Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du (like the Warm Up), Punctuation (like the Warm Up), Spelling (like the practices this week), Vocab (duh), and TMA.
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“Warm Up, 10/27.” Answer, not letter.
- Copy and punctuate: what did you do asked the llama seriously it looks bad
- The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction. a) simple b) compound c) complex
- The llama stays by the table because it expects snacks. a) simple b) compound c) complex
- The upstairs library is a great place for quiet study and relaxing. N:___ V:___ AJ:___ AV:___
- it. a) 1st person b) 2nd person c) 3rd person d) not a person
- Pony and Two-Bit visit Johnny in the hospital. (Plot Mountain)
“Spelling, 10/27.” For 1-5 COPY the correctly-spelled choice.
- a) beleivable b) believeable c) believible d) believable e) NOTA
- a) seperately b) separatly c) separately d) seprately e) NOTA
- a) movable b) moveable c) movible d) moveible e) NOTA
- a) ignerance b) ignorance c) ignorence d) ignorince e) NOTA
- a) recquirement b) requirment c) recquirment d) requiremint e) NOTA
- a) maturity b) narative c) creative d) all correct
- The reason we don’t drop the last e from a word like positive before we add an ending like -ly, is that… a) Positive ends with a consonant sound. b) The ending-lyends with an y. c) The ending -ly begins with a consonant d) The ending -ly makes it an adjective. e) NOTA
Spelling Bee! By groups (sorta).
- Pick one from the group to go first round.
- If the group survives the first round, it picks another rep for round two.
- One misspelled word = elimination.
- Group(s) left at the end when all words are used wins bonus.
- Class with fewest eliminations also gets a bump.
“Vocab, 10/27.”
- After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach, they _____(ed) through the sand until they found it.
- I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.
- Our initial excitement _____(ed) when we saw the huge lines.
- All the people who were mean to Alyce were punished for their secret _____(s).
- In medieval times, having twin calves was considered a _____, while twin children was a curse.
- “Why don’t you get a job?” asked Steve. “What?!” Two-Bit was _____. “And ruin my rep?”
- While the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants, many people today are trying to _____ the flow of people into the country.
- The root of this word meant “to tangle or plot.”
- The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.” (It shares this root with a similar-sounding word that means “to catch.”
- The root of this word meant “to cringe” or “to flatter.”
- The root of this word meant “request for a favor.”
- The root of this word meant “watertight.”
- The root of this word meant “ghost.”
“TMA, 10/27.”
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- What is a lout?
- Why does Jane the Midwife not notice that Alyce is gaining skills and respect in the village?
- Why does Alyce not notice that Alyce is gaining skills and respect in the village?
- Why does Alyce deliver the bailiff’s wife’s baby, instead of the midwife?
- What prompted Alyce’s first smile? (Be careful!)
Aloud through Chapter 11.