Month: October 2024

Tomorrow’s Test: Remarkably similar to today plus book questions. Preview here after Period 4.

OUTSIDERS PROJECTS ARE DUE TOMORROW!

Checking SMYK.

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“Review, 10/17.” Write ANSWER.

1. The llama stays by the table unless it expects snacks. S/CD/CX? Why?
2. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  S/CD/CX? Why?
3. Suddenly the whole village saw witches and devils everywhere, and fear lived in every cottage.  S/CD/CX? Why?
4. Up, up, and away went my beautiful llama balloon.  S/CD/CX? Why?
5. Beetle patiently endured their taunts and mean insults in silence.
   a) patiently:     b) their:     c) mean:     d) in:     e) silence:
6. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person
7. Pony threatens the Socs.  (Plot Mountain)

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“Spelling, 10/17.” COPY THE CORRECT VERSION!

1. a) beleivable  b) believeable  c) believible  d) believable
2. a) seperately  b) separatly  c) separately  d) seprately
3. a) movable  b) movble  c) movible  d) moveible
4. a) ignerance  b) ignorance  c) ignerence  d) ignorince
5. a) narritive  b) narative  c) narrative  d) naritive
6. The reason we don’t drop the last e from a word like positive before we add an ending like -ly, is that…  a) Positive ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending-ly ends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA

 

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“Vocab, 10/17.” 
    
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. While the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants, many people today are trying to _____ the flow of people into the country.
7. After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach, they _____(ed) through the sand until they found it.
8. Our initial excitement _____(ed) when we saw the huge lines.
9. Cherry was being _____ when she pretended that Pony and Johnny both looked 16.  (Not sham.)
10. The roots of this word mean “well (good) wishing.” _____
11. The root of this word meant “to cringe” or “to flatter.” _____
12. The root of this word meant “elevate.” _____
13. The root of this word meant “embarrassment.”  _____ (Hint: What’s another word for embarrassment?)

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“MwA Quiz, 10/17.  (Chapter 4) ANSWER NOT LETTER.

1. So far, almost all the insults in the book insult your…
2. True/False? Beetle was excited at the idea of her first delivery.
3. What did Beetle do first to try to help the miller’s wife?
4. True/False? Jane kicks Beetle out of the cottage for a while after her performance with the miller’s wife.
5. Beetle’s main emotion so far is ____   a) sadness  b) embarrassment  c) anger  d) fear  e) NOTA

“Sentence Scramble, 10/16.” Be sure to capitalize and punctuate. More versions = more credit.

• saw witches and devils
• and fear lived
• suddenly
• everywhere
• in every cottage
• the whole village

What kind of sentence did you end up with? S? CD? CX?

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“Spelling, 10/16.” Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! For #6, write the answer not the letter!

1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) believeable  d) all correct
2. a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
3. a) cooperation  b) maturaty  c) ignorance  d) all correct
4. a) movable  b) narritive  c) creative  d) all correct
5. “______ is bliss.” (Use a word from above.)
6. The reason we drop the last e from a word like store  before we add an ending like age  is that… a) Store ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending age  also ends with an e.  c) The ending age  begins with a consonant  d) The ending age  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending age  begins with a vowel.

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“Vocab, 10/16.” 
  
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____ (Not enhance.)
5. I’m not paranoid! I’m _____ about being apprehended!
6. The fan ____(ed) her way into the sold-out concert by flirting with the security guard.
7. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.
8. Since 1967, cigarette smoking has ___(ed) to its lowest rate ever.
9. They had to close the gates to ____ the flow of llamas into the stadium.
10. The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.” (It shares this root with a similar-sounding word that means “to catch.” HINT HINT)
11. The root of this word meant “noisy.”
12. The roots of this word meant “to tangle or to plot.”
13. The root of these words meant “watertight.”

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“TmA, 10/16.”

1. Why does Beetle put up with the boys’ taunting?
2. Why do you think Beetle saved the cat? (Don’t say she felt sorry for it.)
3. Why did Beetle cuss at the cat instead of talking nicely?
4. Why do the villagers dislike Jane the Midwife? (She’s ______.)
5. So why do they take that dislike out on Beetle instead?
6. Why did the midwife make Beetle stay outside while she delivered the babies?
7. What event prompted Beetle to start watching through the windows and learning from Jane?
8. (Prediction.) What do you think our main conflict will be? What makes you think so?

 

Read Aloud. Chapters 4 and 5.   The Midwife’s Apprentice online link.

 

“Review, 10/15.”

1. We have three ______ in our class. (octopus)
2. The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study with your llama.
   a) upstairs:     b) place:     c) quietly:     d) study:    e) with:
3. us: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
4. Can you determine if this is a complex sentence? a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Simple  d) Compound  e) Complex
5. Up, up, and away went my beautiful llama balloon.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Simple  d) Compound  e) Complex

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“Spellling, 10/15.”  Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! 

1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) beleivable  d) all correct
2. a) insurence  b) security  c) separately  d) all correct
3. a) cooperation  b) moveable  c) ignorance  d) all correct
4. a) maturity  b) narative  c) creative  d) all correct
5. What is the rule that this week’s spelling words follow?
6. Bonus: Find the other spelling mistake in this warm up.

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“Vocab, 10/15.”
   
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. nonchalant : apprehensive :: selfish : ____
6. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
7. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
8. The murder mystery was full of _____ and twists and turns in the plot.
9. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
10. Interest in fidget spinners has ____(ed) considerably from its peak a few years ago.
11. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight.
12. The prefix of this word means “good.” ___
13. What do you call a fake stone in Ireland? A ____ rock! (LOL)

 

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Advisory Schedule.

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Copy Homework into Planner:

• KBARR. Read 15 minutes, get chart signed DAILY (in notebook). WORK ON YOUR OUTSIDERS PROJECT.
• Vocabulary due Tuesday (defns), Thursday (SMYK’s).
• Outsiders Project (Pick one) due FRIDAY.   Online link to book.

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Click in Test #7 while I check KBAR charts.
Test Check Tomorrow.

“S? 10/14” Copy the bold-faced part and use the proper form of the verb.

1. Neither Jack nor Jill understand(s) the danger of that hill.
2. Both Jack and Jill know(s) what to do when a llama attacks.
3. Either Jack or Jill is/are going to the party but not both.
4. Whether Jack or Jill go(es) doesn’t matter to the llama.
5. Whether Jack and Jill go(es) is not important.

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The Midwife’s Apprentice

• What is a midwife?
• What is an apprentice?
• 1300’s?

 

TUTU Schedule.

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Prep Sheet for Test #7:

KBAR: ___/8     SMYK: ___/10  Vocabulary Practices: ___/13   ___/13   ___/13    Meme: Yes/No
Other Extra Credit:

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Mental Floss = Wacky Wordies!

Test #7.

Doodle Theme: Invent a New Sport or Game.