Thursday, 10/27: Punctuation, Spelling, Vocab, TMA

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du (like the Warm Up), Punctuation (like the Warm Up), Spelling (like the practices this week), Vocab (duh), and TMA.

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“Warm Up, 10/27.” Answer, not letter.

  1. Copy and punctuate: what did you do asked the llama seriously it looks bad
  2. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
  3. The llama stays by the table because it expects snacks. a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
  4. The upstairs library is a great place for quiet study and relaxing. N:___ V:___ AJ:___ AV:___
  5. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person
  6. Pony and Two-Bit visit Johnny in the hospital. (Plot Mountain)

“Spelling, 10/27.” For 1-5 COPY the correctly-spelled choice.

  1. a) beleivable  b) believeable  c) believible  d) believable  e) NOTA
  2. a) seperately  b) separatly  c) separately  d) seprately  e) NOTA
  3. a) movable  b) moveable  c) movible  d) moveible  e) NOTA
  4. a) ignerance  b) ignorance  c) ignorence  d) ignorince  e) NOTA
  5. a) recquirement  b) requirment  c) recquirment  d) requiremint  e) NOTA
  6. a) maturity  b) narative  c) creative  d) all correct
  7. 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

 

Spelling Bee! By groups (sorta).

  • Pick one from the group to go first round.
  • If the group survives the first round, it picks another rep for round two.
  • One misspelled word = elimination.
  • Group(s) left at the end when all words are used wins bonus.
  • Class with fewest eliminations also gets a bump.

“Vocab, 10/27.”

  1. After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach, they _____(ed) through the sand until they found it.
  2. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.
  3. Our initial excitement _____(ed) when we saw the huge lines.
  4. All the people who were mean to Alyce were punished for their secret _____(s).
  5. In medieval times, having twin calves was considered a _____, while twin children was a curse.
  6. “Why don’t you get a job?” asked Steve. “What?!” Two-Bit was _____. “And ruin my rep?”
  7. While the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants, many people today are trying to _____ the flow of people into the country.
  8. The root of this word meant “to tangle or plot.”
  9. The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.” (It shares this root with a similar-sounding word that means “to catch.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to cringe” or “to flatter.”
  11. The root of this word meant “request for a favor.”
  12. The root of this word meant “watertight.”
  13. The root of this word meant “ghost.”

“TMA, 10/27.”

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  1. What is a lout?
  2. Why does Jane the Midwife not notice that Alyce is gaining skills and respect in the village?
  3. Why does Alyce not notice that Alyce is gaining skills and respect in the village?
  4. Why does Alyce deliver the bailiff’s wife’s baby, instead of the midwife?
  5. What prompted Alyce’s first smile?  (Be careful!)

Aloud through Chapter 11.