“Warm Up, 4/5.” Period One
disreputable, sham, stanch, resound, boon, tantalize, abide, incompetent, derivative
- Some people want to build a giant fence to try to ______ the flow of illegal drugs and immigrants.
- Aspirin is a ______ of the bark of the willow tree.
- Investors lost millions on the _____ investment scheme.
- The cat liked to “bite at the ____(ingly) moving pen.”
- I cannot ____ someone who cheats.
- Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be. Often, the money brings unhappiness instead of happiness.
“Warm Up, 4/5.” Period Three.
patronize, discreet, discrete, elicit, illicit, stamina, vain, patronize, hysterical
- nonchalant : hysterical :: gossipy : _____
- “You’re so ___. You probably think this song is about you.”
- The teacher tried to ___ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
- A spy must be very _______ and not go blabbing secrets around.
- S. E. Hinton says that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher.
- Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
“Warm Up, 4/5.” Period Four.
frugal, avant-garde, reproach, succumb, presumptuous, subsist, cathartic, dissemble, cobble, futile, ambivalent
- It would be ______ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things.
- All her emotions were released in a ______ moment on the stage as 20,000 people cheered.
- Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of ______(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
- MacGyver could _____ together almost anything from a bomb to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
- Though he came from a very religious family, he was still ______ about organized religion.
- Artie says Richieu’s picture on the wall of his parents’ room was a sort of ______ to him, implying that Richieu would have been a better son than he is.
“Warm Up, 4/5.” Period Five.
frugal, avant-garde, reproach, succumb, presumptuous, subsist, cathartic, dissemble, cobble, futile, ambivalent
- It would be ______ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things.
- All her emotions were released in a ______ moment on the stage as 20,000 people cheered.
- Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of ______(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
- MacGyver could _____ together almost anything from a bomb to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
- Though he came from a very religious family, he was still ______ about organized religion.
- Artie says Richieu’s picture on the wall of his parents’ room was a sort of ______ to him, implying that Richieu would have been a better son than he is.
“Vocabulary, 4/5.”
- _____
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- A person has to have a certain _______ in order to teach middle school. (Not aptitude.)
- When someone _______(s) in you, you must be discreet.
- The ______ mother frantically searched for her missing daughter.
- Please _____ carefully to the instructions given and do not skip any steps.
- The coaches watched each potential player, looking for any natural ______(s) he might have.
- You should ask for forgiveness if you commit a ______.
Giver Q and A. Book Check!
Giver Quiz — Chapters 1 and 2. Write the answer.
- Nature and wildlife are an important part of the community. a) True b) False
- (2) What are the only two times being released is not a punishment?
- Jonas is _____ about the Ceremony of 12. (Use the word from the book.)
- What happens at the Ceremony of 12?
- How is that decision made? (Use a vocab word.)
- So why does Jonas feel the way he does about it?
- Who is the main protagonist of our novel so far?
- Why does everyone know that Lily’s comment about keeping Gabriel has to be a joke? Because Lily knows that…
- What is a comfort object?
- What rule did Jonas’s father break?
- We are in the ______ of the story. a) exposition b) rising action c) inciting incident d) falling action e) NOTA