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October 17, 2024 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Thursday, 10/17: Review, Spelling, Vocab, MwA

Tomorrow’s Test: Remarkably similar to today plus book questions. Preview here after Period 4.

OUTSIDERS PROJECTS ARE DUE TOMORROW!

Checking SMYK.


“Review, 10/17.” Write ANSWER.

  1. The llama stays by the table unless it expects snacks. S/CD/CX? Why?
  2. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  S/CD/CX? Why?
  3. Suddenly the whole village saw witches and devils everywhere, and fear lived in every cottage.  S/CD/CX? Why?
  4. Up, up, and away went my beautiful llama balloon.  S/CD/CX? Why?
  5. Beetle patiently endured their taunts and mean insults in silence.
    a) patiently:     b) their:     c) mean:     d) in:     e) silence:
  6. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person
  7. Pony threatens the Socs.  (Plot Mountain)

“Spelling, 10/17.” COPY THE CORRECT VERSION!

  1. a) beleivable  b) believeable  c) believible  d) believable
  2. a) seperately  b) separatly  c) separately  d) seprately
  3. a) movable  b) movble  c) movible  d) moveible
  4. a) ignerance  b) ignorance  c) ignerence  d) ignorince
  5. a) narritive  b) narative  c) narrative  d) naritive
  6. 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-ly ends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA

 


“Vocab, 10/17.” 
    
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. While the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants, many people today are trying to _____ the flow of people into the country.
  7. After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach, they _____(ed) through the sand until they found it.
  8. Our initial excitement _____(ed) when we saw the huge lines.
  9. Cherry was being _____ when she pretended that Pony and Johnny both looked 16.  (Not sham.)
  10. The roots of this word mean “well (good) wishing.” _____
  11. The root of this word meant “to cringe” or “to flatter.” _____
  12. The root of this word meant “elevate.” _____
  13. The root of this word meant “embarrassment.”  _____ (Hint: What’s another word for embarrassment?)

“MwA Quiz, 10/17.  (Chapter 4) ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  1. So far, almost all the insults in the book insult your…
  2. True/False? Beetle was excited at the idea of her first delivery.
  3. What did Beetle do first to try to help the miller’s wife?
  4. True/False? Jane kicks Beetle out of the cottage for a while after her performance with the miller’s wife.
  5. Beetle’s main emotion so far is ____   a) sadness  b) embarrassment  c) anger  d) fear  e) NOTA