Wednesday, 11/6: Scramble, POV, Vocab, Alyce

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“Scramble, 11/6.”   There are a couple of ways to do this one. One is pretty sophisticated!
(Bonus: What kind of sentence is it? It’s a new one that is a combo of two we already know.)

  • because
  • but
  • to wash his llama
  • the llama looked worse
  • he did not
  • Mr. Johnson hired me
  • a second time
  • than it did before
  • hire me

“POV, 11/6.” Answer not Letter.  1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person objective, 3rd person omniscient

  1. Harry Potter
  2. As soon as your grandpa says, “I give up,” jump out and shout, “Here I am!”
  3. “He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat. Small hobbit-children ran after the car all through Hobbiton and right up the hill.”
  4. “Everyone else said of her: ‘She is such a good mother. She adores her children.’ Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other eyes.”
  5. Psychologists say that if you talk to yourself in _____, giving yourself orders or criticizing/encouraging yourself, it actually helps!
  6. When they didn’t show, I took a look down the alley to see if it was safe.
  7. So they inwardly promised themselves that they would be pirates who don’t steal.

 

 

 

“Vocab, 11/6.”
    
iconic, daunt(ing), aspire, suppress, pragmatic, bigot, diminutive, volatile, surfeit, pacify, dilemma

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. The root of this word meant “likeness or image.” _____
  7. The roots of this word meant “to do in excess.” _____
  8. This word originated in the 16th century as a slang term for a “superstitious religious hypocrite.”_____
  9. The root of this word meant “to breathe.” _____
  10. The root of this word meant “relating to fact or deed.”_____
  11. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice came from such a ____ girl.
  12. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are _____ figures in American history.
  13. She faced a _____ about turning in her friend for cheating.

 

 

 

Alyce. Read silently to the end of Chapter 15.    Link to online version. The page numbers are different, but the chapters are intact.Do the following Quiz in your notebook.

“Alyce, 11/5.”

  1. What is the point of the Midwife’s speech on p88?
  2. What inspired Alyce to go see Edward at the manor?
  3. Who is the only person who helps Alyce when she arrives at the manor?
  4. Who does this person think Alyce is?
  5. What prompted Alyce’s first cry?
  6. Where on Plot Mountain would these events be?
    a)  Alyce saves Will.  b) Alyce runs away.  c) Alyce visits the manor.
  7. What is our main conflict? ______  vs. ____

Read to the end of chapter 16. Do the following quiz in your notebook.

“Alyce, 11/6.”

  1. On p105, infer what the word barren means.
  2. Why does Alyce not want to help the women at first?
  3. What does her husband think is the matter with his wife?
  4. Where would chapter 16 be on Plot Mountain?

Finished? Do SMYK’s.