Thursday, 10/10/13 - Due: SNT II
Test Tomorrow:
Spelling - Study the ones you missed Tuesday. SSI: 5x each.
Vocabulary - Just like the homework and the pretest.
Commas - Study the Pink Sheet p193.
Outsiders - Chapter 6
Husker Du - FROs and CS/CV and voibs. Check the warm up today.

"Warm Up, 10/10/13." Copy 1-5; for the rest write the answer.  * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary.
  1. * coupon : savings :: marathon : ______
  2. * extraordinary : routine :: specific : _____
  3. * city : map :: person : ______
  4. * reservoir : lake :: _______ : award
  5. ** painful : excruciating :: obvious : _______
  6. ** typewriters : obsolete :: 8th graders : ________ (3 acceptable answers)
  7. The chuck wagon, a rolling kitchen on wheels. a) Fragment b) Run-On c) Complete Sentence
  8. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop. a) Fragment (F) b) Run-On (RO) c) Complete Sentence (CS)
  9. The boyish-looking lumberjack ate a glazed doughnut and eggs for breakfast. a) CS b) CV c) both d) neither
  10. Exactly how does the brain work? Verb Phrase? a) how does b) does work c) how does work d) how work e) NOTA

Commas Pretest. One at a time. 11/11 = Exempt.
Study p193 for tomorrow's test.

  1. During the Civil War, in America, Clara Barton aided in medical care for the Union. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
  2. After studying clowning in London, Edith became head of a clown training school in Akron, Ohio.  a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
  3. Elizabeth Kenny devised new more effective methods of treating Evil Clown Syndrome.  a) Kenny,  b) Kenny, new c) new, effective, d) new, more, effective  e) NOTA
  4. A lot of cake was served, during Cindy's wedding. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
  5. Captain Queso the chief of police, directed traffic during the president's visit. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
  6. With Shmarty's help dear readers the American Smartness Association was formed. a) help,  b) readers,  c) help, readers,  d) Shmarty's, readers,  e ) NOTA
  7. Training was based on apprenticeship and students learned from older students. a) apprenticeship,  b) apprenticeship, and,  c) and,  d) Ok as is.
  8. Kenny an Australian nurse aroused controversy due to her treatment methods. a) Kenny, nurse, b) Kenny, c) nurse, d) nurse, controversy,
  9. Florence Nightingale was a nurse hospital reformer and humanitarian. a) Nightingale, b) nurse, hospital, reformer, c) reformer, d) hospital, e) NOTA
  10. Early nursing education however had little or no classroom preparation.  This sentence contains an appositive. a) True b) False
  11. Florence Nightingale received her nursing training in Egypt and Germany. a ) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated

The Outsiders
Finish/Correct Chapter 5 Quiz (if not already finished).
Chapter 6...