Tomorrow’s Test: Transitions, Vocab, ASoT, HUSKER DU?
Perfect paper is due tomorrow! No KBARR tonight.
“Husker Du, 11/8.”
- Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama. a) Fragment b) Run on c) Correct Sentence.
- _______ are not allowed… a) students’ b) students c) student’s d) NOTA
- …in the _______ lounge. a) teacher’s b) teachers’ c) teachers’s d) teachers e) NOTA
- The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study. Adjectives? a) upstairs b) great, quietly c) upstairs, great, quietly d) upstairs, great e) NOTA
- it: a) first person b) second person c) third person d) fourth person
“Transitions, 11/8.” Pick 3 of the transitions below and correctly use each in a sentence about something we have read this year. * = bonus credit for proper use. meanwhile, *furthermore, although, *in fact, until then, consequently, in contrast, *nevertheless, however, for example, as a result, because
“Vocabulary, 11/8.”
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- Parents, please don’t ____ a teacher’s July and August time off; it’s for your child’s own safety! (haha)
- subside : ebb :: engrossed : _____
- Some people in this class have such a _____ of points that they could skip a test, take a zero, and still have an A.
- “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not ____ me my little economies.”
- “In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _____ that changes people from a group into a mob.”
- Always eating chicken before a baseball game is a good example of an idiosyncrasy. a) True b) False
NextGen VOCABULARY RELAY! The class that gets around the room fastest with the fewest mistakes wins! If you are one of the people that gets a rerun, you’d better be ready! Count off, remember your number, and preview your question before we get to you.
- True/False? Referring to a judge as “Your Honor,” is an example of colloquial language.
- True/False? Always eating chicken before a baseball game is a good example of an idiosyncrasy.
- True/False? The words surfeit and abundance are similar in meaning.
- True/False? Shaving your head is an example of a metamorphosis.
- True/False? Mr. Coward uses many colloquialisms.
- True/False? The word scapegoat is based on actual goats.
- True/False? In the word instill, the prefix in– means not.
- True/False? The word scapegoat can be used as a verb.
- True/False? In the word transfixed, the prefix trans– means nailed.
- True/False? At the end of The Midwife’s Apprentice, Alyce is optimistic.
- True/False? Dally was a pessimistic person.
- True/False? The birth of a two-headed cow would be a phenomenon.
- True/False? When you are begrudging, you are enthusiastic.
“Time and Punishment.” D’oh!
Time? Begin “The Flying Machine.”