
  6. ** Mr. Coward was _______ when he saw the 5/10 rating from the guest teacher!

  7. "I killed him," he said slowly, "I killed that boy."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) metaphor  g) foreshadowing
  8. The following quote from Pony is an example that demonstrates which conflict in The Outsiders?  "That didn't make me feel so hot." (in biology class)  a) Pony vs. Darry  b) greasers vs. Socs  c) Dally vs. the world  d) Pony vs. Pony  e) Pony vs. the world  f) Pony vs. the Socs
  9. "I can't believe little ol' Johnny could kill someone."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA
  10. "He looked like I felt when I saw that boy doubled up and still in the moonlight."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA
Apostrophes III. How many s's do we get? (Find the mistakes!)

With your (non-moving) partner, do part A and B on p209.
DO NOT WRITE OUT THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH IN PART B! Just write the possessive word for each phrase. Number them 1-7.
Circle the following on p209 for a pretest: A1, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, B1, B3, B4, B7.  Correct the rest.  Click it!

  1. A1 - a) its  b) it's  c) its'
  2. A4 - a) Joyce's  b) Joyces'  c) NOTA
  3. A5 - a) Carlos's  b) Carlos'  c) NOTA
  4. A6 - a) who's  b) who'se  c) whose  d) whos'
  5. A7 - a) it's  b) its'  c) cant  d) NOTA
  6. A9 - a) childrens'  b) childrens's  c) children's d) NOTA
  7. B1 - a) my friends' Maria's hobby  b) my friend Maria's hobby  c) my friend's Maria hobby  d) NOTA
  8. B3 - a) the newspaper critics review    b) the newspaper critics' review  c) the newspaper critic's review  d) NOTA
  9. B4 - a) Marias' goal  b) Marias goal  c) Maria's goal  d) NOTA
  10. B7 - a) a theater-lovers nightmare  b) a theater-lovers's nightmare  c) a theater-lover's nightmare  d) NOTA
You need 23/26 to qualify for an exemption.

Sentence Combining. 

Example Paragraph: 
     Chuckie, the class clown, bounces wildy in his desk as he clucks like a chicken. His fingers make scratching sounds as they claw the battered desktop. Then a stern voice freezes his disturbing behavior. He spins around, raises his eyebrows, and asks, "Who me?"  His teacher, a very quiet woman with karate experience, appears unamused. She advances down the aisle slowly, quietly, dangerously.


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