Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

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LET’S PLAY SCRABBLE.   Scrabble Practice Round.

• Each person draws a letter. The letter closest to A goes first. (Blank beats A.)
• Draw continues clockwise (to the left) after that.
• If no one volunteers, the person with the letter farthest from A is scorekeeper.
• Put those letters back and draw seven (7) each.
• Keep a running total, like this (don’t write what’s in the parentheses):

• First player must put the word down with a letter on the Star (2x word)  in the middle.
• Left to right, top to bottom; not diagonal, not bottom to top!
• Suggestion: no more than 2 minutes per person.
• NO! NO! NO!
  • NO abbreviations or contractions
  • NO foreign words
  • NO proper nouns (nouns you would normally capitalize)
• Check the dictionary.

Multiplier squares are one use only! Once they’re covered up, they’re used up!

“Sometimes I ain’t so sho who’s got him a right to say a man is crazy and when he ain’t. Sometimes I think there ain’t none of us pure crazy and ain’t none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.”

What?

Idiosyncrasy! Everybody has at least one. What’s yours? 😉

Scapegoat? Yes, the word’s root is really goat!

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.”

Discuss:

• What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
• What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
• Why do we like to be scared sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
• How does fear affect the decisions you make?
• In general, what are (most) humans scared of?
• “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning?  (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
• Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared?)

TZ: March 4, 1960.

“Advisory Schedule”

NO Homework?!?    But, by January 8:

• Answers to questions/follow-ups.
• Notes on setting and set-up.
• Notes on physical appearance/attitude/isms
• ON PAPER OR TYPED UP IN A GDoc!

“Test 15 Blind Retake.”

• Tests back to you. Scores displayed.
• Decide whether you want to retake. If not, DOODLE on back.
• Clickers will be on for 10 minutes.
• Reclick answers you want to keep. Cross Out (Do NOT Erase) answers you want to change and click the new ones too.
• You must click all 24.

Debrief Test 15.

Classes that are not finished: 120 Seconds.

Others: MadLib!

Time? Vladek.

Friday the Thirteenth: TuTu Schedule.

Prep Sheet for Test #15:

KBARR: ____/24  SMYK: ___/10  Pink Sheet Completed? ____     Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.

1. What famous fictional character is represented here?   ants, beetles, termites, rabbit
2. An archeologist claims to have dug up a coin that is clearly dated 46 B.C. How do we know he’s lying?
3. A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?
4. What number should come next? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64,  _____  (Alert: math.)
5. Spell the word candy with just 2 letters.
6. How many F’s (capital or small–no trick here) are in the following sentence? (Alert: Counting.)
   Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.  

Test #15.   Doodle Theme: A NEW TOY!

NEW FEATURE: BLIND RETAKE OPTION AVAILABLE MONDAY.

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, Class Stuff, Vladek. Preview after Period 4.

“Warm Up, 12/12.”

1. What was Yertle’s purpose in increasing the height of his throne? Be specific.
2. What was one of Hitler’s purposes in invading countries in Europe?
3. What was McBean’s middle name?
4. “They had stars upon thars!” What word is “thars” replacing?
5. What can we compare belly stars to in real life?
6. Why did Vladek think it was safe to go with the smugglers? 
7. What is ironic about Vladek’s decision to try to go to Hungary and give their spot at Mrs. Motonowa’s to Miloch and his family?  
8. p147, panel 6, the pig. 
9. p155, panel 6, the mouse. 

SMYK’s

“Vocab, 12/12.”
   
mesmerize, quarantine, hypochondria, pandemonium, defray, miser, resolute, intercede, disgruntled, wallow, pauper

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. Artie is worried about furthering the racist stereotype of the ____(ly) Jew, but Vladek actually fits it.
6. The root of this word is a guy’s name. ____
7. The root of this word meant “poor.” _____
8. The roots of this word meant “undo the cost.”_____
9. The roots of this word meant “all the demons.”_____
10. The roots of this word meant “the soft part under the ribs.” _____
11. The roots of this word meant “go between.” _____
12. The roots of this word meant “to not utter little grunts.”  (haha) _____
13. The original root of this word meant “to disintegrate or dissolve.”_____

Vladek. Book 2. Mauschwitz.