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Your “Fun” should be posted to your blog or in the basket by the end of the day. Right now I am checking vocabulary definitions.

Apostrophes. Follow the directions exactly. No hints. No help.

1. Fold the pink sheet in half along the line below the word supplementary.
2. Fill in name and date on Apostrophes sheet.
3. Read the lesson on “Apostrophes.”
4. On the sheet, number the three uses of apostrophes: 1, 2, 3.
5. Follow the directions for the “Using Apostrophes” section and do 1-15.
6. For #2 and #3 in the “Using Apostrophes” section, write which use (1, 2, 3) of the apostrophe is demonstrated. (For example, sentence #1 has an example of the second (2) use of apostrophes.)
7. When you are sure your whole group is finished doing everything above, raise your hand.
8. You start with 25 points. Subtract 1 for each instruction not followed and each wrong answer.
9. You have 10 minutes. Go.

 

“Vocab Practice, 10/13.” Write the vocab word. Yes, you might use words more than once.

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
7. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
8. (2) The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward.
9. (2) Another name for detention might be “____ behavior _____(ment).” (Bonus: What’s this kind of expression called? Or give another example.)
10. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)

 

The Outsiders.

 

Copy homework into planner.

Warm Up, 10/12: Apostrophes I. COPY and fill in the blank with the correct answer.

1. Spend as long washing ____ hands…  a) you’re b) your  c) your’e    d) Something else: write it.
2. …as it takes to say the _____.   a) ABC’s  b) ABCs  c) Something else: write it.
3. ______ suggestion was good. a) Carlos’s  b) Carlos’  c) something else   (His name is Carlos, not Carlo.)
4. She is part of the ______ team.  a) womans’  b) womens’  c) women’s  d) womens’s
5. We had four ______ in class.  a) Jake’s  b) Jakes’  c) Jakes’s  d) Jakes
6. The ____ clothes are on the second floor.   a) children’s  b) childrens  c) childrens’  d) childrens’s
7. Five ____ parents will be guests of honor.  a) student’s  b) students’  c) students’s

 

Go over Test #7.

 

The Outsiders!

Prep sheet for Test #7:

PLEASE NOTE:
Please add your score on the
OUTSIDERS CH 6 Quiz: ___/12.
Warm Ups: 10/6: ____/10  10/7: ____/10   10/8: ____/10
FOR THE WARM UPS, ONLY RECORD HOW MUCH EXTRA CREDIT YOU EARNED.
Vocabulary Practices: 10/6: ___/10  10/7: ___/11
DO NOT INCLUDE YESTERDAY’S PRETEST (10/8) UNLESS YOU EARNED EXTRA CREDIT. (see below)
Vocabulary Homework: ____/20
Other Extra Credit may include… +1, +2 or +3 for Vocab Pretest. Period 3 should put “+3 Vocab Relay” (again).

Mental Floss.

Test #7

Doodle Theme: The Future: 2065!

Tomorrow’s Test: Roots, Vocabulary, Literary Shtuff, Outsiders, Husker Du.

Checking: Roots word lists.

“Warm Up, 10/8.” What are the literal meanings of these words, by their roots’ definitions?

1. telescope
2. geography
3. benefactor
4. projector
5. autobiography
6. homophone
7. microbiology
8. subject
9. geometry
10. interjection

 

Vocabulary Relay! Can Period Three get their groove back? Will Period Five stay on top? Will Period One crawl out of the basement? Can Period Four ever stop tying?

 

“Vocabulary Pretest, 10/8.” 13/13 = Exempt for test and +3. 12/13 = +2.  10 or 11/13 = +1. No cheat sheets. No help. 8 minutes.
adversary, aplomb, banish, grueling, concoction, disdain, dispel, engross, diminish, exhilarate, perceive

1. The good experience ____(ed) some of our fears about the process.
2. We sat there, ___(ed) in his fascinating shipwreck tale.
3. It was a(n) _____(ing) roller coaster ride;  exited with smiles on our faces.
4. As the snowfall ____(ed), we were finally able to see the road.
5. The theme of Richard Cory is that what you ______ is not necessarily what the reality is.
6. With ____, the bomb expert quickly defused the deadly device.
7. The atheist’s book aims to ____the notion of a heavenly afterlife. (not diminish)
8. Dally obviously has great _____ for the law and tries to circumvent it as often as he can.
9. The three hour Advanced Placement test was very _____. She took a long nap afterward.
10. He was ___(ed) to his room until his homework was finished.
11. bored : engrossed :: relaxing : ______
12. (2) He tricked his ____ into drinking a poisonous ___.

 

Literary Shtuff Review. Write the ANSWER this time.

1. “Soda was like a long-legged palomino colt that has to get his nose into everything.” a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme
2. “It was almost four months ago…”  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme
3. “I killed him,” he said slowly, “I killed that boy.”  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) metaphor  g) foreshadowing
4. “I know better now.”    a) simile  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f)  foreshadowing
5. (?) Which of the following types of conflict are present in The Outsiders?  Choose all that apply.   a) man vs man  b) man vs society  c) man vs nature  d) man vs himself

 

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Homies!

 

I will be checking Show Me You Know sentences.

“Warm Up, 10/7.” Use your roots sheet. +1 for every 3.

1. “away throw”
2. “into throw”
3. “again throw”
4. “against throw”
5. “earth study”
6. “good making”
7. “tiny look thing”
8. “distant write”
9. “self life writing”
10. “between burst”

 

“Vocab Practice II, 10/7.” Write the word(s). (11p)

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____ (Not aplomb this time.)
5. confused : savvy :: bored : ______(ed) (+1 possible)
6. His feeling of accomplishment was ________(ed) when he found out that EVERYONE received an A on the test.
7. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This means that whoever is doing the _______(ing) is the one judging how beautiful something is.
8. She speaks French and German with equal ______.
9. His political ____(s) tried to prevent him from winning the election.
10. Which word best captures the Soc’s attitude  (attitude!) toward the greasers? ____
11. She tried to _____ all thoughts of him from her mind; she was completely done with him.

 

 

The Outsiders. Literary Shtuff. Open Mouth.

1. 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
2. This kind of conflict is called a(n) _______ conflict.  a) external  b) natural  c) plot  d) internal  e) literary f) NOTA
3. “It amazed me that Johnny could get more meaning …than I could…I was supposed to be the smart one.”  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) theme
4. The part in The Outsiders where Pony gets jumped walking home from the movies would be part of the ___ of the story. a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action
5. “He looked like I felt when I saw that Soc doubled up and still in the moonlight.”  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) simile  d) irony  e)  NOTA
6. “Things are rough all over,” and  “…some of us watch the sunset too.”  a) foreshadowing b) flashback c) protagonist d) irony e) theme  f) metaphor
7. “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
8. “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
9. “I could fall in love with Dallas Winston.”  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme
10. “…half the hoods I know are pretty decent guys…and a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean–but people usually go by looks.”   a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme