Tuesday, 4/19/16: Husker Du, Vocabulary, Giver, Book Pitches

“Husker Du, 4/19.” First Period.

  1. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some!  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  2. Laughing at the comedian’s act, Jimmy fell off his chair. a) Fragment  b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
  3. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  4. it: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  5. “Soda was like a long-legged palomino colt that has to get his nose into everything.” a)  irony  b) metaphor  c) simile  d) theme  e) NOTA
  6. “I know better now.”    a) simile  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e)  foreshadowing

“Husker Du, 4/19.” Third Period.
acquit, indignant, subside, bluff, leery, conducive, wistful, implore, gorge

  1. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.
  2. lazy : dogged :: flattered : _____
  3. inventive : resourceful :: suspicious : ______
  4. Since I studied, I ______(ed) myself quite well on the test.
  5. The boys were tall and handsome and sang beautifully.  Adjectives?  a) tall, handsome  b) tall  c) handsome  d) tall, handsome, beautifully  e) NOTA
  6. “I am wet,” she cried with a frown.  Verb(s)?  a) wet  b) am  c) cried  d) am, cried  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 4/19.” Fourth Period.

  1. Even though their _____ are similar…  a) connotations   b) denotations
  2. …the words nosy and curious have very different _____.  a) connotations  b) denotations.
  3. 90% of 30 = ______.  a) 3  b) 28  c) 25  d) 27  e) NOTA
  4. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  5. she: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  6. A motto is: a) a short poem.  b) a funny saying.  c) words to live by.  d) a story by Langston Hughes.  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 4/19.” Fifth Period.
disheveled, suave, prevalent, zeal, ideology, affectation, prestige, acute, deprive

  1. The camp counselors enforced the rules with too much ______.
  2. In The Outsiders, the Socs had both wealth and social _______.
  3. The Nazi _______ included racial purity.
  4. When my brother started college.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  5. Some banks encourage savings accounts for young people.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  6. After she watched the news, Tara ate a cheese roll.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I

 

“Vocabulary, 4/19.”
shark dejected-arrrcrabby fitin

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The man finally ______(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain.
  6. The smell of brownies ____ the house and made me very hungry.
  7. Because she had been ill for so long, she was very ____ and unmotivated. (Not frazzled.)
  8. Whenever she was down about something, she always seemed to find ______ in her music
  9. Having four kids to watch out for, my mom was always _____(ed) by the end of the day.
  10. The goal of immigrants used to be ______(ion), but today people  like to emphasize their cultural differences.

 

Da Givah, 4/19. (7p)

  1. All of these are things he has experienced through the memories so far, except…   a)  Pain  b) Loneliness  c) Solitude  d) Joy  e) He has experienced all of these.
  2. The word Jonas was searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory was…
  3. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him,their reaction could best be described as…  (Use the word Jonas used.)
  4. What previous vocabulary word does Mother use to describe the word love?
  5. (3) After that conversation with his parents, Jonas does three things. One involves Gabe, one involves his parents, and one is a personal decision. What does Jonas do?

 

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