Thursday, 10/19: Husker Du, Vocab, Alyce

“Tutorial” Skeddy.

 

Tomorrow’s Test: See Today. Preview after Period Two as always.


“Husker Du, 10/19.” Write ANSWER.

  1. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  S/CD/CX?
  2. The llama stays by the table unless it expects snacks. S/CD/CX?
  3. Beetle patiently endured their taunts and mean insults in silence.   N:___ V:___ AJ:___ AV:___PRO:___
  4. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person
    COPY THE CORRECT VERSION!
  5. a) beleivable  b) believeable  c) believible  d) believable
  6. a) seperately  b) separatly  c) separately  d) seprately
  7. a) movable  b) moveable  c) movible  d) moveible
  8. a) ignerance  b) ignorance  c) ignorence  d) ignorince
  9. a) narritive  b) narative  c) narrative  d) naritive
  10. 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, 10/19.”  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. The roots of this word mean “well wishing.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to cringe” or “to flatter.”
  11. The root of this word meant “elevate.”
  12. The root of this word meant “embarrassment.”
  13. The root of this word meant “away from.”

“TMA, 10/19.”

  1. On p26, what does the word “laden” mean? (middle paragraph)
  2. Why does the merchant give Beetle the comb? (p29) (BE VERY SPECIFIC!)
  3. What is the “heat and light within” Beetle on p32 referring to?
  4. Why do the villagers not like the midwife?

THE DEVIL!