Wednesday, 4/24: Spelling, Vocab, Tom Sawyer

Bonus: What are a pirate’s favorite letters?

Checking SMYKs and diagrams from last night!

“Spelling, 4/24.” Write the answer. NOT COLLABORATIVE!

  1. young : mature :: stationary : _____
  2. “_____ is bliss.”
  3. painful : pleasurable :: together : _____
  4. option : requirement :: conflict : _____
  5. The reason we drop the last e from a word like store  before we add an ending like age,  is that… a) Store ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending age  also ends with an e.  c) The ending age  begins with a consonant  d) The ending age  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending age  begins with a vowel.
  6. The reason we don’t drop the last e from a word like positive before we add an ending like -ly, is that…  a) Positive ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending-ly ends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA

 

“Vocabulary 4/24.” *= SAW. (15)
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Bonus: How much did the world record pumpkin weigh? Within 200lbs.)
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. After working so hard, he wanted his reward to be something ______, not just a “Good job!”
  7. He hit a ______ home run. It was at least 500 feet long.
  8. Luck is ______; one day you have it all good, and the next it’s all bad.
  9. He made a(n) _____ effort, and his hard work paid off.
  10. His grade was in a _____ position; one more bad grade and he would be failing…
  11. (2) …He could not afford to be _____; he had to be _____. (Not wary.)
  12. * Mr. Coward’s ____ to teaching is a little different from most.
  13. * (2) During the brainstorming phase, it is ____ that nobody is ____ of any ideas. Save judgement for after.

 

Tom Sawyer, Chapter 13. 

  1. (5) Show me your map from last night! Not finished? D’oh!
  2. Give an example from Chapter 13 of Tom insisting on doing things “the hard way” or “by the book.”
  3. Why are the boys’ consciences bothering them at the end of chapter 13?
  4. Why does Mark Twain call the boys “curiously inconsistent pirates”? (Last line of Chapter 13.) “Because they are pirates who  ________   ________.”  (Hint: It also might be called ironic. Hint II: See your answer to the previous question.)
  5. (4) Translate: “The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly.” (p93) (A vice is a bad habit.)