Day: April 9, 2024

Tuesday, 4/9: Warm Up, Husker Du, Vocab, BOB

Today: Think about ducks, and… Let’s Make Right Choices! LOL.

“Advisory” Schedule. Let’s take a walk. LOL.

“Warm Up, 4/9.” ANSWER not letter.

  1. What is the difference between reasons and evidence?
  2. Have you stopped lying yet?  a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question  c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  3. “…stunning photos of faraway stars…”  a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  4. Where are you going?  a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  5. How could I have made such a huge mistake?   a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question  c) NOTA
  6. “…we must go forward, fully embracing space exploration as an important priority.”   a) claim b) counterclaim c) reason d) evidence e) NOTA
  7. “Scientists are looking toward Mars as a potential new home for mankind.”   a) claim  b) counterclaim  c) reason  d) evidence  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 4/9”

Period 1 – Test #1: 10-14
Period 3 – Test #7: 11-15
Period 4 – Test #8: 11-15
Period 5 – Test #5: 11-15
Period 6 – Test #4: 11-16

“Vocab 4/9.” solicitous, peevish, ruminate, elixir, discerning, eclipse, tedious, abstain, furtive, intrepid
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. Some say green tea is the ____ of life because it is filled with healthy compounds.
  6. After the failure of his company, he sat ____(ing) about how things might have been.
  7. The salesman was very _____ about my complaints and promised to take them to his manager.
  8. Collectors are usually very _____ about the quality and condition of the things they buy.
  9. The online world has _____(ed) the real one for some people who spend most of their time there.
  10. Being interrupted makes most people ______.
  11. The root of this word meant “powder for drying wounds.” _____
  12. The roots of this word meant “failure to appear.” _____
  13. The root of this word means “to chew.” _____

 

BOB, p276–>

  • Read.
  • DO “Analyze Argument” annotation on p276.
  • DO “Analyze Rhetorical Devices annotation on p277.
  • DO Analyze Argument on p278.
  • Circle and label the OPPOSING VIEWPOINT in paragraphs 10 1nd 11.
  • Circle and label her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • Circle and label the LOADED LANGUAGE she used to help her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • DO p281
  • DO p282, #1 and #5
  • READ p284 and DO the following 5 questions where you have space on the page. Which word has the more NEGATIVE connotation?
    1. dark v. ominous
    2. slim/scrawny
    3. pasty/fair (?!)
    4. throbbing/painful
    5. dangerous/risky