Wednesday, 10/29/14
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If you haven't sent me your url, you had better get on it.
Blog your KBAR and you don't have to get signatures!
Some of you still need to change your blog title (Joe).
Some of you are really kicking it up a notch!

Checking for rough drafts... We will be revising tomorrow.

Warm Up. Write the word.
  1. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ______  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) rueful  e) conform  f) connotation  g) fathom
  2. Some people might have called him weird, but he preferred to be called a (non-)_____(ist).  a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) connotation  f) fathom  g) savvy
  3. I was able to ______ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer  f) connotation  g)nonchalant
  4. I looked at my grandma ______(ly) when she said she wanted to ride the colossal roller coaster.  a) wince  b) incredulous  c) credible  d) ironic  e) aloof  f) incredible  g) gallant
  5. "Guess what I've been in for?" asked Dally, grinning ____(ly).  a) asset  b) aloof  c) gallant  d) roguish  e) incredulous  f) wince  g) elite
  6. The root cred means... 
  7. The paper said that the business man was a(n) _____ to society, but ____(ly), he was secretly a mobster.  a) facade, roguish  b) asset, ironic  c) elite, facade,   d) ironic, facade  e) elite, ironic  f) aloof, facade
  8. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge  f) rueful  g) conform  h) savvy
  9. His feeling of accomplishment was ____(ed) when he found out that EVERYONE received an A on the test.  a)  disdain  b) concoction  c) diminish  d) engross  e) aplomb  f) incredulous  g) facade

Read Outsiders aloud to p147. Then...