Wednesday, 4/10: Warm Up, Husker Du, Vocab, BOB

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“Warm Up, 4/10.” If you finish quickly do another class’s words for extra credit.

Period One: Write an SMYK sentence that contains BOTH infer and savvy.
Period Three: Write an SMYK sentence that contains BOTH adversary and aplomb.
Period Four: Write an SMYK sentence that contains BOTH skeptical and disreputable.
Period Five: Write an SMYK sentence that contains BOTH vain and patronize.
Period Six: Write an SMYK sentence that contains BOTH implore and leery.


“Husker Du, 4/10”

Period 1 – Test #1: 15-19
Period 3 – Test #7: 18-23
Period 4 – Test #8: 10, 16-19
Period 5 – Test #5: 8, 9, 16-18
Period 6 – Test #4: 17-21


“Vocab 4/10.”  solicitous, peevish, ruminate, elixir, discerning, eclipse, tedious, abstain, furtive, intrepid
  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. People have been searching forever for a(n) _____ to make us forever young.
  5. The factory work was repetitive and _____, but it was better than no job at all.
  6. The ___ was a common name for ships and now spacecraft.
  7. I am forever ____ when you say “I’m sorry” because you aren’t really; you’re just sorry you got caught.
  8. Please ____ from rude comments during the presentation.
  9. Long ago MySpace was ____(ed) by Facebook.
  10. The root of this word meant “agitated or anxious.”
  11. The root of this word meant “theft.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to separate apart.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “not alarmed.”

Correct Yesterday’s BOB work:

  • Circle and label the OPPOSING VIEWPOINT in paragraphs 10 1nd 11.
  • Circle and label her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • Circle and label the LOADED LANGUAGE she used to help her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • DO p281
  • DO p282, #1 and #5
  • READ p284 and DO the following 5 questions where you have space on the page. Which word has the more NEGATIVE connotation?
    1. dark v. ominous
    2. slim/scrawny
    3. pasty/fair (?!)
    4. throbbing/painful
    5. dangerous/risky

p285: Write 1 complex sentence and then turn it into a compound sentence. Use the box.

 

“Let Robots Take to the Stars” p286.

Read and follow annotation directions, p286 —>