Thursday, 4/21: Husker Du, Vocabulary + Relay, Last Book Pitches, Giver

Tomorrow’s Test: Duh! Husker Du, Vocabulary, Giver.

“Husker Du, 4/21.” First Period.

  1. The word television literally means…  _____  _____  _____
  2. The word homophone literally means…  _____  _____
  3. The word microbiology literally means… _____  _____  _____
  4. “It was almost four months ago…”  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) NOTA
  5. “I killed him,” he said slowly, “I killed that boy.”  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) foreshadowing  f) NOTA
  6. Which of the following types of conflict is not present in The Outsiders?    a) man vs man  b) man vs society  c) man vs nature  d) man vs himself  e) NOTA
  7. His political _________(s) tried to prevent him from winning the nomination.  a) disdain  b) engross  c) adversary  d) dispel  e) exhilarate  f) NOTA

“Husker Du, 4/21.” Third Period.

  1. “Mr. Morton is the ____ of the sentence…
  2. …and what the ____ says, he does.”
  3. I was _____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister. a) acquitted  b) conducive  c) bluff  d) implore  e) indignant
  4. Pony was _____ when he thought of what life was like when his parents were alive.    a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) gorge
  5. Only _____ have a past, present and future tense.
  6. I waited until Mom’s anger ___(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.   a) dogged  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside  f) NOTA
  7. I tried to __________ my way out of trouble, but Mom wasn’t buying my excuses.  a) wistful  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside  f) NOTA

“Husker Du, 4/21.” Fourth Period.

  1. The expression YOLO is a motto.  a) True  b) False  c) NOTA
  2. An adjective is a word that…  a) describes how you do something.  b) shows action.  c) describes another word.  d) describes a noun.  e) describes a relationship between words.  f) NOTA
  3. She has such a soft voice that I can hardly hear her.  a) soft – adjective,  hardly – not  b) soft – not,  hardly – adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  4. I’m a good bowler; my ball has pretty flowers on it.  a) good – adjective,  pretty – not  b) good – not,  pretty – adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  5. cool : good :: dig : ____   a) sage  b) rueful  c) conform  d) fathom  e) bleak
  6. Even though he may not be “book-smart” he has a lot of _____ about the world.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom
  7. lb. : pound :: Soc : _______ a) society  b) sock  c) greaser  d) social  e) punch  f) NOTA

“Husker Du, 4/21.” Fifth Period.

  1. “Aryanizing” a business meant… a) selling it to a Jew.  b) making stuff for the German war effort.  c) having Germans take it over.  d) destroying it.  e) NOTA
  2. Since Jenni ate the hot dog, she got sick.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  3. Across the street from his house was a tepee.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  4. If you were a bird, would you like it?  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  5. When you improperly combine two independent clauses into one sentence, it is a mistake called a _______.  
  6. The Nuremberg laws ______(ed) the Jews of the right to vote and be citizens.  a) prestige  b) disheveled  c) deprive  d) propaganda  e) suave   f) NOTA
  7. During the period between Mardis Gras and Easter, you are supposed to _______ yourself of something you like.   a) prevalent  b) ideology  c) suave  d) deprive  e) zeal  f) NOTA

“Vocabulario, 4/21.”
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. When Mr. Ingrate opened his last gift and saw that it was not the skateboard he’d asked for, he became very _____.
  6. After a long, busy day at work, Mr. McWhiner often comes home ______(ed).
  7. This word is based on the word omen, which is a signal of the future. ______
  8. After a year living in the Alabama, he had _____(ed) into Southern culture so much he had an accent.
  9. Mr. Coward _____(ed) me again to wear a helmet on my skateboard.
  10. “After the theater was burned down by Mrs. Jud, the deranged school secretary, the drama students were _____ .
  11. Jonas could feel the love ______(ing) the room in the Christmas memory.

 

VOCABULARY RELAY!! Can First Period keep their 1 day winning streak alive?!

Da Givah, 4/21. Ok, Ok. Write the CAPITAL letter.

  1. Why was Jonas disturbed by the game his friends are playing?   a) He remembered the thirsty kid from his dream of war. b) He thought it wasn’t fair.  c) He didn’t understand the rules. d) He thought it was dangerous.  e) NOTA
  2. Why does Jonas feel overwhelmed with feelings of loss?  a) Asher told him he ruined the game.  b) Fiona refused to take a ride with him.  c) He doesn’t really like his old friends any more.  d) He realizes his friends can’t love him back.  e) NOTA
  3. What idea of Jonas’s intrigues The Giver?  a) Jonas swimming. b) Changing the rules so The Receiver can no longer ask to be released. c) Helping the whole community the way he’s helped Jonas.   d) Giving memories to Gabriel.  e) NOTA
  4. The Giver does not think that Jonas should watch that morning’s release of the twin, because he thinks he might not be able to handle it. a) True  b) False
  5. When the Giver asks to see the tape of the twin’s release, the attendant hesitates, because it’s such an unusual request.  a) True  b)False
  6. Why does The Giver keep telling Jonas to be quiet?  a) He is annoyed by Jonas’s chatter  b) He wants Jonas to pay attention and watch the screen  c) He is afraid someone is listening to their conversation  d) He has a headache  e) NOTA
  7. When Jonas starts to realize what’s going on, he asks The Giver to stop the tape.  a) True  b) False
  8. We are now entering  the ________ part of the story.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) climax  d) falling action  e) NOTA

 

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Giver aloud.