Freshman Bellringers st nine weeks

#1 week  1. Describe your first week (3 days)of school.  2. What classes do you think you will do well in? Why?  3. In what classes do you feel that you will struggle? Why?

#2 week  Please copy the following sentences and underline all of the nouns.  1. The committee of professional clowns protested unfair wages and unsafe working conditions.  2. The troupe of knife jugglers frightened the audience when they almost beheaded an old woman’s poodle.  3. Oliver and Gavin had a contest in which each child tried to stuff as many marbles up his nose as possible.

8/11 answers  1. The committee of professional clowns protested unfair wages and unsafe working conditions.  2. The troupe of knife jugglers frightened the audience when they almost beheaded an old woman ’s poodle.  3. Oliver and Gavin had a contest in which each child tried to stuff as many marbles up his nose as possible.

#3 week  Please answer the following questions about “The Most Dangerous Game”.  1. What kind of hunter is Rainsford?  2. How does he feel about the animals he hunts?  3. How does Whitney describe Ship Trap Island?  4. How does the author create suspense in the beginning of the story?

#4 week  Copy each vocab word and copy the matching definition.  1. replete  2. eminent  3. indiscriminate  4. voracious  5. steeped  (a)of high reputation  (b)completely filled  (c)random choosing  (d)drenched, saturated  (e)consuming great quantities

8/13 answers  1. replete-completely filled  2. eminent- of high reputation  3. indiscriminate- random choosing  4. voracious- consuming great quantities  5. steeped- drenched, saturated

#5 week  Copy each vocab word and copy the matching definition.  1. abound  2. technology  3. prognosticate  4. automaton  5. matron  A. older married woman  B. a robot  C. exist in great numbers  D. branch of knowledge dealing with engineering  E. To predict or foretell a future event

8/14 answers  1. abound- to exist in great numbers  2. technology- a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering  3. prognosticate- to predict or foretell a future event  4. automaton- a robot  5. matron- older married woman

#1 week  Please answer the following questions about “The Most Dangerous Game”.  1. (a)What two sounds does Rainsford hear while he is in the sea? (b) Why does he swim in that direction?  2. When Rainsford knocks on the door of the home on the island how is he greeted?  3. How do we know that General Zaroff admires Rainsford?  4. (a) What sport does Zaroff claim has been his life? (b) Unfortunately what has happened to his feelings about the sport in recent years?

#2 week  Please answer the following questions about “The Most Dangerous Game”.  1. Why does Zaroff become bored of hunting?  2. What “new animal” does Zaroff hunt?  3. What is his reasoning for hunting this animal?  4. How does Rainsford feel about this “game” and General Zaroff?

#3 week  Please answer the following questions about “The Most Dangerous Game”.  1. What is the alternative to hunting with Zaroff?  2. How does the general try to make it “fair” to the person being hunted?  3. What does Zaroff say that makes Rainsford realize he is going to hunted?  4. Why is the general particularly excited about hunting Rainsford?

Most Dangerous Game Vocab (know for quiz!)  1. receding-becoming more distant  2. disarming- removing or lessoning fears  3. prolonged- extended  4. imprudent- unwise  5. surmounted- overcame  6. unruffled- calm  7. invariably- always (not changing)  8. diverting- entertaining  9. impulse- a sudden desire to do something  10. protruding- sticking out

#4 week  Please answer the following questions about “The Most Dangerous Game”.  1. How does Rainsford attempt to elude the general on the first night?  2.(a) Was he successful? (b) How do we know?  3. How is Rainsford able to injure Zaroff on the second night?  4. Whom/what does he kill with his second trap (the Burmese tiger pit)?

#5 week  Please answer the following questions about “The Most Dangerous Game”.  1. After the death of one of his dogs, what does Zaroff tell Rainsford is going home to get?  2.(a)Whom does Zaroff bring with him? (b) What happens to him?  3. What is Rainsford forced to do while trying to escape Zaroff on the third day?  4. What happens between Rainsford and Zaroff at the end of the story?

#1 week  Please copy the following sentences, underlining all the nouns.  1. Some words come from other languages, such as Spanish and French.  2. Books, movies, and music often feature new words that are added to everyday English.  3. Sitting Bull was a famous chief during war.  4. To enter the wildlife park, we walked through the mouth of a huge fake alligator.

8/24 answers  1. Some words come from other languages, such as Spanish and French.  2. Books, movies, and music often feature new words that are added to everyday English.  3. Sitting Bull was a famous chief during war.  4. To enter the wildlife park, we walked through the mouth of a huge fake alligator.