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Slides Link for Homies (ASB Elections): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H-AAPyr5R7LynyY43kBKJJEj_N0b4_8motOj2eoar80/edit?usp=sharing

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Copy homework into planner.

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“Sentence Combo, 9/27.” Add, subtract, rearrange.

1. The llama usually got seasick. He lived on a houseboat. (Hint: Although)
2. A girl rode her unicycle. Down the street is where she went. She had a llama-shaped balloon. (Hint: with)
3. She likes pizza. The llama prefers salmon burgers.  (Hint: however)

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Debrief Test #5. Better!

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Handout: Clauses.

We’re going to use the terms INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT CLAUSES

Follow the directions AND ALSO CIRCLE THE DEPENDENT CLAUSES you find.

 

The Outsiders.

 

Prep Sheet for Test #5:

Vocabulary Homework: ___/15  KBARR:___/24  Extra Scrambles: +____
Vocab Practices:   9-21:___/11   9-22:___/12    9-23:___/12     Other Extra Credit:

All periods get +1 for Vocab Relay, except periods 5,6 who get +2. +1 for anyone who got 10/10 on either clicker FRO’s.

 

Mental Floss.

1. What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
2. What is 3/7 chicken + 2/3 cat + 1/2 goat?
3. I am so fragile that when you say my name you break me. What am I?
4. What letter can you place on the line, other than E, to complete this sequence?
   SEQUENC__

5. 5 + 5 + 5 = 550
   Add ONE STRAIGHT LINE to make the equation correct. No, you can’t make a not equal sign. That would be an inequality, not an equation.

6. While riding in the car I saw a license plate that read like this: IXMNIZ. What occupation did the man in the car have?

 

Test #5 – 2021

Doodle Theme: Alien TV.

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, FRO’s, HK, RJ, Outsiders. Preview is here: Test #5 Preview

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“Warm Up, 9/23.” Write a sentence about Dally that begins with the word although.

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FRO’s Clicker Practice. (Again. Sigh.)

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“Vocab, 9/23.” Some used more than once. (Sigh.)
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
5. If you ____ (ed) CPK last night, it benefited the band program.
6. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
7. I finally had to poke him to ____ any response at all!
8. The roots of this word mean “not allowed.” _____
9. The root of this word meant “place for observation.” _____
10. The roots of this word meant “drawn out by trickery or magic.” _____
11. The root of this word meant “empty or without substance.”_____
12. The root of this word meant “defender.”

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VOCABULARY RELAY!

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Test Preview Questions.

1. Why does Helen keep dropping her napkin?
2. What part of Plot Mountain is the R and J meet scene?
3. Which quote so far best connects to the title of the novel?  a) “How’d you like to live with that?”  b) “I guess we’re different.”  c) “Too bad it couldn’t stay like that all the time.”  d) “Things have been happening so fast…”  e) “I bet they were cool old guys.”
4. The same character said all five of the quotes in the previous question. Which one?
5. What part of Plot Mountain are we on in The Outsiders?
6. Dally getting hauled in for the murder he didn’t do is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
7. What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail? (p89-90)
8. Why would Johnny be “having the time of his life” in the church? (p92)
9. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood “studies his wedding ring,” what’s going on?  (p95)
10. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?

 

The Outsiders.

 

“Sentence Descramble, 9/22.”

1. –nevertheless  –seems effective  –more research  –to see  –the medication  –must be done  — if it’s safe
2. –in fact  — at all  –a beast  –a gentle giant  –is not  –that llama  –he is

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FRO’s: CLICKER ONLY!

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“Vocab, 9/22.”

      

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. Which pair of homophones? ______ and ______. (Yes, the order matters.)
5. “You’re so ____. You probably think this song is about you.”
6. Pony and Johnny had a lot of time in the church to quietly ______.
7. Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
8. It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag.
9. An early meaning of this word was to “treat with excessive kindness.” _____
10. The teacher’s attitude was very _____(ing); he always treated his class like they were in kindergarten.
11. (2) He was so _____ he spent hours ______(ing) his own face in the mirror.

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Romeo and Juliet Excerpt. p26.

What part of plot mountain do you think this is?

How does it Connect to The Outsiders?

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The Outsiders

Johnny’s behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False

 

Checking Definitions.

“Vocab, 9/21.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. He _______(ed) the meaning of the poem for a long time.
6. legitimate : illicit :: combined : ______
7. gossipy : discreet :: nonchalant : _____
8. The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
9. I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
10. I am never going to ____ that store again after they were so rude to me.
11. It’s my birthday. I’m going to ______myself and eat whatever I want to eat.

 

“FROs 9/21.”  Fragment, Run-on, or OK?

1. Hide in burrows and beneath rocks.
2. Although the llama wandered too close to the fire.
3. Fighting with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, he battled the vicious llama.
4. Herds of fiendish llamas called dooms roam the empty countryside.
5. The strange life of the llama.
6. Jack and Jill and the llama went up the hill to fetch a pail of water then they fell down.
7. The llama fell down and broke his crown Jack and Jill fell in the well.
8. The llama went over the hills and through the wood to get to Grandmother’s house, but she wasn’t home.
9. Because the llama ate too much cheese, he forgot to do his KBARR.
10. The llama helps me with my homework, he does a great job.

 

“The Miracle Worker”  Video excerpt.

(Group) “The Miracle Worker.” Use EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT in your answers!

1. What can you infer about James’s view of Helen and of Annie from the grace scene? (Look at the stage directions!)
2. What are the two different points of view of Annie and the Kellers about Helen’s behavior at the table? (Use a vocab word!)
3. Why does Helen keep dropping her napkin? (Bonus for using a quote from p22)

 

The Outsiders.