Wednesday, 4/13: Husker Du, Vocabulary, Dah Givah, 60 Seconds

Checking: Show-Me-You-Knows.

“Warm Up, 4/13. First Period. Write the ANSWER.

  1. He began running away from the scene.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective
  2. Quit meddling in my business!    a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective
  3. I hate those meddling kids!     a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective
  4. Why won’t the midwife at first take Alyce back?
  5. What is the resolution of The Midwife’s Apprentice?
  6. “Alyce’s face grew hot and then as cold as bare feet in January…” a) metaphor  b) foreshadowing  c) theme  d) simile  e) NOTA

“Warm Up, 4/13.” Third and Fifth Periods. Write the ANSWER.

  1. If you try, you know that you can fly…over the rainbow.    a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  2. I am going to skip on my way home from Grandmother’s house.     a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
  3. a) attempt  b) accostumed  c) immature  d) all correct
  4. a) irresistible  b) accompany  c) irreplacable  d) all correct
  5. Which word follows the “drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel” rule?  a) arrangement  b) irreplaceable  c) irresponsible  d) illiterate  e) immature  f) NOTA
  6. Which spelling word has a prefix that means “together”?  a) immigrant  b) assure  c) accompany  d) correspond  e) NOTA

“Warm Up, 4/13.” Fourth Period. Write the ANSWER.
aplomb, grueling, disdain, adversary, perceive, compelling, stanch, diminish, aghast

  1. Everyone promised to ______ by Judge Judy’s decision.
  2. She speaks French and German with equal ________.
  3. My mom didn’t find my reasons for “needing” an X-Box8 very _______, so I was denied.
  4. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This means that whoever is doing the ______(ing) is the one judging how beautiful something is.
  5.  Dally obviously has great ______ for the law and tries to circumvent it as often as he can.
  6. Some people want to build a giant fence along the border to _______ the flow of immigration.

“Vocabulary, 4/13.” (13p)
sloth pain business-shark 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. “I don’t know what it is. I think it’s some kind of old-fashioned cell phone.”  _____
  5. She was always very _______ about her work. That’s why she got A’s.
  6. Many rappers “sing” the praises of “bling” and _______ consumption.
  7. Rappers are trying to look “hard” when they wear their hats at a ________ angle.
  8. I  tried to be as (in)_______ as possible as I passed the note in class, but Mr. Coward still caught me.
  9. Solar power has a more ______ effect on the environment than that of coal or oil.
  10. It had been raining so much that we _______(ly) planned the picnic for Saturday, but we also made other plans just in case.
  11. (2) The _____ and _______ student copied his essay from the internet.

 

Dah Givah, 4/13.(11p)

  1. (3) Besides sled, name three other memories that were new to Jonas.
  2. Why was it so exhausting for The Receiver to give Jonas the memory of snow?
  3. The Receiver says he has _____, but not _____.  (Yes, the order matters.)
  4. The Receiver says he started Jonas off with memories of pleasure because that’s what worked last time he trained a new receiver.  a) True  b) False
  5. Why does the Giver call himself that?
  6. Even though Jonas is forbidden to talk about his training, he thinks even if it were not, it still would be impossible to discuss things with his friends. Why?
  7. The Giver thinks they made a mistake when they got rid of color.  a) True  b) False
  8. Which quote foreshadows a conflict between Jonas and the community?  a) “I apologize for making you wait.” p85  b) “She expected him to describe his first day of training.” p85  c) “You’re beginning to see the color red.” p89  d) “We shouldn’t have!”  p91  e) “Everyone in the community has one-generation memories.” p88-89
  9. We are in the ________ of the story.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action

 

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