Wednesday, 1/24: Gramma, Vocab, Vladek

“Warm Up, 9/26 1/24.” Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on the closed door and fell awkwardly.
Copy each word below and choose N, V, Adj, Adv, Prep, Pronoun, or NOTA as it is used in the above sentence. (NOT COLLABORATIVE!)

  1. the:
  2. on
  3. his:
  4. fell:
  5. closed:
  6. Yesterday

“Clauses, 9/26 1/24.” Write the correct “equation for each “sentence.” [I = Independent Clause  D = Dependent Clause]
Choices: I + D = CX,   D + I = CX,   I + I = CD,   D = Fragment,   I = Simple.  

  1. After I ate a doughnut,   I felt blissful.
  2. We climbed slowly   up the very steep hill.
  3. Jimmy ate 17 doughnuts    , but     he didn’t get sick.
  4. The llama passed the test      because he studied.
  5. You must say, “Sir,”      when you say, “Mr. Coward.”
  6. I ate a second doughnut   , and      I still felt good.
  7. Where I bought my llama.
  8. Joe ran     to the store    with his llama.
  9. When the llama started his company,      he had nothing.
  10. Since Jenni ate the hot dog,      she got sick.
  11. Write a sentence that is D + I.

 

“Vocab, 1/24.” ominous, solace, permeate, languid, ubiquitous, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant
  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____ (Two acceptable, obvs.)
  5. The man finally ______(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain.
  6. He spoke in an _______ voice about the upcoming battle which they would probably lose.
  7. The smell of brownies _____(ed) the house and made me very hungry.
  8. Mr. Coward is not happy about Zoltan’s less than _____ papers. They are very difficult to decipher, and scores might get entered incorrectly.
  9. The roots of this root mean “to be like.”
  10. The original root of this word meant “fear.” (As in fear of failure?)
  11. The root of this word means “to throw.”
  12. (2) Whenever she was _____, she always seemed to find _____ in her music.
  13. It is taking us awhile to ______ the concepts of compound and complex sentences.

“Maus, 1/24.”

  1. If Vladek was too weak to walk, how did he get on the train out of Dachau?
  2. Where was the train headed?
  3. What was Vladek’s explanation for his racism?
  4. How does this show that Mala was right that Vladek cares more about things than people?

Chapter 4: “Saved!” Online Version: p102–>