Wednesday, 3/13: S/CD, Agreement, Vocab, Mars

“Warm Up, 3/13.”

Read the information in the box on Side 2 of your Sheet. Then hide the sheet and answer the following questions in your notebook.
Note: A compound sentence’s structure would be written: s + v, cc  s+ v  or  s + v ; s+ v

  1. What does cc stand for?
  2. Write what the structure for a simple sentence with a compound subject would be.
  3. Write what the structure for a simple sentence with a compound verb would be.

Do 1-5 on the sheet.

“Agreement, 3/13.” Write an appropriate PRESENT TENSE verb for each. All must be different.

  1. Two hours ____ like a long time to a llama.
  2. The Llama Islands ____ the old name for Hawaii.
  3. The United States ___ full of llamas.
  4. The llama squad ____ not agree with the captain.
  5. According to Emily Dickinson, the majority of people always ____ what is right.
  6. That herd of llamas ____ in a treehouse.

“Vocab, 3/13.” convivial, prolific, bona fide, deduce, covet, loathe, pariah, condescending, muse, eloquent, obliged
  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ Give the ANTONYM for this pic.
  4. The lawyer’s argument to the jury was so _____ they were quick to acquit. (Not bona fide.)
  5. He was ____to do all his homework before he watched any tv.
  6. He is a rather ____ liar; he tells so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true.
  7. Which word would be most associated with high school junior considering college choices? _____
  8. The Socs always would say the word greaser with ____(ing).
  9. The root of this word meant “offspring.”____
  10. Which word would be most associated with a backyard bbq? _____
  11. I’m _____? Do you even know what that means? (haha)
  12. The root of this word meant “drummer.” (LOL)____
  13. The root of this word meant “with good faith.”____

“DTW…” (BOB p215)  LETTER OK. NOT Collaborative.

  1. Read paragraph 21 on p217 (BOB). What does the use of the word submerged suggest?  a) The children may drown if they ever go outside.  b) The atmosphere around the house feels heavy and dangerous.  c) The Martians are preparing to attack the house.  d) Mr. B thinks the house is too noisy.  e) Mr. B thinks the kids might be scared of the wind.
  2. What is Harry Bittering worried about losing?  a) his Earth identity.  b) his mind.  c) his life.  d) his family.  e) the war on Earth  f) NOTA
  3. If Harry was going to stay on Mars anyway, why was he so shaken by the news that the rockets were destroyed?  a) He was worried about the people of Earth.  b) He was worried about his family.  c) It sort of took away his feeling of security.  d) They were short of supplies and needed more from Earth.  e) NOTA
  4. When Harry was working in his garden, he felt… a) out of place.  b) peaceful.   c) casual.  d) afraid.  e) overdressed  f) NOTA
  5. What was the first tangible sign Harry got that proved his feelings about Mars were true?  a) The news from Earth about the war.  b) His wife said a Martian word out of the blue.  c) The boy, David, bringing up his thought that there were still Martians.  d) The peach blossoms.  e) NOTA
  6. There are several sentence fragments on p218. Copy one of them.
  7. BONUS. What are all those fragments trying to show about Harry’s state of mind?

 

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