Tuesday, 3/20: Husker Du, Vocab

SAWs Note: We will be using the noun catalyst  this week, rather than the verb form catalyze.

“Husker Du, 3/20.” Period One – Test #1.

  1. Her outlook on life was very _____ after the accident. a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) bleak  f) NOTA
  2. Jimmy nodded his head ____(ly), and said, “It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up.”   a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) bleak  e) fathom  f) NOTA
  3. The expression “Mind your own business” is a motto.  a) True  b) False
  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

 

“Husker Du, 3/20.” Period Two – Test #23.  a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) consign  h) agitate  i) sanction

  1. He fooled his pursuers with a _____ trick…
  2. …that he ______(ed) on the spot.
  3. Until I ate that doughnut I didn’t know happiness.  (commas)
  4. The wild llama is in fact a vicious predator.  (commas)
  5. What was Appel?  a) When prisoners went before Dr. Mengele to be chosen or not to die.  b) Another name for the block kapo.  c) A group of workers chosen to do “Black Work.”  d) When prisoners lined up to be counted.  e) The work crew that went to Birkenau.  f) The prisoners’ exercise period.  g) NOTA

 

“Husker Du, 3/20.” Period Three – Test #6. a) smolder  b) circumvent  c) reminisce  d) sullen  e) siege  f) defunct  g) exploit  h) delirious  i) premonition  j) cease

  1. The adventurer’s ____(s) made for a great novel.
  2. “Johnnycake made a kind of a gasp and his eyes were ______(ing) with rage.”
  3. The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year.
  4. obey : ignore :: predict : ______
  5. mature : juvenile :: clear-headed : _______

 

“Husker Du, 3/20.” Period Five – Test 19.

  1. A clause is a group of words that contains a _____ and a _____.  a) noun/conjunction  b) subject/noun  c) predicate/verb  d) subject/verb  e) NOTA
  2. He failed the test after he ignored the warning.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  3. We climbed slowly up the very steep hill. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  4. After I ate a doughnut, I felt rapturous.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  5. There are some things in life that we’ll never know.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause

 

 

“Vocabulary, 3/20.” One word twice. All the rest once. One SAW.
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5. “For the first time, Jonas saw a little ____ of hope.”
6. Many amputees say they still feel pain and itching in the missing limbs from time to time. This is called _____ pain.
7. Since he was at the movies with his friend at the time of the crime, he had a(n) _____, so he was released.
8. Much to the store owner’s _____, his political beliefs made customers avoid his place.
9. The drama class put on a _____ with a ’70s theme, complete with great costumes and skits.
10. The lifeguard’s (previous vocab word -ance)  ______(ed) for just a couple minutes, and a kid was hurt.
11. Jonas became _____(ful) of the burden he had to bear, and just wanted his childhood back.
12. As more people moved to the city, it began to ______ out into the nearby farmland.
* 13. The attack on Pearl Harbor (on what date?) was the event that was the _____ for the US finally entering WW2.

 

The Giver.

Major changes so far? Arguments for and against?