January 25 th -29 th Week Six Warm-ups

Monday, January 21 st 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. 1. Once in a _____ moon (not often) 2. ____ tape (rules and regulations that are frustrating) 3. ____ magic (sorcery) 4. ____ lightning (homemade whiskey) 5. Every cloud has a ______ lining (a basis for hope) 6. To ____ bag it (carry your lunch to school) 7. To see ____ (angered) 8. In the ____ (in debt) 9. ___ matter (brains) 10. ___ room (entertainer’s waiting room) 11. Out of the ____ (unexpected) 12. ____ beard (an old man)

Tuesday, January 22 nd Warm-ups Palindromes are words that read the same frontward or backward. Fill in the palindromic answers to the following clues. 1. _ _ _ _ _ radio detecting device 2. _ _ _ _ _ title for a lady 3. _ _ _ _ _ even 4. _ _ _ _ to peek 5. _ _ _ _ to blow a horn 6. _ _ _ _ 12 pm 7. _ _ _ _ _ one person performances 8. _ _ _ _ _ an eskimo canoe 9. _ _ _ _ _ numbers on a chart 10. _ _ _ a hurricane’s center

Wednesday, January 23 rd 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 clichés. dozenlightold ifs behindhighwayfiddlequick toemad 1. Fit as a ______: in very good condition 2. A dime a _____: very plentiful and available 3. _____ as a hatter: crazy 4. ___ as a feather: having little weight 5. _____ the eight ball: in a dangerous or unpleasant condition 6. _____ as the hills: having great age 7. _____ robbery: very expensive 8. _____ as a wink: very swiftly 9. _____, ands and buts: excuses 10. _____ the line: do exactly as requested

Thursday, January 24 th Warm-ups 1. IF you could change your name, what would you change it to? 2. IF you could open any store in North Bend, what would it be? 3. IF you could eat anything in the world right now, what would it be? 4. IF you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? 5. IF you could be a superhero, what superhero would you be?

Friday January 25 th Warm-up 1. Which two continents do NOT border on the Atlantic ocean? 2. Who lived in a sultan’s harem: his wives, his horses or his soldiers? 3. The word spelled g-y-m is a shortened form of what noun? 4. Which tree does not produce nuts: an oak, a hazel or a maple? 5. How can you calculate the area of a rectangle? 6. Mangrove trees can grow in either fresh or salt water. True or false? 7. What is the largest desert in the world? 8. Which came first: the American Revolution or the French Revolution? 9. Find the correct pair of antonyms :1) polite/impolite, 2) polite/nonpolite? 10. Who is younger: an Eagle Scout or a Cub Scout ?