Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling, Vocab, S/CD/CX/F, Vladek.
“Spelling, 2/6.” This time write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correctly-spelled choice.
- a) beleivable b) believeable c) believible d) believable e) NOTA
- a) seperately b) separatly c) separately d) seprately e) NOTA
- a) movable b) moveable c) movible d) moveible e) NOTA
- a) ignerance b) ignorance c) ignorence d) ignorince e) NOTA
- a) recquirement b) requirment c) recquirment d) requiremint e) NOTA
- a) maturity b) narative c) creative d) all correct
- 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-lyends with an y. c) The ending -ly begins with a consonant d) The ending -ly makes it an adjective. e) NOTA
“Vocab, 2/6.”
tentative, infringe, reprieve, benign, profound, indolent, relinquish, exasperate, (in)conspicuous, (un)scrupulous, haphazard
- _____ Pic of the classic statue, The Thinker.
- _____Cartoon of two guys looking out from the top of a skyscraper saying, “Yes, the view is nice—but I mostly want people to look up here and think how rich I am.”
- _____Pic of a pack of dogs with a fox blending in.
- _____ Pic of a cute little lamb taking its first steps. (NOT: benign, scrupulous, haphazard, or indolent, or any other “it could be’s.” Sigh.)
- “Ninety-nine percent of lawyers give the rest of us a bad name.” ______
- Much to her relief, the doctor said the tumor was ________ and not cancerous.
- He prepared so ______(ly) that his presentation was painful to watch. (Not: tentative.)
- After asking for (previous vocab word), the student received a _____ and was released from detention.
- The neighbor’s fence _____(ed) on our property, so they had to move it.
- Sometimes second period can be ______(ing), but when certain people are absent, it can be a fun class.
- The word ______ comes from a word that means ethics or morals.
VOCABULARY RELAY!
Quiz Show! Test Prep!
Begin Work on Interviews.
- Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
- Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
- Looks. (Details.)
- Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
- Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby? What?)
- The intro/description should be 350-400+ words.
- Interview.
- Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up.
- You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes(word for word, as close as you can get) that use the person’s actual words.
- Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.