1. garbage : rot :: ice : _________  |

a) freeze  b) melt  c) water  d) cube  e) break
2. mechanical : ______ :: legal : law

a) mechanic  b) machine  c) lawyer  d) robot  e) None of the above.
3. peel : peeled :: kneel : _______

a) knelt  b) kneeled  c) kneelled  d) kneeleded  e) None of the above.
4. alphabet : letters :: spectrum : _________

a) numbers  b) words  c) stars  d) colors  e) tastes
5. homophones : ______ :: synonyms : _____

a) spelling/sound  b) spelling/meaning  c) meaning/sound  d) sound/meaning  e) sound/spelling

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Bonus: You are in a mountain cabin, and it is freezing and dark. The cabin has an old kerosene lamp, an oil burning heater, and a wood burning stove. You have only one match. Which do you light first?
 

Class Expectations/Just-to-See-if-You-were-Listening Quiz. No copy; just click! You may use your handout, and...

1. How often will we be having spelling/vocabulary quizzes? a) daily. b) weekly.  c) monthly.  d) twice a month. e) twice a week.
2. How often will be having warm ups? a) daily. b) weekly.  c) monthly.  d) twice a month. e) twice a week.
3. What two things should you bring to class every day? a) homework and pencil  b) pen and pencil  c) binder and pencil  d) notebook and something to write with  e) homework and notebook
4. Which of these projects/activities was NOT listed on the expectations sheet?  a) making web pages.  b) doing a research paper.  c) reading aloud to the class  d) playing Jeopardy games.  e) All were listed.
5. Mr. Coward's web site is updated weekly. a) True  b) False
6. Which of these is the most important part of your grade in this class?  a) major exams  b) homework  c) spelling/vocabulary tests  d) projects like the research paper  e) All are equally important.
7. Which of these was NOT listed as a novel we will be reading this year?  a) The Martian Chronicles  b) The Midwife's Apprentice  c) Huck Finn  d) The Outsiders  e) All of these were listed.
8. A tabbed section in your binder is an approved substitute for a spiral notebook. a) True  b) False
9. Part of KBAR is writing a summary of your reading in your notebook. a) True b) False
10. KBAR is something we do four days a week in class.  a) True  b) False
11. Your KBAR book should come from the class list of books.  a) True  b) False
12. a) jealousy  b) parallel  c) diagrammed d) equipt  e) all correct
13. 90% of 50 = _____  a) 5  b) 40  c) 45  d) 46  e) 49
14. A motto is: a) a short poem.  b) a funny saying.  c) words to live by.  d) a story by Langston Hughes.  e) NOTA
15. According to the late work policy, if an assignment is worth 40 points and you are 2 days late with it, how many points would you lose?  a) 20  b) 16  c) 12  d) 8  e) It's too late to turn it in.

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**Bonus.  There is a major mechanical mistake repeated four times in the quiz above. How do we fix it?

Short Explanation Paper assignment due Tuesday.

Delinquent?

Time left?  Sheep! Q/A.
 

EIGHTH GRADE -- Meet in computer lab tomorrow!
Warm Up. Copy (1-5) and Click.

1. adverb : verb :: _________ : adjective  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
2. "How will this _________ my grade?"  a) affect  b) effect
3. comma : phrases :: _________ : clauses  a) comma  b) Santa  c) period  d) semicolon  e) colon
4. I : first person  ::  _______ : third person   a) we  b) you  c) it  d) our  e) NOTA
5. "The Lesson of the Moth" is written in...  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person d) 4th person
6. The part of The Outsiders where Johnny and Dally die would be considered the _________ of the novel.  a) inciting action  b) climax  c) rising action  d) resolution  e) exposition

Class Expectations/Just-to-See-if-You-were-Listening Quiz. No copy; just click! You may use your handout, and...

1. How often will we be having spelling/vocabulary quizzes? a) daily. b) weekly.  c) monthly.  d) twice a month. e) twice a week.
2. How often will be having warm ups? a) daily. b) weekly.  c) monthly.  d) twice a month. e) twice a week.
3. What two things should you bring to class every day? a) homework and pencil  b) pen and pencil  c) binder and pencil  d) notebook and something to write with  e) homework and notebook
4. Which of these projects/activities was NOT listed on the expectations sheet?  a) making web pages.  b) doing a research paper.  c) reading aloud to the class  d) playing Jeopardy games.  e) All were listed.
5. Mr. Coward's web site is updated weekly. a) True  b) False
6. Which of these is the most important part of your grade in this class?  a) major exams  b) homework  c) spelling/vocabulary tests  d) projects like the research paper  e) All are equally important.
7. Which of these was NOT listed as a novel we will be reading this year?  a) "The Pearl"  b) "Nothing but the Truth"  c) "Huck Finn"  d) "The Call of the Wild"  e) All of these were listed.
8. A tabbed section in your binder is an approved substitute for a spiral notebook. a) True  b) False
9. Part of KBAR is writing a summary of your reading in your notebook. a) True b) False
10. KBAR is something we do four days a week in class.  a) True  b) False
11. Your KBAR book should come from the class list of books.  a) True  b) False
12. a) begining b) happening  c) traveled  d) traveling  e) all correct
13. 90% of 50 = _____  a) 5  b) 40  c) 45  d) 46  e) 49
14. According to the late work policy, if an assignment is worth 40 points and you are 2 days late with it, how many points would you lose?  a) 20  b) 16  c) 12  d) 8  e) It's too late to turn it in.

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**Bonus.  There is a major mechanical mistake repeated four times in the quiz above. How do we fix it?
 

"Decision." Autobiographical short essay. Approx. 300 words. It's a rough draft, but use ink on a separate sheet. Approx. 3 paragraphs. Due Tuesday, 8/31.
Start with the action!

1. Show an important choice you made (or didn't make)..
2. Show how you decided (your thought processes, what went through your head).
3. Show how you feel about it now.

Time left?  Sheep! Q/A.