CAUGHT YA'S 1-10

Format for the Caught Ya

Name            Date (Spelled Out)         Caught Ya #

Caught Ya #1

(Incorrect)

isabelle ingenuous always animated twirled in nervousness and a excess of energy.  pauline puerile whined in a babyish manner about the tardiness of olivia otiose about having to return to horribly hard middle school for another year and about the homework the teachers loved to pile on her

Caught Ya #1

(Correct)

     Isabelle Ingenuous, always animated, twirled in nervousness and a excess of energy.  Pauline Puerile whined in a babyish manner about the tardiness of Olivia Otiose, about having to return to Horribly Hard Middle School for another year, and about the homework the teachers loved to pile on her.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

ingenuous    

animated     

excess       

puerile

tardiness           

otiose   

Format for the Caught Ya

Name            Date (Spelled Out)         Caught Ya #

Caught Ya #2

(Incorrect)

another girl was garbed all in black.  even her hair was dyed black.  it was felicia fey who acted in a bizarre manner and who was known for her spells that always went awry

Caught Ya #2

(Correct)

     Another girl was garbed all in black.  Even her hair was dyed black.  It was Felicia Fey, who acted in a bizarre manner and who was known for her spells that always went awry.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

garbed     

fey            

awry

      

Format for the Caught Ya

Name            Date (Spelled Out)         Caught Ya #

Caught Ya #3

(Incorrect)

felicia began to mutter words of a spell to encourage her friend olivia otiose to hurry.  isabelle ingenuous put her hand over felicias mouth to stop her from uttering her spell and she warned her freind

Caught Ya #3

(Correct)

Felicia began to mutter words of a spell to encourage her friend Olivia Otiose to hurry. Isabelle Ingenuous put her hand over Felicia's mouth to stop her from uttering her spell, and she warned her friend.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

otiose            

ingenuous         

uttering

      

Format for the Caught Ya

Name            Date (Spelled Out)         Caught Ya #

Caught Ya #4

(Incorrect)

you know it will backfire on you felicia warned isabelle ingenuous.  you dont want to ruin youre new black hairdo or start the seventh grade with putrid purple streaks in your hair as you did in the sixth grade last year do you

Caught Ya #4

(Correct)

     “You know it will backfire on you, Felicia,” warned Isabelle Ingenuous.  “You don't want to ruin your new black hairdo or start the seventh grade with putrid purple streaks in your hair as you did in the sixth grade last year, do you?”

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

putrid

Format for the Caught Ya

Name            Date (Spelled Out)         Caught Ya #

Caught Ya #5

(Incorrect)

william waggish made a tasteless but funny joke about girls and there wierd habits but no one listened.  they were used to his lame limericks vapid jokes and strange sense of humor 

Caught Ya #5

(Correct)

     William Waggish made a tasteless but funny joke about girls and their weird habits, but no one listened.  They were used to his lame limericks, vapid jokes, and strange sense of humor.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

waggish            

lame                  

vapid        

Caught Ya #6

(Incorrect) 19

the last member of the troop sam sagacious simply stood wisely and silently waiting for the clamor to die down. A erudite young man sam held a book in his hand the count of monte cristo by alexander dumas and he read as he waited

Caught Ya #6

(Correct) 19

The last member of the troop, Sam Sagacious, simply stood wisely and silently, waiting for the clamor to die down. An erudite young man, Sam held a book in his hand, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, and he read as he waited.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

Sagacious

Clamor

Erudite

Caught Ya #7

(Incorrect) 26

since his joke had fallen flat and no one had laughed william waggish regaled his friends with a new limerick about girls whom wear black. brown faced with expressive dark pupils william composed mischievous poems to hide his real aspiration two be as eloquent and articulate a poet as his secret hero langston hughes

    

there once was a strange girl from mack (Colorado)

who’s hair and clothes were all black.

she looked like a crow,

and she should have said no

to trying a magical act

Caught Ya #7

(correct) 26

Since his joke had fallen flat, and no one had laughed, William Waggish regaled his friends with a new limerick about girls who wear black. Brown-faced with expressive dark pupils, William composed mischievous poems to hide his real aspiration: to be as eloquent and articulate a poet as his secret hero, Langston Hughes.

    

There once was a strange girl from Mack    (Colorado)

Whose hair and clothes were all black.

She looked like a crow,

And she should have said “No”

To trying a magical act.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

waggish

regaled

aspiration

eloquent

articulate

Caught Ya #8

(Incorrect) 6

sam sagacious put his book in his backpack and he laughed. Felicia fey threatened to zap William with a spell but that didnt deter him

Caught Ya #8

(correct) 6

Sam Sagacious put his book in his backpack and he laughed. Felicia Fey threatened to zap William with a spell, but that didn’t deter him.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

sagacious

fey

deter

Caught Ya #9

(Incorrect) 15

isabelle ingenuous smiled at williams poem and the image of felicia as a crow but she dared not laugh because she didnt want too affront her friend felicia felicia glowered stuck out her tongue at william and than muttered something rude under her breath

Caught Ya #9

(Incorrect) 15

Isabelle Ingenuous smiled at William’s poem and the image of Felicia as a crow, but she dared not laugh because she didn’t want too affront her friend Felicia. Felicia glowered, stuck out her tongue at William, and then muttered something rude under her breath.

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

affront

glowered 

Caught Ya #10

(Incorrect) 11

william cant you write anything accept those insipid limericks she snapped. how about giving us a break and trying another form of poetry for a change

Caught Ya #10

(Incorrect) 11

“William, can’t you write anything except those insipid limericks?” she snapped. “How about giving us a break and trying another form of poetry for a change?”

Vocabulary

(Add each word to your vocabulary section in your binder and define each one.)

insipid