Thursday, 2/25: Spelling Lightning Round, Vocabulary + Relay, Prep-O-Sitions, Vladek

Clickers: YES!?

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling (like today’s Lightning Round), Vocabulary, Prep-O-Sitions, a bit o’ Vladek.

Put down your pens and grab your clickers… It’s time for…
Lightning Round for Spelling. (Pssst. This is tomorrow’s spelling section. Almost)

  1. a) correspond  b) arrangment  c) illegible  d) all correct
  2. a) assortment  b) irregular  c) illiterate d) all correct
  3. a) attempt  b) accostumed  c) immature  d) all correct
  4. a) irresponsible  b) illogical  c) immeasureable  d) all correct
  5. a) irresistible  b) accompany  c) irreplacable  d) all correct
  6. a) illeagal  b) account  c) assure  d) all correct
  7. a) immigrant b) irrational  c) beginning  d) all correct
  8. Which word follows the “drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel” rule?  a) arrangement  b) irreplaceable  c) irresponsible  d) illiterate  e) NOTA
  9. All but one of the i- words this week mean “____ something.”  a) to do  b) with  c) extra  d) not  e) NOTA
  10. Which spelling word has a prefix that means “together”?  a) immigrant  b) assure  c) accompany  d) correspond  e) NOTA

“Vocabulary, 2/25.”
how_it_works ebola-cartoon Leg477

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. “Why yes, Your Honor. That would make me his _____.”
  4. Satan, disguised as a snake, _____(ed) Eve into eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
  5. Before they can make plastic, oil must be _____(ed) from the ground.
  6. control : regulate :: speak for : ______
  7. His farm tries to use _____ methods so they don’t completely use up the resources of the land.
  8. The car is 10 years old, but it’s still in _______ condition because the owner was obsessive about taking care of it.
  9. His neighbor’s car, on the other hand, has already been _____(ed) to the junkyard.
  10. The protesters _______(ed) for the release of the political prisoner.
  11. polluted : pristine :: fair : ______(ed)
  12. preparation : foresight :: rule : _____(ion)
  13. discourage : seduce :: promote : _______

Vocabulary Relay!

 

Prep-O-Sitions. Preview of Tomorrow’s Test.
How, When, Where = Adverb. Which One, What Kind = Adjective.

  1. The Unikitty with the pink fur ate a doughnut.    a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  2. I found an old photo of a toothless pirate in the attic.  a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  3. That field of corn will be gone within a year.  a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  4. I am going to skip on my way home from Grandmother’s house.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  5. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after him.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  6. Timmy mailed the letter to his grandma in the post office.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase

Bonus: What is wrong with #6?
Do Part D on Worksheet.

 

Vladek!