“Sentence Soup, 10/10.”

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“Apostrophes Pretest, 10/10.” Clicker Up!

1. _____ llama was selected for the fair.  a) Charles’  b) Charles’s  c) Charle’s   d) NOTA
2. I got all ____ on my report card.  a) A’s  b) As  c) ‘A’s  d) NOTA
3. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to students. (More than one.)  a) teacher’s  b) teachers  c) teachers’s  d) teachers’  e) NOTA
4. _____ llama is that?  a) whose  b) who’se  c) who’s  d) NOTA
5. I think that llama is _____.   a) they’re  b) theres  c) their’s  d) theirs  e) NOTA
6. The ____ softball team mascot is a llama.  a) women’s  b) woman’s  c) womens’s  d) NOTA
7. I think ____ going to be OK. a) there  b) their  c) they’re  d) NOTA
8. I saw at least five _____ in Las Vegas.   a) Elvis’s  b) Elviss  c) Elvises’  d) Elvises  e) Elvi   f) NOTA
9. The ______ live next door to us.  a) Jones  b) Joneses  c) Jones’  d) Jones’s  e) NOTA
10. The _____ was the best decade for music.   a) 70’s  b) ’70’s  c) 70s  d) ’70s  e) NOTA

“Vocab, 10/10.”
  

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______ (Not dire.)
4. The boy ______(ly) rode his bike into the busy street.
5. The lawyer’s argument was so _____ the jury acquitted his client.
6. The clown _____(tion) filled the parking lot with tiny cars.
7. compelling : boring :: rare: _____
8. “Now, now, don’t be ______. Speak up!”
9. Most stores these days don’t ____ over the price.
10. His _____ facade hid a very dangerous person.
11. gossipy : discreet :: safe : ______
12. The only noun on the list: ______

VOCABULARY RELAY!

The Midwife’s Apprentice.  Takes place ca. 1300.

What’s a midwife?
What’s an apprentice?
What was life like in 1300? We’re going to find out.

After each chapter (usually) we will stop and do a 1-1-1-1:
1 summary sentence, 1 reaction sentence, 1 prediction, 1 curiosity question.

• Summary = What happened.
• Reaction = What you thought and why. (because, since, etc.)
• Prediction = What you think will happen next and why. (because, since, etc.)
• Curiosity Question = What do you just want to know more about just because it seems kinda kewl.

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“Apostrophes, 10/9.”

1. _____ going to the store for llama cheese. (they)
2. _____ going with them?  (who)
3. All the ____ haircuts looked dorky.  (llama)
4. We have three _____ in the class. (Elvis)
5.  _____ not going to believe this! (you)
6. All the _____ costumes were hilarious. (lady)

“Vocab, 10/9.”  Write the word. You will use words more than once.

1. (2) In the fable “The Tortoise and the Hare,” the tortoise is ______ and the hare is ______.
       
2. “Nothing in the mail but junk mail and a death certificate.” _______
3. “Election years are the best time to land–they never notice us in all the _____.”
4. ______
5. ______
6. After he forgot his wife’s birthday, he had to _____ for several days before she forgave him.
7. He practiced the skate trick ______(ly) until he got it right.
8. My mom didn’t find my reasons for “needing” an X-Box13 very _____, so I was denied.
9. He was so hungry that he ate the food, ____ of the mold around the edges.
10. The warnings about the storm were ____. It was clear you needed to take cover.
11. compelling : boring  ::  cordial :  ____
    
12. *______     13. *_____   14.*_____

The Outsiders.
After:

1. (2) Reread the middle paragraph on p179/p155. It’s the one that begins, “Tell Dally.” What is Pony’s purpose in writing this all down? Respond in your notebook. Do not quote; explain! Make sure your answer has at least one of the following words in it:  because, although, since, even though.
2. Place the following events on a Plot Mountain diagram:
   • Dally’s death
   • Bob’s death
   • P & J cutting their hair
   • The rumble
   • The hearing
   • Revealing that the book is Pony’s theme for English
   • Dally hassling the girls
   • The fire in the church

Time? S E Hinton profile.