Wednesday, 10/18: Spelling, Punctuation, Vocab, TMA

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“Spelling, 10/18.” Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! For #6, write the answer not the letter!

  1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) believable  d) all correct
  2. a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
  3. a) cooperation  b) maturaty  c) ignorance  d) all correct
  4. a) movable  b) narritive  c) creative  d) all correct
  5. “______ is bliss.”
  6. The reason we drop the last e from a word like store  before we add an ending like age  is that… a) Store ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending age  also ends with an e.  c) The ending age  begins with a consonant  d) The ending age  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending age  begins with a vowel.

“Punctuation, 10/18.” Copy and Punctuate. Bonus:  Rewrite each one in a different order.

  1. out of all my students JP is my fave said mrs llama
  2. he is a hard-working diligent lad she said and he does his homework
  3. you don’t believe me do you she asked

“Vocab, 10/18.”  intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____ (Not enhance.)
  5. I’m not paranoid! I’m _____ about being apprehended!
  6. The fan ____(ed) her way into the sold-out concert by flirting with the security guard.
  7. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.
  8. Since 1967, cigarette smoking has ___(ed)  to its lowest rate ever.
  9. They had to close the gates to ____ the flow of llamas into the stadium.
  10. The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.” (It shares this root with a similar-sounding word that means “to catch.” HINT HINT)
  11. The root of this meant “noisy.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to tangle or to plot.”
  13. The root of these words meant “watertight.”

“TMA, 10/17.”

What do you think our main conflict will be? What makes you think so?