Wednesday, 10/26: Spelling, Vocab, Commas, TMA

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“Warm Up, 10/26.” Copy and Punctuate.

  1. out of all my students JP is my fave said Mrs. Llama
  2. he is a hard-working diligent lad she said and he always does all his homework
  3. you don’t believe me do you she asked
  4. The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study.  Adjectives?
  5. you: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person

“Spelling, 10/26.” Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR SPELLING LIST! For #6, write the answer not the letter!

  1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) believable  d) all correct
  2. a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
  3. a) cooperation  b) maturaty  c) ignorance  d) all correct
  4. a) movable  b) narritive  c) creative  d) all correct
  5. “_______ is bliss.”
  6. 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.

“Vocab, 10/26.”
 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. I’m not paranoid! I’m _____ about being apprehended!
  7. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
  8. The fan ____(ed) her way into the sold-out concert by flirting with the security guard.
  9. I was ____ when I saw the 5/10 rating from the guest teacher! (Not apprehensive.)
  10. Since 1967, cigarette smoking has ___(ed)  to its lowest rate ever.
  11. They had to close the gates to ____ the flow of llamas into the stadium.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to step across.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “to wish well.” _____

“TMA, 10/26.” NOT collaborative.

  1. Name someone who is nice to Alyce.
  2. Why were all the people who were caught in chapter 7 shown mercy, and not punished as severely as they normally would be?
  3. On which page was Alyce first foreshadowed to be the “Devil”?
  4. TMA is written in _____ person.
  5. We are in the _____ of the story. (Plot Mountain)

Aloud through Chapter 9