Name __________________________________
Date ________
Bellringers Term 3 Week 2
Period _____
Monday, January 18th – No School
Tuesday, January 19th – Citation Practice--Questions
When the sentence you wish to quote is a question, you put a comma after the introduction you write, and the question mark
goes inside the quotation marks at the end of the question. A period still goes after the citation.
Example1: Will You Kids Shut Up? by Lucy Thompson, page 4
The narrator asks, “Why can’t we all just get along?” (Thompson 4).
Put the correct punctuation and citation in the following sentences.
1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, page 37
The author states O Romeo, Romeo/Wherefore art thou Romeo
2. The Basque History of the World, page 1
The narrator asks The central mystery is: Who are the Basques
3. The Turkeys by Dedra Wedgeworth, page 2
The author claims Children are inherently turkeys; who can tame them
Wednesday, January 20th – Vocabulary and Word Cells
For vocabulary, use the word we defined for you in a sentence. For word cells, provide two words that uses the cell correctly.
1. lat: side________________________________
2. lingu: language ________________________________
3. -ation: action/process________________________________
4. moor: open, overgrown land
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6. engulfed: swallowed up in or submerged, as if in a gulf
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7. treacherous: dangerous; hazardous
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8. bog: wet, spongy, decaying ground
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9. self-possessed: having or showing control of yourself; composed
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10. falteringly: hesitating for fear of making mistakes
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11. bustled: hustled; moved with great energy
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12. scarcity: shortness of supply
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13. ghastly: shockingly frightful or dreadful
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14. conscious: aware of
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15. labored under: acted, behaved, or functioned at a disadvantage
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16. delusion: false belief or opinion that a person believes without ill intent
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17. acquaintances: people you know who aren’t close friends
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18. ailments and infirmities: physical weaknesses or sicknesses
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19. convey: to communicate or make known
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20. comprehension: process of understanding
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21. dazed: stunned or stupefied
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22. burdened: carrying heavy load, either physically or emotionally
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23. headlong: headfirst
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24. imminent: impending; coming soon
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25. pariah: outcast
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Thursday, January 21st - Citation Review – Questions
Put the correct punctuation and citation in the following sentences.
1. How Beige Was My Jacket?, page 90
The author states And where are we going to get the patches for our eye sockets
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, page 87
The narrator asks Why are we stealing these books anyhow
3. “The Decision to Go to the Moon” by John F. Kennedy, page 23
The author asked But why, some say, the moon
Friday, January 22nd–Vocabulary and Word Cells
For vocabulary, use the word we defined for you in a sentence. For word cells, provide two words that uses the cell correctly.
1. ped: feet_______________________
2. carn, carni: meat________________________
3. plane: wing _____________________
4. stoop: bent at the head and shoulders like an old person
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5. stout: bulky, thickset
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6. emphasis: special importance attached to
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7. cordialities: friendliness and warmth
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8. ancestral: relating to your relatives
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9. eradicate: to get rid of or destroy
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10. quarrel: fight or argument
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11. perch: for birds, to rest upon a branch or stick
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12. headmaster: person in charge of a private school
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13. thoroughfare: a road or street that leads at each end to another street
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14. regulations: rules
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15. skirting: avoiding narrowly
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16. premises: a tract of land including its buildings
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17. detour: an alternative route when a path is unusable
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18. childbed: childbirth; or the time while a woman is too weak from childbirth to get out of bed
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19. diviner: a person uses spells to cure people; shaman
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20. propitiate: to make someone happy or keep them from being angry
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21. trampled: stepped on crushingly
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