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Test your knowledge and creativity with these warm-ups! Fill in missing colors, solve palindromes, complete cliches, and answer thoughtful questions. Expand your vocabulary and critical thinking skills.
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Monday, january 26th Warm-up Fill in the missing colors in these expressions that use colors to get their point across. Each expression is followed by its meaning in parenthesis. • Once in a _____ moon (not often) • ____ tape (rules and regulations that are frustrating) • ____ magic (sorcery) • ____ lightning (homemade whiskey) • Every cloud has a ______ lining (a basis for hope) • To ____ bag it (carry your lunch to school) • To see ____ (angered) • In the ____ (in debt) • ___ matter (brains) • ___ room (entertainer’s waiting room) • Out of the ____ (unexpected) • ____ beard (an old man)
Tuesday, January 27th Warm-ups Palindromes are words that read the same frontward or backward. Fill in the palindromic answers to the following clues. • _ _ _ _ _ radio detecting device • _ _ _ _ _ title for a lady • _ _ _ _ _ even • _ _ _ _ to peek • _ _ _ _ to blow a horn • _ _ _ _ 12 pm • _ _ _ _ _ one person performances • _ _ _ _ _ an eskimo canoe • _ _ _ _ _ numbers on a chart • _ _ _ a hurricane’s center
Wednesday, January 28th Warm-up “Easy as pie” is a cliché, an overused expression. The word cliché is derived from the French word clicher meaning to stereotype. Choose a word from the list below to complete the cliches. dozen light old ifs behind highway fiddle quick toemad • Fit as a ______: in very good condition • A dime a _____: very plentiful and available • _____ as a hatter: crazy • ___ as a feather: having little weight • _____ the eight ball: in a dangerous or unpleasant condition • _____ as the hills: having great age • _____ robbery: very expensive • _____ as a wink: very swiftly • _____, ands and buts: excuses • _____ the line: do exactly as requested
Thursday, January 29th warm-ups (First and Fifth periods) Please write thoughtful, 3-5 sentence answers to the following questions. • What attitude did you take towards the Radley family when you were watching/performing the skits? (Respectful? Lighthearted?) • Atticus disapproved of Dill, Scout and Jem playing the “Boo Radley Story.” Why do you suppose this was?
Thursday January 28TH Warm-ups (Second, third and sixth Period) • IF you could change your name, what would you change it to? • IF you could open any store in North Bend, what would it be? • IF you could eat anything in the world right now, what would it be? • IF you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? • IF you could be a superhero, what superhero would you be?
Friday January 30thWarm-up • Which two continents do NOT border on the Atlantic ocean? • Who lived in a sultan’s harem: his wives, his horses or his soldiers? • The word spelled g-y-m is a shortened form of what noun? • Which tree does not produce nuts: an oak, a hazel or a maple? • How can you calculate the area of a rectangle? • Mangrove trees can grow in either fresh or salt water. True or false? • What is the largest desert in the world? • Which came first: the American Revolution or the French Revolution? • Find the correct pair of antonyms :1) polite/impolite, 2) polite/nonpolite? • Who is younger: an Eagle Scout or a Cub Scout?