Wednesday, 10/23/13 - Due Today: Vocabulary (+ AW Sentences if SSI.)
"Academic Words IV-III, 10/23/13." Copy 1-6 only. { } = Do not copy.
attribute, confer, institute, criteria, element, framework, despite, hence, tradition
- {After the disputed call}...the referees all _____(ed), {and they finally decided the play would stand}.
- _____ studying all night, he still failed...{the test.}
- Mr. Coward _______(ed) a new fine...{of a dollar for failing to bring your homework.}
- The tea ceremony was a _____...{handed down through his family for generations}.
- The plan had only four _______(s).
- Your skeleton is the ________ of your body.
philosophy, hence, concentrate, contrast, attribute, adequate, equate - "He always had to get his two-bits' worth in. ____ his name."
- Ouch! From the looks of the grade, it doesn't look like you did ____ preparation for the test.
- The Red Cross volunteers decided to _____ their efforts on the worst-hit areas first.
- Mr. McCheese's style __________(s) sharply with that of Mrs. ElQueso. He never lets us jabber like that.
Copy and finish the following statement about the color red. - Although I...
Color Justification Essay. Rough draft due next Tuesday, 10/29.
First Example + Rubric
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
- Sometimes Jhonny had ____, and would
get up and look at the stars in the middle of the night. a)
dissent b) revelation c) insomnia d) fluster e)
scapegoat
- The replays
of the auto wreck _____ TV watchers all over the country. a)
assented b) transfixed c) insomnia d)
revelation e) scapegoated
- "You're
standing here all set to crucify--all set to find a _____--all
desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor." a)
fluster b) revelation c) metamorphosis d)
idiosyncrasy e) scapegoat
- "They'll
probably think we're crazy or something. A little power failure and
right away we get all ____ (ed) and everything." a) assent
b) revelation c) metamorphosis d) fluster e) scapegoat
- "In
this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward
performing a _______ that changes people from a group into a
mob." a) persistent b) revelation c)
metamorphosis d) idiosyncrasy e) transfixed
- Almost
everybody has one or more _____(s) that people who don't know them
would consider "weird." a) dissent b) assent c)
metamorphosis d) idiosyncrasy e) scapegoat
- The
little boy is very ____; when he wants something, he keeps trying and
trying. a) persistent b) revelation c) flustered d)
idiosyncrasy e) transfixed
- The
last book of the Bible is called ______(s), and it's where the writer
reveals visions of the end of the world. a) scapegoat b)
revelation c) fluster d) idiosyncrasy e) transfix
- Congress
passed the bill unanimously, without _______. a)
persistent b) revelation c) flustered d) assent
e) dissent
- Though third
period was very _________ in their begging, Mr. Coward... a)
dissent b) transfixed c) flustered d)
persistent e) revelation
- ...refused
to _________ to their requests. a) flustered b)
revelation c) dissent d) assent e) fluster
- In
professional sports, the coach is often the ____ for a team's bad
performance, even if it isn't always his fault. a)
metamorphosis b) revelation c) flustered d)
idiosyncrasy e) scapegoat
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