“Spelling, 10/25” COPY!!
- refusal : cooperation :: childishness : _____
- rewrite : revision :: story : ______
- purpose : function :: guideline : _______
- locker : storage :: _____ : security
- soldier : obedient :: artist : _____
- 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
- _____
- _____
- _____
- _____
- 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?)
- We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
- The murder mystery was full of _____ and twists and turns in the plot.
- The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
- Interest in fidget spinners has ____(ed) considerably from its peak a few years ago.
- We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)
- Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be.
- (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.”
- On p26, what does the word “laden” mean? (middle paragraph)
- Why does the merchant give Beetle the comb? (p29)
- What is the “heat and light within” Beetle on p32 referring to?