Words of the Week!
You keep putting work off! Don't _______________.
What is the word, "Procrastinate"?
The beginning of the original Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens uses words that contradict each other, because they are opposites. For example: It was the BEST of times, it was the WORST of times..." A word that is the opposite of another word is called an ____________.
What is an antonym?
What are London and Paris.
Who was Mr. Lorry?
What is the word, "evade"?
If you are late to class, and you want Ms. Hall to not mark you absent, sometimes you have to remind her to change the class ___________________.
What is a "roster"?
This word describes a period of time in history.
What is the word, "epoch"?
A Tale of Two Cities takes place during a period of great change in France, when peasants protested to nobility that they had no food, and that they needed to have a voice in a democratic society. There was a lot of violence during this time. This was the time of the ______________.
What was the French Revolution?
This man was accused of selling French secrets to England, and put on trial.
Who was Charles Darnay?
Please stop making rubbings from the grave stones. The stones are softer than you think. When you press hard on them, you can ________________ the writing.
What is the word, "efface"?
If students try to leave before the class is over, the teacher will do anything in his power to _____________ them from leaving the room.
What is the word, "impede"?
The root word "cred" means this.
This young woman thought she was an orphan, until Mr. Lorry told her father was still alive.
Who was Lucy Manette?
This man looks exactly like Charles Darnay, and by showing his resemblance, he helps to keep Charles out of prison.
Who is Sydney Carton?
When you split something into two separate parts, you split them _______________.
What is the word, "asunder"?
He keeps cutting people down with sarcasm! Even though he's funny a lot of the time, and he knows what he is talking about, I wish he would stop making _______________ remarks.
What is the word, "trenchant"?
This word has the prefix IN (meaning not), and means disbelief.
What is incredulity?
What was the Defarges' wine shop?
After this man had been imprisoned for years, he was so traumatized that he could not talk to people, other than to tell them his prison number, and the cell block he was on.
Who was Dr. Manette?
Don't yell, "FIRE!" in a crowded theater! You could _______________ a riot!
What is the word, "incite"?
Change the ending of "procrastinate" to make it a noun!
What is "Procrastination"?
Words including best, worst, smartest, happiest, and other words with "est" suffixes are this.
What are superlatives?
Lucie Manette brought her father here, which allowed him to heal, and to have a successful medical practice.
What is the city of London?
This wealthy French nobleman thinks that he deserves to be rich, and that peasants' lives aren't worth as much as his. He thrown a coin at the father of a boy who he kills by driving his carriage too fast through town, and running over him.
Who was the Marquis du Evremonde?
Even though she is kind of ticked, Ms. Hall will ___________________ from melting down in front of students. Usually. Ok, once in a while.
What is the word, "Forbear"?