Checking definitions and 1-1-1’s.

“Husker Du, 3/10.” Period One – Test #7.  Answer, not letter.
a) adversary  b) aplomb  c) banish  d) grueling  e) perceive  f) disdain  g) dispel   h) engross   i) diminish  j) exhilarate

• 4. One of the themes of The Outsiders is that what you ______ is not necessarily what the reality is.
  
• 5. The amount of crime _____(ed) when police started patrolling the neighborhood more often.
• 6. The root origin of this word meant “turned against.”  ________
• 10. The prefix of this word means across or through: _____. a) sufficient  b) design  c) feature  d) valid  e) transfer  f) NOTA
• 19. That embarrassing moment when you realize that your llama just wrote a run on sentence.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence  d) NOTA
• Unscramble into one smooth sentence. Do not add or subtract any words. Punctuate!
  * her creamed corn  * yelling  * at the baby sitter  * onto the floor  *  Jennifer flipped

“Husker Du, 3/10.” Period Two and Six – Test #18. Answer, not letter.
a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) consign  h) agitate  i) sanction

• 2. Some people think that the Narnia series is a religious  ____, with Aslan the lion representing Christ.
• 8. After three warnings, Joel was _____(ed) to the “naughty chair.”
• 9. The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump it.
• 17. ID: Srodula.  a) A death camp like Auschwitz  b) a city in Germany  c) where Vladek’s factory was  d) the Jewish council  e) the Jewish ghetto where Vladek hid  f) NOTA
• 21. What was Artie a prisoner of in “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”?  a) sadness  b) joy  c) guilt  d) loneliness  e) The Nazis  f) NOTA
• Unscramble into one smooth sentence. Do not add or subtract any words. Punctuate!
  * her creamed corn  * yelling  * at the baby sitter  * onto the floor  *  Jennifer flipped

“Husker Du, 3/10.” Period Five – Test #21. Answer, not letter.
a) infringe  b) exasperate  c) unscrupulous  d) reprieve  e) profound  f) indolent  g) conspicuous  h) tentative  i) haphazard  j) relinquish

• 6. Some thought that the new law would _____ upon their right to protest, and they protested that.
• 8. If you searched more systematically, instead of so _____(ly), you might find what you’re looking for.
• 11. Spell the wrong one correctly.   a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
• 16. The roots of this word mean “of the present time.” _____   a) frivolous  b) exploit  c) contemporary  d) abandon  e) dramatic  f) NOTA
• 22. You join two Independent Clauses they are joined improperly. a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex  d) Fragment   e) Run-on  f) NOTA
• Unscramble into one smooth sentence. Do not add or subtract any words. Punctuate!
  * her creamed corn  * yelling  * at the baby sitter  * onto the floor  *  Jennifer flipped

“Vocab, 3/10.”
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. We spent the evening playing ______ Pursuit, trying to answer obscure questions.
6. After the death of his brother, he sat _____(ing) in his room wondering whether it was his fault.
7. Mr. Coward does not put up with _______ speech in his classroom.
8. It is difficult to _____ accurately about the future because things are changing so rapidly.
9. (2) Santa Claus is usually portrayed as a _____, smiling, fat man with a very pleasant ______.
10. With care, feeding, and love, the little puppy ____(ed).
11. The root of this word meant “to look” and “watchtower.” _____

Checking 600 Words. 3/3 – 3/10 are acceptable dates.

While I check, write on this: Speculate on the 5 W’s for the Community: Why? Where? When? What? Who? What makes you think so?

“Giver 14-15.” ANSWER, not letter.

1. What makes Jonas feel “desperately lonely”?
2. The Giver tells Jonas that the memories of pain and suffering give them _____.
3. What memory was the strongest when the Elders sought the Giver’s advice about increasing the birthrate?  __________
4. What power did Jonas discover that “frightened” him?
5. Why does The Giver give Jonas the memory of war?  a) He thinks Jonas is ready for it. b) He thinks Jonas doesn’t understand how hard the job will be.  c) The Giver couldn’t handle all the pain.  d) The Giver thought Jonas would find it interesting.  e) He thinks there might be a war coming.  f) NOTA
6. What does the boy in the war memory ask for?  a) Death.  b) Relief from pain.  c) Water.  d) Food.  e) Comfort.  f) NOTA
   

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7. BONUS: What war is it that Jonas experiences?

Chapter 16…

Copy homework into planner.

“AW’s, 3/9.”

generate (verb): to produce
derive (verb): to obtain from
advantage (noun): quality that gives someone a better chance than others
consume (verb): to use up
contaminate (verb): to poison; to pollute

WHEEL OF DOOM!

“Husker Du 3/9.” Period One – Test #

“Husker Du 3/9.” Period Two – Test #

“Husker Du 3/9.” Period Five – Test #

“Husker Du 3/9.” Period Six – Test #

Debrief Test #25. Not too bad!

Dah Givah, chapter 14…