Month: December 2024

“Vocab, 12/4. ” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
   

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 magazine collections of ____ comics like “The Prisoner on the Hell Planet.”
7. We rushed to ______ together a  last-minute float for the parade 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. The root of this word meant “to disguise or conceal.” _____
12. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____
13. (2) She tried to stay awake during math, but it was ______, and she finally ______(ed) to the sleepiness and nodded off.

120 Seconds. Next Performances are tomorrow.

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek to at least p138.

“Warm Up, 12/3.”

1-11, list each vocab word, and based on the SMYK starters, label each word’s part of speech. They  are noun, verb, or adjective. (Actually one is sometimes used as a noun. Bonus for which one.

“Vocab, 12/3.” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. It would be ___ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things. (2 possible)
6. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of _____(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
7. MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bazooka to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
8. After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
9. …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
10. She blamed him for the accident and always looked at him with _______ afterwards.
11. This word’s roots mean feeling both ways. _____
12. This word’s meaning evolved like this: fruit -> economical -> ______.
13. When Vladek told Artie, “It was good you got it outside your system,” he meant that it was probably _____ for Artie to create “PotHP.”

“Maus Quiz, 12/3.” (7)

1. Why would Vladek be “more attached to thing than to people”?
2. What is one reason Artie says he became an artist?
3. Why is Vladek upset with Artie on p100?
4. ID: p101, Panel 7, the one in the dress.
5. What is Artie a prisoner of in “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”?
6. (2) What were the two main things Mala said about “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”?

Maus Aloud, Chapter 5: Mouse Holes.  (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)

Advisory Schedule: Slides Link.

Copy Homework into Planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
• Vocabulary due Tuesday, THURSDAY.
  • Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
  • SMYK’s due Thursday.
• 120 Seconds Begins WEDNESDAY, 12/4.

Debrief Test #13. Hrrmmm.

120 Seconds Begins Wednesday. Volunteer for the first 5 for Wednesday? Second 5 for Thursday?

Writing your intro. You need about 200 words.

1. Start with a little hook:
   • Imagine yourself…
   • Throughout history mankind has…
   • It was a dark and stormy night…
   • What do you call a… (joke)
   • Once upon a time…
   • Have you ever wondered…
   • What if…
   • Jimmy was a boy who…
   • Scary, gripping, and difficult to put down…
   • Etc.
2. Give us the required info:
   • Title
   • Author
   • Genre (Not just fiction/non; we want something like romance, sci fi, horror, mystery, fantasy, comedy, historical fiction, etc.)
3. Time for the 5 W’s for the BOOK:
   • This is the story of…
   • This book is about…
   • Set in the future…
   • Not too much detail; you have less than a minute.
4. Now to set up the PASSAGE:
   • This is the part of the book where…
   • This is the scene when…
   • _____ is about to _____

Vladek aloud. Chapter 5: Mouse Holes.  (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)