Month: May 2017

Prep sheet for Test 32.

Mental Floss.

1. There was a man who fell over 50 stories, without anything to slow his descent, and landed without any injuries, alive. How did he survive?
2. The cost of making only the maker knows,
   Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded.
   A poor man may give one as easily as a king.
   When one is broken, pain and deceit are assured.
   What am I?
3. What word is missing? begin, inch, chapel, elastic, ___  ___  ___, cellar, arisen, end
4. Wacky Wordy:
   NO NO NO
   RIGHT
5. Tom Sawyer Anagrams:  a) Tall Pun Yo   b) Hamsters Cool (Technically not a name.) c) Put Off Term
6. Although much water you see,
   by definition, “desert” fits me.
   In the winter I double in size,
   but staying away is a word for the wise.
   I am very windy, that is a clue,
   What am I? Good luck to you. (Alert: geography.)

Test 32!

Tomorrow’s Test: Grammar (study “Husker Du, 5/3”), Vocab + SAWs (duh), Tom Sawyer (can’t really study for this part).

“Vocab, 5/4.” Once each. Flourish once each definition. One SAW.

1. Let’s hope that tomorrow’s test scores aren’t ______(ly) low.
2. You don’t have to be ______ to already know what’s going to be on tomorrow’s test.
3. You don’t have to _____ it to have a copy of tomorrow’s test in advance.
4. So you should be able to _____(ly) prepare.
5. “The sheriff came through, _____(ly) leading Potter by the arm.”
6. Please do not be a _____ and cheat on tomorrow’s test.
7. When we go over vocab, I am not just _____(ing), I am trying to help you get it right on the test.
8. If you study, your grade will _____.
9. Huck thought Tom was a(n) ______ writer after he heard the oath Tom wrote.
10. The movie star was at the _____ of her popularity when she died suddenly.
11. Among the mothers of St. Petersburg, Huck Finn is a _____.
12. With a _____, the magician pulled a pigeon out of his hat.
13. The villagers thought Muff was being _____ for returning to the scene of the crime.

VOCABULARY RELAY!

Book Pitch!

Tom Sawyer

Book Pitch starts tomorrow! Videos will roll @ Open House!

“Husker Du, 5/3.” (12)

1. The only kind of word that takes an article in front of it.
2. An article is a type of ____.
3. The possessive kind don’t need apostrophes.
4. In the sentence, He ran there, the word there is a(n) ______.
5. (2) Can be “intensified” by an adverb.
6. The main one in a sentence is also known as the predicate.
7. The words am, is, are, was, were are all _____(s).
8. In the sentence, He ran with scissors, the word with is a(n) _______.
9. In many languages other than English, this comes AFTER the noun instead of before, as in English
10. (3) Use the word running in three different sentences: once as a verb, once as an adjective, and once as a noun.

“Vocabulary, 5/3.” One SAW.
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. obvious : hidden :: idol : _____
7. Third period’s ______ behavior for the sub earned them a rating of 3. (not miscreant)
8. The prefix of this word means all or everything. _____
9. Rome was at the _____ of its power around 235 AD. It was all downhill from there.
10. In Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain is a 3rd person, ______ narrator.
11. Sometimes you don’t have to speak to be _____; even a look can say a lot.
12. After his victory, he paraded around _____(ly) wearing his gold medal.
13. She signed her autograph with a fancy _____.

“Tom Sawyer Quiz, 5/3.” Open book, closed neighbor.

1. Which of the boys is more scared in the graveyard?
2. Why does Injun Joe kill Doc Robinson?
3. Injun Joe knows the boys witnessed the murder, and is out to get them. a) True b) False
4. “Oh, Joe, you’re an angel. I’ll bless you for this the longest day I live.”  Who’s talking?
5. Why is he so grateful?
6. (p71) “…maybe that whack done for him!”  Translate.
7. Who is Bull Harbison?
8. According to the boys’ oath, what will happen if they tell on Injun Joe?

Chapter 11 –>