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1. Monday, April 19th • Bellwork: Vocabulary List 4 • Gerund Practice • The Giver and Gathering Blue • Group 1: Read Ch. 15-16 (pp. 118-129) and do questions # 60-64 • Group 2: Read Ch. 4-6 (pp. 31-66) and finish Ch. 1-6 questions • If you finish, work on chapter summaries, make sure you have all the pages listed on the board done, or do something else quietly while others are reading and working

2. Vocabulary List 4 • sereneadj. calm and untroubled • murmurv. to mumble or say beneath one’s breath • shudderv. to tremble; to shake with fear • glumlyadv. sadly; dejected • subtleadj. slight and not obvious • exquisite adj. fine; admirable; perfect; unique • wearilyadv. done with little energy; exhaustedly • lethargyn. the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity • summitn. the peak; the highest point • treacherouslyadv. dangerously; hazardously Quiz Friday 

3. Grammar: In each of the following sentences, underline the gerund (-ing word) and decide if it is being used as a subject, direct object, or object of a preposition (or, to be tricky, is it just the main verb?)—you can just write the gerund and what it’s being used for on a piece of paper. • Winning is the most important thing to that team. _____________ • They are definitely losing that game! ______ • Scoring is high on my list of immediate goals. ___________ • They tried scoring but got nowhere. ________ • Thinking should be the step before doing. ________