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Wednesday, 5/25: YEE #4, Vocabulary + Relay, Tom Sawyer

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocabulary + Tom Sawyer. YEE #5 also.

YEE #4.
“Alternative Bonus, 5/25.” (For those who have completed their YEE obligation. Start a separate sheet of paper for ALL bonus opportunities, and turn it in at the end. All dates and titles must be in place to receive credit.)

  1. What heavy six letter word can you take one letter away from and have eight left?
  2.  You are in a mountain cabin, and it is freezing and dark. The cabin has an old gas lantern, a wood burning stove, and an oil burning heater. You have only one match. Which do you light first?
  3. A fish weighs 10 pounds plus half its weight. How much does it weigh?(Not a trick; just math.)
  4. A house painter paints numbers on all the new houses in a neighborhood from 1-100. How many times does he have to paint the digit 9? (Not a trick; I’m just betting you can’t count.)
  5. Which is smallest? nobis, nettikt, wrothag, useom, irgafef
  6. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.

 

 

“Vocabulary, 5/25.”
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Not loathe.)
  4. _____ (Not loathe.)
  5. obvious : furtive :: idol : _____ (Not loathe.)
  6. The players mobbed each other ___(ally) after they won the World Series.
  7. She ______(ly) passed the note during class so the teacher wouldn’t see.
  8. Tom is often whipped for his _____ behavior.
  9. The Nazis were guilty of ______(some) crimes.
  10. Aunt Polly was very _____(ful) as she questioned Tom, trying to get him to admit he cut school.
  11. (2) Tom _____(s) work; he finds it ______.

 

The FINAL VOCABULARY RELAY!

Tom Sawyer and the Fence!

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What’s wrong with this picture?

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 5/24 (11): YEE #3, Vocabulary, Tom Sawyer!

Yee #3.

“Vocabulary, 5/24.”
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. In the Peanuts cartoons, the adults don’t really speak, they just ______.
  6. He was so cocky, he talked in a ______ tone  to everyone.
  7. There used to be a brand of aspirin called _______; presumably because it would “defeat” your headache.
  8. While you are in detention, you are supposed to ______  what you have done wrong.
  9. It was Dally’s quick thinking and _____ that sent the fuzz to Texas looking for the boys.
  10. Jimmy was a ___ on the team after he blew the game with an error.
  11. (2) If there’s one thing teachers ______, it is students being _______. (Not condescending.)

 

Tom Sawyer!

What would you have done for fun in 1840?

Author’s Preface.

Chapter 1, 2.