Wednesday, 2/27: Husker Du, Vocab, Giver

Bright Bytes Survey.

 

“Husker Du, Period One, Test #7.” a) adversary  b) aplomb  c) banish  d) grueling  e) perceive  f) disdain  g) dispel   h) engross   i) diminish  j) exhilarate

  • 7. The root origin of this word meant “turned against.”  ________
  • 18. The ____ softball team mascot is a llama.  (More than one.)  a) women’s  b) woman’s  c) womens’s  d) NOTA
  • 19. I think ____ going to be OK. a) there  b) their  c) they’re  d) NOTA
  • 21. That embarrassing moment when you realize that your llama just wrote a run on sentence.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence
  • 29. When Pony is in denial about Johnny’s death.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution

“Husker Du, Period Two, Test #21.” a) infringe  b) exasperate  c) unscrupulous  d) reprieve  e) profound  f) indolent  g) conspicuous  h) tentative  i) haphazard  j) relinquish

  • 1. During the summer, without something to do, some kids can get very _____ and end up not doing much of anything.
  • 2. After she fell, she got up and tested her leg _____(ly) to see if it would support her weight.
  • 9. In exchange for safety and peace, the members of the Community seemed to have _____(ed) a lot of freedom.
  • 13. One reason people may dislike lawyers is due to ____ lawsuits that waste everybody’s time and money.  a) frivolous  b) exploit  c) contemporary  d) abandon  e) dramatic  f) NOTA
  • 14. The roots of this word mean “of the present time.” _____  a) frivolous  b) exploit  c) contemporary  d) abandon  e) dramatic  f) NOTA

“Husker Du, Period Five, Test #7.”  a) adversary  b) aplomb  c) banish  d) grueling  e) perceive  f) disdain  g) dispel   h) engross   i) diminish  j) exhilarate

  • 7. The root origin of this word meant “turned against.”  ________
  • 18. The ____ softball team mascot is a llama.  (More than one.)  a) women’s  b) woman’s  c) womens’s  d) NOTA
  • 19. I think ____ going to be OK. a) there  b) their  c) they’re  d) NOTA
  • 21. That embarrassing moment when you realize that your llama just wrote a run on sentence.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence
  • 29. When Pony is in denial about Johnny’s death.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution

“Husker Du, Period Six, Test #16.”  a) succumb   b) subsist   c) presumptuous   d) reproach   e) cathartic   f) frugal   g) cobble   h) futile   i) dissemble   j) ambivalent

  • 3. Sometimes it’s tough to not ______ to peer pressure.
  • 4.  During the TV marathon, we _____(ed) for two days on chips and pizza.
  • 11. Because Zoltan forgot his wallet, he couldn’t buy broccoli or schnitzel for the party.  a) S  b) CD  c) CX
  • 16. If you were 25, healthy, and unmarried, which way would you probably have been sent at the stadium?  a) Left  b) Right
  • 17. Who “volunteered” to go to the bad side at the stadium.  a) Ilzecki  b) Vladek’s father  c) Wolfe  d) Anja’s father  e) NOTA

 

“Vocab, 2/27.”  Once each.

  1. The elephant reached out with its ____trunk.
  2. Jonas said that the main feeling in his Stirrings dream was the ______(ing).
  3. One of these days your knees will ____ under the weight of your giant backpacks.
  4. The chatter in the class reached a ______, and then Mr. Coward yelled, “Quiet!”
  5. He didn’t realize the _____ of his mistake until much later when it all came back to haunt him.
  6. Lack of sleep _____(s) itself in many ways, such as an actual drop in intelligence.
  7. The test supervisor was not very ____, and many students cheated on the test.
  8. (2) Sometimes when a guest teacher is a little _____ in the discipline department, classes will _____ to being kindergartners again.
  9. (2) The guest teacher had better not be _____(ed) by your class, or you will be in great _____ when Mr. Coward returns.

 

The Giver.

WHY do you think this community exists?  WHY do you think they went to SAMENESS?

Dah Givah, 15, 16.” Write the ANSWER.

  1. Why does The Giver give Jonas the memory of war?
  2. (“quote”)Why doesn’t Jonas want to go back to The Giver?
  3. What does the boy in the war memory ask for?
  4. All of these are things Jonas has experienced through the memories so far, except…   a)  Pain  b) Loneliness  c) Solitude  d) Joy  e) He has experienced all of these.
  5. The word Jonas was searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory was… a) Christmas.  b) family.  c) belonging.  d) comfort.  e) love.  f) NOTA
  6. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him,their reaction could best be described as…  a) disgust.  b) annoyance.  c) anger.  d) amusement.  e) NOTA
  7. After the conversation with his parents about love, Jonas tells Gabe he wants to escape the Community.  a) True  b) False
  8. After the conversation with his parents about love, Jonas decides the Pills are a good idea.  a) True  b) False
  9. After the conversation with his parents about love, Jonas lies to his parents.  a) True  b) False
  10. The Giver is told in ___ person.   a) first  b) second  c) third  d) fourth

 

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