Thursday, 2/25 (Periods 1,2,3) – Friday, 2/26 (Periods 5,6)

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Vocab Numbers in Chat: ___/12, ___/12, ___/12

Your Interview Notes are due Monday, March 1 (Periods 1,2,3) or Tuesday, March 2 (Periods 5,6). Please share the Doc with me AFTER you have completed the interview.

KEEP INTERVIEW STUFF SEPARATE FROM 600!!!!!!! MAKE SEPARATE DOCUMENTS!

New Vocab will go up Monday with defns due Wednesday (Periods 1,2,3)/Thursday (5,6).

SGI 2/25 (2/26): RETAKES (< 21 on today’s test) and EC Vocab (which should be in your 600 doc ready for copy paste into chat).

KBARR CHARTS are due NOW!


Mental Floss in Chat (PRIVATE!!!).

  1. Wacky Wordies. The colors are not part of the clues.
    a)    b) 
    c) 
  2. Figure out what the three things in each set have in common. Each answer is a six-letter word ending in -s.
    • a) trombone, playground, microscope
    • b) railroad, muddy shoes, music cd
  3. What living creature has fur, four legs, and a tail, eats cat food, meows, and sees equally well from both ends of its body?
  4. Name an English word (there are actually two) of more than two letters that both begins and ends with the letters -he in that order. “Hehe” is not an acceptable answer.
  5. What does the following group of statements represent?
    (2 word answer ending in -s. It’s sort of a Wacky Wordy too. HAHA.)
    Jenni drowned Frosted Flakes.  Isaiah buried Cap’n Crunch six feet under.  Stephanie threw Rice Krispies off a cliff.  Emma shot Cocoa Puffs.

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WRITE DOWN YOUR TEST ANSWERS. NOT JUST THE LETTER!!!!!

Test #12 – Period 1

Test #12 – Period 2

Test #12 – Period 3

Test #12 – Period 5

Test #12 – Period 6

You may leave when you are finished! Go do your interview or 600 words!

Tuesday, 2/23 (Periods 1,2,3) – Wednesday, 2/24 (Periods 5,6)

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Check In in Chat.  PRIVATE. Vladek Check. You also might want to write them down because… you know.

  1. Vladek thinks Mala cares only about… (1 word)
  2. How does Vladek’s father-in-law (Anja’s dad) help him after his first close call on the street?
  3. What character “survived me my life” according Vladek when he hid Vladek in his apartment during a roundup? (Vladek’s second close call.)
  4. What does Vladek suggest that Anja refuses?

Test #12 is Thursday for Periods 1,2,3 and Friday for Periods 5,6. Here is the Preview: Test12-2021-Preview
Your Interview Notes are due Monday, March 1 (Periods 1,2,3) or Tuesday, March 2 (Periods 5,6). Please share the Doc with me AFTER you have completed the interview.
NO SGI Today: Faculty Meeting.


“Clauses in Chat.” (7p)  PRIVATE!!!! You don’t have to, but I would write my answers in my notebook too because this is basically the section on the Test.

  1. (2) By definition, a clause must have a ___ and a ____
  2. A Dependent Clause wrongly used as a sentence is called a _______.
  3. A sentence with a Dependent clause and an Independent clause is called a ______ sentence.
  4. Two Independent clauses properly connected is called a _____ sentence.
  5. (2) To properly connect two Independent clauses you need a _____ and a _______.

“Vocab 2/23 (2/24)”
succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
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  1. _____  (It’s a paper clip. The subheading says, “The only tool you’ll ever need.”)
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Several answers justifiable.)
  4. She blamed him for the incident and always looked at him with _____ afterwards.
  5. Vladek _____(es) Artie for using too many wooden matches…
  6. …because he is too “_____” to buy them.
  7. During the TV marathon, we _____(ed) for two days on chips, pizza, and Dr. Pepper.
  8. Sometimes it’s tough to not ______ to peer pressure.
  9. In The Outsiders, when we referred to a façade, we were saying that the person was _____(ing) about their true feelings.
  10. The prefix of this word means “before.” ______
  11. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____
  12. The prefix of this word means “both.”_____

Vladek.

 

Friday, 2/19 (Periods 1,2,3) – Monday, 2/22 (Periods 5,6)

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Check in in Chat. Vladek Mini Quiz. PRIVATE! Name the character.

  1. p77, 1st panel, the one talking on the left.
  2. p77, 1st panel, the one getting his book taken away.
  3. p77, panel 3, the one talking.
  4. p77, last panel, the one holding the kid.

It’s Monday; you should have sent me your chart a couple of days ago.
Issues/Questions about interviews? Note are due in a week!
Don’t forget: Tomorrow, 2/23 you should have a new 600 words since 2/16.

SGI: Everyone for SMYK’s.  Tip:  Start typing your SMYK’s into your 600 doc for double credit. . And really expaaaaand those sentences for max 600 credit!


“Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences.”
I = Independent Clause  D = Dependent Clause.
(S) Simple Sentence (S) = One I.
(CD) Compound Sentence (CD)  = I + I, joined by a comma and one of the FANBOYS 
(CX) Complex Sentence (CX) = I + D or D + I, joined by although, since, because, while, when, if… etc.)

“S/CD/CX/Frag, 2/19 (2/22).” 

  1. I like turtles   because they are cute.
  2. The llama is a quadruped   with fins for swimming.
  3. I sent the llama to the store   before the party started.
  4. Katy tried to call me  , but   my phone was dead.
  5. You would like it   if you were a llama.
  6. Herbie the llama ate some pizza  , so   he didn’t want dinner.
  7. He failed the test   after he ignored the warning.
  8. He forgot to practice  , yet   he still did well.
  9. Jenni ate the hot dog  , and   she got sick.
  10. Because Jenni ate the hot dog.

“Vocab, 2/19 (2/22).”

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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. There used to be a TV show called The ____ Gourmet which showed you how to eat well without spending a lot of money.
  6. Art Spiegelman once published magazines of ____ comics like “The Prisoner on the Hell Planet.”
  7. We rushed to ______ together a project before the upcoming deadline.
  8. Horror movies are sort of _______ for many people.
  9. “I never knew a person more _____ than myself. The fact that I say that shows what I say is true.”
  10. The athlete was ___ about the use of steroids. He knew they were harmful, but they helped his performance.
  11. (2) She tried to stay awake during math, but it was ______, and she finally ______(ed) to the sleepiness and nodded off.

VLADEK

Wednesday, 2/17 (Periods 1,2,3) – Thursday, 2/18 (Periods 5,6)

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Check in in Chat. Copy/Paste your interview questions PUBLICLY into the chat.

THERE IS NO MAKE UP FOR MISSING A WEEK OF 600 WORDS! TIME TRAVEL DOES NOT EXIST! AND MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY FORETTING TO PUT DATES AND INDIVIDUAL WORD COUNTS!

SGI TODAY: Issues? Interview Problems? Zeros? Overall grade < 60%? I’ll see you there.


Interview next steps. Do the interview and Take Notes. Notes are due March 1 (Periods 1,2,3) and March 2 (Periods 5,6)!

  • Start a new Google Doc for your interview notes. Title it appropriately and share it with me. All interview notes go here.
  • Each question should be “followed up” with another question based on the previous answer.
  • Write down answers to questions. (direct quotes, summaries, notes on attitude, etc.)
  • Note the setting of the interview. (place, time, surroundings, what you’re doing, what they’re doing…)
  • Describe the interviewee. (physical, voice, relationship to you, why you chose this person, attitude, background, hobbies…)
    • Looks. (Details.)
    • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
    • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)

Be sure to write down everything about how the interview goes down! Notes are due March 1 (Periods 1,2,3) and March 2 (Periods 5,6)!

This is not the final product! You will bring your notes and then we will write the essay!

If you can, ask if you can record it, so you can review it for your notes.

Here are a couple of examples of finished products. Notice the details they include. You need good notes to do this!

The Wise Words of Nana
98 Years of Memories

 

Notes are due March 1 (Periods 1,2,3) and March 2 (Periods 5,6)!


Debrief Test #11.  S/CD/CX!! Vocab! 4th person?! Really??!?!!

Simple: 1 subject and 1 verb
Compound: comma + FANBOY (1 subject and 1 verb connected to another subject and verb)
Complex: although, because, since, while…  (1 subject and 1 verb connected to another subject and verb)


“Vocab, 2/17 (2/18).”

    

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. It would be ___ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef  how to do things.
  6. All her emotions were released in a ___ moment on the stage as 20,000 people cheered.
  7. During the TV marathon, we _____(ed) for two days on chips, pizza, and Dr. Pepper.
  8. MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bomb to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
  9. After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
  10. …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
  11. She blamed him for the incident and always looked at him with _____ afterwards.
  12. Though he came from a very religious family, he was still _____ about organized religion; he wasn’t sure what to think.

Vladek

Friday, 2/12 (Periods 1,2,3) – Tuesday, 2/16 (Periods 5,6)

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Scores in Chat: Word Count: ___, Vocab: ___/10,  ___/12,  ___/12


New Vocab! Check the HOMEWORK PAGE.
KBARR should be finished and sent! (3x) Only 3x again this week.
SGI  Today (TUESDAY, 2/16): Test Retakes (<19/28), Extra Credit Vocab (put it in your 600 words!), and Zero Clearing!
Interview questions due Wednesday (1,2,3)/Thursday (5,6)


Mental Floss in Chat (PRIVATE!!!! PRIVATE!!!! PRIVATE!!!!)

  1. Which one of the following does not belong with the others? Why? (Not a trick. Must get the reason correct.)
    binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers
  2. Where can you finish reading several books before you finish even one sentence?
  3. How many sides does a circle have? Explain.
  4. I have three of the same digit. Put together they make twelve. The digit is not 4. What digit is it?
  5. Their are for mestakes in this teaser. Name all the errors.
  6. What is the English word that can be formed using all these letters? PNLLEEEESSSSS.

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!!!!!!!!
SGI for RETAKES for scores <19/28.

Test #11 – Period 1

Test #11 – Period 2

Test #11 – Period 3

Test #11 – Period 5

Test #11 – Period 6

 

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