Your “Fun” should be posted to your blog or in the basket by the end of the day. Right now I am checking vocabulary definitions.
Apostrophes. Follow the directions exactly. No hints. No help.
- Fold the pink sheet in half along the line below the word supplementary.
- Fill in name and date on Apostrophes sheet.
- Read the lesson on “Apostrophes.”
- On the sheet, number the three uses of apostrophes: 1, 2, 3.
- Follow the directions for the “Using Apostrophes” section and do 1-15.
- For #2 and #3 in the “Using Apostrophes” section, write which use (1, 2, 3) of the apostrophe is demonstrated. (For example, sentence #1 has an example of the second (2) use of apostrophes.)
- When you are sure your whole group is finished doing everything above, raise your hand.
- You start with 25 points. Subtract 1 for each instruction not followed and each wrong answer.
- You have 10 minutes. Go.
“Vocab Practice, 10/13.” Write the vocab word. Yes, you might use words more than once.
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- Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt. (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
- We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
- (2) The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward.
- (2) Another name for detention might be “____ behavior _____(ment).” (Bonus: What’s this kind of expression called? Or give another example.)
- We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)
The Outsiders.