The Gift of the Magi Text

The Gift of the Magi 

List of Prepositions

• aboard
• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• amid
• among
• around
• as
• at

• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• besides
• between
• beyond
• but
• by

• concerning
• considering

• despite
• down
• during

• except
• excepting
• excluding

• following
• for
• from

• in
• inside
• into

• like

• minus

• near

• of
• off
• on
• onto
• opposite
• outside
• over

• past
• per
• plus

• regarding
• round

• save
• since

• than
• through
• to
• toward
• towards

• under
• underneath
• unlike
• until
• up
• upon

• versus
• via

• with
• within
• without

INFO RE: Grammar Test on Thursday Feb. 13, 2014

The grammar test tomorrow will consist of the following:

1. Identify in a sentence: 

• linking verb, predicate noun 
• linking verb, predicate adjective
• appositive

2. Write your own sentences using an appositive with correct punctuation (set off by commas or set off by dashes).

• REMEMBER: An appositive is a second noun or a noun phrase renaming/specifying the first noun. Example:  Gone with the Wind, my favorite Civil War novel, is also a great movie. 

• An appositive is NOT a clause describing a noun in an adjective manner.

Such as:  Gone with the Wind, which is very long, is also a great movie. 

In this case, that extra clause is behaving like an adjective, adding more information "adjective style," not "noun style".  You still set it off with commas, but it's not an appositive. 

House Reading Log Ch. 11-14

House of the Scorpion
Reading Log Chapters 11-14
Due Friday at the end of class

1. Identify three different interactions between Matt and Maria at the El Patron’s birthday party.  Examine the cause effect of each action:

A) Cause:


Effect:



B) Cause:


Effect:




C) Cause:


Effect:

2. Compare and contrast El Patron and El Viejo’s physical conditions and moral beliefs. What is your opinion of El Viejo’s choices?











3. Describe the kinds of gifts El Patron receives. What is his relationship with these gifts? What does this imply about his nature?






4. What is the significance of Matt’s educational trips with Tam Lin? What does he learn, and what does this possibly foreshadow?










5. How do Matt and Maria end up in the hospital?








6. What does the clone look like in the hospital bed? How does Matt view himself after this discovery?










7. What is ironic about Maria’s reaction to the clone, given her first concern when she thought they were cats that needed her help?










8. In Celia’s Story, what were the circumstances that lead to Celia’s position at the estate? (139-143)










9. Use bullet points to log the events of Matt’s plot to reconnect with Maria.











Vocab Words: Copy the sentence where the words appear in the text.

ensconced (103)


jovial (109)



cravenly (119)



servile (122)



grovel (123)



laudanum (127)

House Vocabulary List 8

House of the Scorpion Vocabulary List 8

1. ensconced (103)





2. jovial (109)





3. cravenly (119)




4. servile (122)





5. grovel (123)





6. laudanum (127)
















In addition to finding definitions, copy the sentence context of the book.

7. theological (159)







8. indignation (163)







9. abomination (163)






10. nationalist (176)








11. ethics (177)








12. pillaging (184)