February 7 th -11 th Warm-ups

Monday, February 7 th Warm-up See if you know these words that often appear on the SAT. banalbelittlecalamitycommence disdainingeniouslimberpivotal promptsubsequenttormentspontaneous 1. following after7. begin 2. on time8. to put someone down 3. crucial9. clever 4. common10. scorn 5. to annoy or tease11. disaster 6. flexible12. unplanned

Tuesday, February 8 th Warm-up Unscramble these eleven proverbs. 1. Good die the only young 2. Be boys will boys 3. Over milk don’t spilled cry 4. Leap look you before 5. Is believing seeing 6. Still deep waters run 7. Horse look in mouth don’t a gift the 8. The wheel the oil squeaky gets 9. Survive only the strong 10. Is as strong weakest link a its chain as 11. Makes fonder the grow absence heart

Wednesday, February 9 th Warm-up Unscramble these words that have a double z combination. 1. (zzmleu) the front end of a firearm 2. (zzlepu) to confuse 3. (zzlaref) fray 4. (zzonel) the spout at the end of a hose 5. (zzifle) to make a hissing sound 6. (zzidlre) to rain lightly 7. (zzmleeeb) to make money fraudulently (illegally) 8. (zzslei) to be extremely hot 9. (zzebadle) to bewilder 10. (zzeulg) to drink greedily

Thursday, February 9 th Warm-up How many words can you make from the phrase President’s Day Rules: Words must be three letters long or longer, and no proper names!

Friday, February 11 th Warm-up 1. Find a Central American country: Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala, Colombia. 2. What country was once ruled by Catherine the Great? 3. Spell the plural of “potato.” 4. In what country did sumo wrestling originate? 5. What is the smallest whole number divisible by 2, 3 and 4? 6. Does an atomic number equal the number of neutrons or protons in an atom? 7. What country shares the island of Hispaniola and Haiti? 8. Where did Renaissance kings have limited power: Spain, France or England? 9. Find the prepositional phrase: 1.) We sat a long time. 2.) We sat on the floor. 10. What is a shorter way to say “acquired immune deficiency syndrome”?