Wednesday, 5/25: YEE #4, Vocabulary + Relay, Tom Sawyer

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocabulary + Tom Sawyer. YEE #5 also.

YEE #4.
“Alternative Bonus, 5/25.” (For those who have completed their YEE obligation. Start a separate sheet of paper for ALL bonus opportunities, and turn it in at the end. All dates and titles must be in place to receive credit.)

  1. What heavy six letter word can you take one letter away from and have eight left?
  2.  You are in a mountain cabin, and it is freezing and dark. The cabin has an old gas lantern, a wood burning stove, and an oil burning heater. You have only one match. Which do you light first?
  3. A fish weighs 10 pounds plus half its weight. How much does it weigh?(Not a trick; just math.)
  4. A house painter paints numbers on all the new houses in a neighborhood from 1-100. How many times does he have to paint the digit 9? (Not a trick; I’m just betting you can’t count.)
  5. Which is smallest? nobis, nettikt, wrothag, useom, irgafef
  6. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.

 

 

“Vocabulary, 5/25.”
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Not loathe.)
  4. _____ (Not loathe.)
  5. obvious : furtive :: idol : _____ (Not loathe.)
  6. The players mobbed each other ___(ally) after they won the World Series.
  7. She ______(ly) passed the note during class so the teacher wouldn’t see.
  8. Tom is often whipped for his _____ behavior.
  9. The Nazis were guilty of ______(some) crimes.
  10. Aunt Polly was very _____(ful) as she questioned Tom, trying to get him to admit he cut school.
  11. (2) Tom _____(s) work; he finds it ______.

 

The FINAL VOCABULARY RELAY!

Tom Sawyer and the Fence!

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