Day: January 9, 2025

Thursday, 1/9: Scramble, Vocab + Relay, Vladek, Interviews

Tomorrow’s Test: Paragraph Scramble, Vocab, Vladek. Link after period four.

“Paragraph Scramble, 1/9.” Write out the paragraph in the correct order.

  1.  Summer is a beautiful time of year.
  2. There are more vehicles on the road; thus there are more accidents.
  3. At the beaches, people are playing in the sand and water.
  4. In addition, older people may be more prone to heart attacks.
  5. On the other hand, summer can be a hazardous time.
  6. Beaches, picnics, vacations, and fun are in store.

“Vocabulary, 1/9.” fastidious, insinuate, improvise, shrewd, allegory, absolution, consign, agitate, sanction
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____ (Not allegory)
  5. Jean is very _____ about her silverware; she won’t eat at that restaurant because she thinks the forks aren’t clean enough.
  6. The protesters _____(ed) for change in the unfair law.
  7. She said she found the cute, slightly-used dress for a low price at the _____(ment) store.
  8. The roots of this word meant “other speaking.” ______
  9. The original root of this word was “unforeseen.”______
  10. The roots of this word meant “to loosen, to free.”______
  11. This root of this word originally meant “an evil person or thing,” but gradually the connotation changed to a positive one. _____
  12. The root of this word was “to mark with the sign of the cross.” _____
  13. Which one is the allegory?  a) Mickey Mouse acting like a human.  b) You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  c) “The Sneetches”   d) He slept like a rock.  e) Diary of a Wimpy Kid  f) B and D  g) NOTA

VOCAB RELAY!!!!!

Vladek to p. 219. (p59 in online version)

Interviews. Share FINISHED ESSAY (Not Notes) with me by end of day next Wednesday, 1/15.

Checklist and Rubric.

  • Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
  • Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
    • Looks. (Details.)
    • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
    • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
  • The intro/description should be 200-300 words.
  • Interview.
    • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
    • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
  • Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 50-75 words.
  • Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.