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Thursday, 8/24: Adjectives, Vocab, Outsiders – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Thursday, 8/24: Adjectives, Vocab, Outsiders

Tomorrow’s Test: Classwork, Adjectives, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview Available after Period 2.

Slides Link for Advisory Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Pevf2U7pqhjdid60-mP7GbwaeL-xQOea1XznXEpelFY/edit?usp=sharing

Advisory Skeddy.

Checking SMYK’s.

“Vocab, 8/24.” bliss, infer, bleak, nonchalant, gingerly, rueful, savvy, conform, sage, fathom, connotation

  1. Ignorance is ____ means you can’t be sad about things you don’t know about.
  2. The coach yelled at me for being too ____ at practice. He said I needed to work harder.
  3. hopeful : bleak :: proud : _____
  4. Some people called him weird, but he preferred to be called a (non-)______(ist).
  5. The old man was considered the ____ of the village because of all his experience and wisdom.
  6. The root of this word means “shape.” _____
  7. The roots of this word mean “not being concerned.” _____
  8. The root of this word was old French for “delicate and graceful.” _____
  9. sadness : bliss :: ignorance : _____
  10. (4) The mystery was (un)______(able). No one had solved it in over 100 years, but the ____ _____ was able to _____ the solution from the evidence.

 

“Adjectives, 8/24” (5p) Copy the underlined word in each sentence and write “adjective” or “not adjective.” (Bonus Opportunity: If it’s not an adjective, say what it is!)

  1. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly.
  2. The running criminal was finally tackled.
  3. I wonder how Vivian can afford to wear the very latest styles.
  4. Two-Bit nodded wisely. “Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.”
  5. I really like lemon pie.
  6. Ruefully he apologized for his wrong actions.
  7. The llama is his favorite animal.

 

The Outsiders, 8/24. Test Section Preview.

  1. The Outsiders has a _____ narrator.  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  2. Dally : the world :: Johnny : _____
    Darry, Soda, Two-Bit, Steve, Ponyboy, Dallas, Johnny
  3. …doesn’t understand anything that isn’t “plain, hard fact”  _____
  4. Thinks Pony is a “tagalong and a kid.” _____
  5. An actual hoodlum. _____
  6. The loner of the crew. _____
  7. Goes to school “just for kicks.” _____
  8. The gang is kind of his substitute family. ____
  9. The most understanding and sympathetic one. ____

Outsiders Aloud.