Tuesday, 10/25: Spelling, Vocab, Scramble, TMA

“Spelling, 10/25” COPY!!

  1. refusal : cooperation :: childishness : _____
  2. rewrite : revision :: story : ______ 
  3. purpose : function :: guideline : _______
  4. locker : storage :: _____ : security
  5. soldier : obedient :: artist : _____
  6. What spelling rule do these words follow?

“Vocab, 10/25.” Write the vocab word. Yes, you might use words more than once.
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, transgression, aghast, ebb, boon, stanch

 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. 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?)
  6. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
  7. The murder mystery was full of _____ and twists and turns in the plot.
  8. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
  9. Interest in fidget spinners has ____(ed) considerably from its peak a few years ago.
  10. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)
  11. Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be.
  12. (2) The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward.

“Scramble, 10/25.” (teemed = was full of) (p75 – 2nd paragraph)
Bonus: The original actually has a mistake. What is it?

  • and the inn teemed
  • or coming home
  • soon it was Christmas
  • going away
  • with folk

“TMA, 10/25.”

  1. On p26, what does the word “laden” mean? (middle paragraph)
  2. Why does the merchant give Beetle the comb? (p29)
  3. What is the “heat and light within” Beetle on p32 referring to?