“Vocabulary Review, 11/3.” If you can’t come up with the correct vocabulary word, fill in the blank with any word that makes sense in the sentence.
- _____
- _____
- _____
- _____
- Even though he may not be “book-smart” he has a lot of ____ about the world.
- “I shouldn’t have done that,” he said with a ____ sigh.
- The paper said that the business man was an ____ to society…
- …but ____(ly), he was secretly a gangster.
- My parents were a little _____ about the crowd I was hanging out with.
- At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough.
- It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag.
- S. E. Hinton says that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher. The kids’ problems wore her out.
- The quarterback ____(ed) every weakness in the defense and threw for 5 touchdowns.
- At the family reunion, we sat around ___(ing) about the last reunion.
- It would be ironic if a poor hobo spent his last dollar on a lottery ticket, and won. a) True b) False
“Adverb Review, 11/3.” Copy each word and ID it as adj, adv, n, v, or NOTA.
The busy beaver gnawed quite furiously on the tree trunk as the llama walked cautiously to the store.
- busy
- gnawed
- quite
- furiously
- trunk
- cautiously
- store
The Midwife’s Apprentice.
Copy and complete the following sentence starter:
Although the villagers taunt Beetle because_____, the boys have always bullied her because______.
OK SO, what did you find out last night about the Middle Ages?