Thursday, 2/22: Scramble, Debrief Test #21, Vocab, Giver

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Tomorrow’s Test: Paragraph Scramble, Husker Du, Vocab, Giver + Movie. Preview? Hmmmmmaybe.

“Scramble, 2/22.” (p67)

  1. He was not starving, it was pointed out.
  2. No one in the community was starving, had ever been starving, would ever be starving.
  3. Immediately he had been taken aside for a brief private lesson in language precision.
  4. Did he understand that? they asked him.
  5. To say “starving” was to speak a lie.
  6. But the reason for precision of language was to ensure that unintentional lies were never uttered.
  7. And he had.
  8. He was hungry.
  9. An unintentional lie of course.

Debrief Test #21. Studying works.

“Vocab, 2/22.” DECORUM, ADMONISH, AMIABLE, RAPT, VILE, ADHERE, CARNAGE, APT, PALPABLE

  1. Jonas was _____(ed) for his unintentional lie about starving.
  2. Jonas could not bear the _____ he perceived in the war memory.
  3. When they cancelled the sold-out show at the last minute, the anger in the crowd was _____. You knew something was going to happen.
  4. The citizens of the Community are careful about ______ in their interactions with each other.
  5. Two-Bit and Soda were the two most ______ greasers.
  6. The audience was _____ with the intense storytelling.
  7. The Elders are very careful to make sure that each assignment is ____ for the person assigned.
  8. There is usually “_____” in the S/CD/CX part of the test; lots of red. (LOL)
  9. Do not mix up this word with the one that means a small container. _____ (LOL)
  10. The root of this word meant “urge by warning.”
  11. Her comment was on point and ____.
  12. (2) You are expected to _____ to the strict rules of _____ in a court of law.

“Giver 16-17.” Answer not Letter.

  1. The word Jonas was searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory was…
  2. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, their reaction could best be described as…  a) anger  b) frustration c) shock  d) nonchalance  e) NOTA
  3. After that conversation with his parents, Jonas..  a) tells Gabe that things could be different.  b) lies to his parents.  c) decides to stop taking his pill.  d) all of the above.  e) NOTA
  4. After stopping the pills, what does Jonas realize about everyone else?
  5. Why is Jonas disturbed by the game his friends are playing?
  6. What is Lily’s theory about Elsewhere?

 

Movie.