Tuesday, 1/23: Grammar, Vocab, Vladek

“Tutorial” Schedule. Sigh.

(,)FANBOYS
(Compound)

  • for
  • and
  • nor
  • but
  • or
  • yet
  • so
 Dependent Clause Starters
(Complex)

  • although
  • unless
  • because
  • if
  • when
  • though
  • even though
  • since
  • though
  • as
  • until
 Prep Phrase Starters
(NOT CLAUSES)

  • with
  • in
  • on
  • by
  • between
  • like
  • over
  • at
  • from
  • for
  • during
  • like

“Scramble Gramma, 1/23.”
— from the ship  — they prepared  it  –for the stormy sea  –the crew  –and  –checked the llama 

  1. Unscramble into a correct sentence.
  2. CD or CX?
  3. Circle the two clauses separately.
  4. Label them Independent or Dependent.
  5. Underline/label the subject.
  6. Box/label the predicate.
  7. (2) What are the 2 prepositional phrases?
  8. (2) Label the words it and stormy as n,v,adj, etc.
  9. Change the sentence into the other type: cd–>cx or cx–>cd.

“Vocab 1/23.”
   
ominous, solace, permeate, languid, ubiquitous, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. After he missed the tying field goal, the kicker was _____ for days.
  6. The goal of immigrants used to be _____(ion), but these days people are proud of their differences.
  7. When the little girl gets tired, she gets ____, and pouts about everything.
  8. The light in the room didn’t seem to come from any one source; it just sort of ______(ed)  the walls, casting a soft glow.
  9. Since they were so tired, they walked at a very _____ pace.
  10. With about 37,000 locations worldwide, Subway Sandwich places are _____.
  11. When Anja died, Vladek expected Artie to give him _____, not the other way around.
  12. The root of this word means “omen.”
  13. The roots of this word mean “change to sweet.”

“Maus Quiz, 1/23.” (6)

  1. Why couldn’t Vladek and the others do their plan to escape from Auschwitz?  
  2. What does Francoise mean when she says, “I’ll bet you that Anja’s notebooks were written on both sides of the page…” ? 
  3. How does Vladek get the store manager to accept the returned food? 
  4. Where does Vladek say his “troubles began”?    
  5. What was the biggest “trouble”?
  6. Why did the French man share his food with Vladek?

 

Maus aloud: p256—> Online version: p91–>