Month: September 2024

Friday, 9/13: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #3

Friday, 9/13. Welcome Guest Teacher.

Tutorial Schedule.

Prep Sheet for Test #3:

KBARR: ____/8   SMYK? Yes/No.    Extra Combos:____  Other Extra Credit:

Period 1 gets +2 for Vocab Relay, All other classes get +1.

Mental Floss.

Mental Floss. (On back of test.)

  1. Explain how I do it: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
  2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
    W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L  O  N
  3. 1961 was a special year. In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
  4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
  5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
    • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
    • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.

 

 

Test #3

Doodle Theme: Fun!

Thursday, 9/12: Warm Up, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders

Welcome Guest Teacher!

Remember that any rating less than 8 will result in “consequences.” A 10 will result in reward.

Tomorrow’s Test: S/P, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview Here.

“S/P, 9/12.” Name the Subject and Predicate for each sentence below.

  1. The last question on the test was hard!
  2. With a smile on his face, the llama entered the park.
  3. The spinning of the ride made the llama sick.
  4. Due to my sloppy work, the llama gave me detention.
  5. The difficulty of the test scared most students.
  6. Are the llamas wild or tamed?
  7. Up one side and down the other went the llama.

“FRO’s, 9/12.” Fragment, Run On, OK?

  1. While my llama gently weeps.
  2. Up one side and down the other went the llama.
  3. Although the llama is a quadruped, he also has fins for swimming.
  4. In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas.
  5. That embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence.
  6. You can beat the llama’s score you will be part of the elite llama squad.
  7. The llama won the race although he had a broken leg.
  8. The llama couldn’t call his agent his cell phone was dead.
  9. Across the frozen wasteland, chasing the wild llama.
  10. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.

 

“Vocab, 9/12.”
   
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
  6. Write the words Rubber Duck.
  7. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
  8. The prefix of this word means “under” or “less.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to set free” or “pay off a debt.”
  11. The root of this word meant “throat.”
  12. The root of this word meant “not worthy.” (What prefix mean “not”?)
  13. The root of this word meant “to brag.”

Finish Chapter 5 silently. You may read ahead if you finish early, but keep it quiet.

Wednesday, 9/11: Warm Up, FRO’s, Vocab + Relay, Outsiders

“Warm Up, 9/11.” #1-5: Subject/Predicate. #6: Sentence Scramble. #7: Finish the sentence appropriately. #8: Answer using your diagram. #9: Write Adj. and Adv. and list the adjectives (2)  and adverbs (3).

  1. I like the running in PE.  (S/P)
  2. The look on his face told me everything. (S/P)
  3. Under the bridge lived an evil llama. (S/P)
  4. Bob’s rings glinted in the moonlight. (S/P)
  5. Herds of llamas roam the countryside at night. (S/P)
  6. –in fact  — at all  –a beast  –a gentle giant  –is not  –that llama  –he is   (Sentence Scramble)
  7. Pony’s first feeling when he wakes up in the church is ________
  8. Which part of Plot Mountain are we on in Outsiders? _________
  9. After the very terrible accident, the injured llama limped awkwardly homeward. (Adj:?  Adv:?)

  

“FROs 9/11.”  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. 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.

 

“Vocab 9/11.”
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff
5900944289_3a445c2ae4_o  callingbluff 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. “Johnny and I ______(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits.”
  7. lazy : dogged :: flattered : ______
  8. Since I had studied, I ______(ed) myself well on the test.
  9. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.
  10. The team’s ____ defense is what kept them in the game. They never gave up.
  11. fear : panic :: ask : _____
  12. “You’re hungry?” he said _____(ly), “I’m the one who hasn’t eaten all day!”
  13. Ponyboy _____(ly) thought of his parents as he fell asleep in the lot.

 

Vocab Relay!

The Outsiders. We are in Chapter 5.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”  (p77)
What “gold” did Pony have that didn’t stay? Soda?  Darry?

Tuesday, 9/10: Sentence Combining, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders

 

HOW? WHERE? WHEN?

“Sentence Combo, 9/10.”
Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)

  1. a) His teacher appears unamused.   b) His teacher is a woman.  c) She is quiet.    d) She has karate experience. (“His teacher, a what…with what, appears how…)
  2. a) She advances down the aisle.   b) Her advance is slow.   c) Her advance is quiet.    d) Her advance is dangerous. (Turn the adjectives into adverbs!)

What’s wrong with the following “sentences”?

  1. The llama in the field.
  2. Every day after school.
  3. Whenever the llama sings.
  4. The llama who is so smart.

What about these?

  1. I love that llama he’s so sweet.
  2. I saw a llama yesterday it was purple.
  3. It’s too far to walk, let’s ride a llama.

Fragments and Run-ons. (FRO’s) How do we fix them? How do we avoid them?

“FRO’s Practice I, 9/10.”  For 1-8 write Fragment, Run On, or OK for each word group. For 9 and 10, name the Subject/Predicate combo.

  1. Laughing at the comedian’s act.
  2. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
  3. The wagon was loaded with food it was pulled by two teams of llamas.
  4. There are llamas all over the beach let’s collect some!
  5. On his back, the llama wriggled his little legs.
  6. Is this a fragment?
  7. Up the mountain we hiked.
  8. Because the llama ate too much cheese, he forgot to do his KBARR.
  9. S/P for #5?
  10. S/P for #7?

“Vocab, 9/10.”  
eating-junk-food 5321ef97c9275 determination   
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Bonus for which Greek myth character!)
  4. _____
  5. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with; she didn’t trust them to make good decisions.
  6. I waited until Mom’s anger _____(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
  7. Listening to music is not ______ to proper studying.
  8. After a long trial, he was ______(ed) and finally set free.
  9. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.
  10. I was ____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  11. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a gullible one.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to ask for with tears.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “to bring together.” _____

The Outsiders. We are in Chapter 5.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”  (p77)
What “gold” did Pony have that didn’t stay? Soda?  Darry?

 

Monday, 9/9: Warm Up, Homework, Sentence COMBINING, Outsiders

Advisory Schedule. Link to Slides.

Copy homework into planner:

“Warm Up, 9/9.”

  1. If you are absent from this class on a Wednesday, what should you do at home? Be very specific.
  2. If you are absent on a Monday, what extra step do you need to take?
  3. If you are absent on a Friday for a test, what should you do if at all possible?
    Name the Subject/Predicate combo for each sentence.
  4. The ending of the The Llama Movie was lame.
  5. With a wink of his eye, the llama suddenly disappeared up the chimney.
  6. After that night at the movies, Pony’s life was never the same.

“Sentence Combining, 9/9.”  Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. This time, You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)
1.  a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.   b) He is the class clown.   c) He clucks like a chicken.     (Hint: Use “-ing.”)

2.  a) His fingers make sounds.   b) The sounds are scratching.   c) They claw the desktop.   d) The desktop is battered.   (Hints: What kind of sounds are they? Use the word “as.”)

3.  a) Then a voice freezes his behavior.    b) The voice is stern.    c) The behavior is disturbing.  (Hints: You can eliminate all but one word in b and c. What kind of voice? What kind of behavior?)

Messy Room Example

The Outsiders…