Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling, Warm Up Reruns, Vocabulary, Plot, Outsiders, Husker Du.
Due Tomorrow: KBAR (chart + 1 page or 4 blog posts) and spelling practice (sentences and/or analogies).
Warm Up 9/24/15. (14p) * = spelling. ** = vocabulary. For 1-5, choose the correct pair and COPY IT. DO NOT LOOK AT THE SPELLING SHEET!
- * who is : ___ :: who owns : ___
a) whose/who’s b) who’s/whose c) who’se/who’s d) who’s/whos’ - * steep : ___ :: cut ___
a) shear/sheare b) shear/sheer c) sheere/shear d) sheer/shear - * nugget : ___ :: rank : ___
a) cernel/kernel b) colonel/kernel c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel - * belongs to them : ___ :: location : ___
a) their/they’re b) there/their c) their/there d) they’re/there - * group : ___ :: center : ___
a) corpse/core b) core/corpse c) corps/corp d) corps/core
- ** humble : vain :: nonchalant : _____
- ** Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
- ** The comedian ____(ed) the famous politician’s mannerisms. (Bonus if you actually spell the answer correctly with the suffix.)
- ** If you ____ (ed) CPK last night, it benefited the band program.
- ** I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
- ** Buck Merrill sometimes sold _____ alcohol. (It was called bootlegging. Bonus for the origin of the term!)
- ** A spy must be very ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
- Name the verbs: Darry was angry at himself when he hit Pony.
Vocabulary Relay #3. Can anybody beat Period Three?
Literary Shtuff, 9/24/15. * = a term on the plot chart. (6p)
- Why do we not see Johnny stab Bob the Soc? (Be sure to use a literary term in your answer.)
- The fact that Johnny, the gentlest of the greasers, is the one who killed somebody is an example of ______.
- protagonists : greasers :: _______ : Socs
- * The part of the story where the author explains who the characters are and what their situation is. _______.
- * Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______.
- * The part of the story in Green Eggs and Ham where he finally tastes the green eggs and ham would be the ______ of the story.
The Outsiders.
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” (?)