Monday, 3/11: Homework, Scramble, Compound Sentences, BOB

Copy Homework into Planner:

  • KBARR ! Read 15 minutes, get chart signed DAILY (in notebook), respond 1 page by Friday. Four signatures (M, T,W,Th) due Friday.
  •  Vocabulary due Tuesday and Thursday. Vocab is at the bottom of page 2.
    • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
    • due Thursday- Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.

 

Grammar. Do Exercise 3. 1-8


Go get BOB. Open to page 210 and DO!


“Why are names so important?” The alternative title of the story was “The Naming of Names”

In 1948, two professors at Harvard University published a study of thirty-three hundred men who had recently graduated, looking at whether their names had any bearing on their academic performance. The men with unusual names, the study found, were more likely to have flunked out or to have exhibited symptoms of psychological neurosis than those with more common names. The Mikes were doing just fine, but the Berriens were having trouble. A rare name, the professors surmised, had a negative psychological effect on its bearer.

Since then, researchers have continued to study the effects of names, and, in the decades after the 1948 study, these findings have been widely reproduced. Some recent research suggests that names can influence choice of profession, where we live, whom we marry, the grades we earn, the stocks we invest in, whether we’re accepted to a school or are hired for a particular job, and the quality of our work in a group setting. Our names can even determine whether we give money to disaster victims: if we share an initial with the name of a hurricane, according to one study, we are far more likely to donate to relief funds after it hits.

 

From The Week.

Do names matter?
To a remarkable degree, they do. Though we don’t choose them, our names are badges bearing information about our class, education level, and ethnic origin — or at least those of our parents. Scientific studies have shown that the world makes different assumptions about a boy named Tyrone than it does about one named Philip, and while those assumptions are often wrong, they can have a considerable influence on the course of a life. A name can even exert unconscious influence over a person’s own choices. Some scientific researchers contend that there are disproportionately large numbers of dentists named Dennis and lawyers named Lauren, and that it’s not purely an accident that Dr. Douglas Hart of Scarsdale, N.Y., chose cardiology or that the Greathouse family of West Virginia runs a real-estate firm. To some degree, this has always been true: The Romans had the expression nomen est omen, or “name is destiny.”

Has the way we name kids changed?
In this country it has. Most families used to give boys names chosen from a repertoire established within a family over generations, and while that was less true for girls, there was a relatively finite range of acceptable names, largely limited to those of saints. But in recent decades, the number of names in circulation has exploded. In 1912, when the most popular names in America were John and Mary, parents of 80 percent of American babies chose from among the 200 most common names. Today less than half of girls and about 60 percent of boys are accorded a top-200 name. One study found that 30 percent of African-American girls born in California during the 1990s were given names they shared with no one else born in the state in the same year.

 

A Swedish study compared immigrants who had changed their Slavic, Asian, or African names, such as Kovacevic and Mohammed, to more Swedish-sounding, or neutral, ones, like Lindberg and Johnson. The economists Mahmood Arai and Peter Skogman Thoursie, from Stockholm University, found that this kind of name change substantially improved earnings: the immigrants with new names made an average of twenty-six per cent more than those who chose to keep their names.

Start Reading the Story.

 

Friday, 3/8: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #24

Prep Sheet for Test #24: KBARR: ___/24  SMYK:___/10 

Mental Floss.

  1. Two men got lost while exploring in the desert. Each man had a compass. One headed due East, and the other headed due West. Two hours later, they met. How?
  2. A man asks his two sons to do a chore. When they finish, he gives them twenty five cents to split.  What time is it?  (haha. No, don’t tell me the present time. What time does the story represent?)
  3. You have 27 marbles. You have 4 cups. You must put an odd number of marbles in each cup. How? (NO questions.)
  4. Following are groups of three words. Can you figure out the common link within each group? Example: Hurricane, potato, needle, (answer: eyes)
    a) computer, onion dip, poker game
    b) bowling alley, dress-maker, wrestling match
    c) dentist, oil field, basketball practice
  5. Giver Anagrams: a) He Cried Elf   b) Nice Hot Tummy  c) Sew Her Eel

 

Test #24.

Doodle Theme. That One Thing.

 

 

Thursday, 3/7: Agreement, Vocab, Emen, Giver?

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’s Test: Agreement, Vocab, Emen, #435, Giver Movie


“Agreement Pretest.”  Write the ANSWER. click the letter.

  1. Either your teacher or your pet llama ___ what you need to help you flourish.    a) teacher are  b) either have  c) either has  d) llama have  e) teacher has  f) NOTA
  2. Neither the llama nor the flying lizard ____ lemonade any more.   a) neither drinks  b) neither was  c) llama loves  d) neither make  e) lizard want  f) NOTA
  3. The killer llama, among the largest predators, ____to be as long as twenty-seven feet. a) predators were  b) llama grows  c) predators grow  d) predators grows  e) llama is  f) NOTA
  4. One of the most annoying students ____ sentenced to hard labor at the llama academy.  a) one was  b) students were  c)  one were  d) students was  e) NOTA
  5. Either the llama or the tree ____ added to the pic after it was taken.   a) tree was  b) llama were  c) Either was  d) Either were  e) llama was  f) NOTA
  6. ____ the llama or the flying lizard been to the Moon yet?   a) llama, lizard has   b) llama, lizard have  c) llama, lizard do  d) llama, lizard does   e) NOTA
  7. _____ Jimmy and his mom want to come with us to the llama party?    a) Jimmy, mom do  b) mom does   c) Jimmy does  d) Jimmy, does  e) Jimmy, mom does  f) NOTA
  8. The tests which we have on Friday ___ not that difficult if you do your classwork and study.  a) Friday is  b) tests are    c) tests was   d) Friday was  e) tests is  f) NOTA
  9. Neither the trumpet player nor the drummer _____ to our school.  a) trumpet player, drummer are  b) trumpet player, drummer is  c)  neither  go   d) neither goes  e) NOTA
  10. The blonde llama, like the ones in the movie, ___ very rare and valuable.  a) ones are  b) ones is  c) movie is  d) llama is  e) llama are  f) NOTA

 


Debrief Test #23. Hrrrmmm.


“Vocab, 3/7.” Lots of repeats.
blasphemy, caper, visage, lineage, delusion, propagate, naive, aesthetic, cynical, peevish
   

  1. _____
  2. _____ (Not lineage)
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The wind made the old newspapers _____ across the empty streets.
  6. Some people say that it is only a ______that there is life after death…
  7. …They think that we are being _____ to think that we are anything but worm food…
  8. …But someone who is deeply religious might say that kind of talk is ______.
  9. There are the _____(s) of four presidents on Mount Rushmore.
  10. Because of the Martian’s telepathy, the Earth men were under the _______ that their loved ones had come back to life.
  11. The root of this word is a part of the word itself. _____
  12. The root of this word meant “sight.” _____
  13. The root of this word was Greek for “dog” or “hound.”

It turns out that the job a Martian has to have to welcome Earth men is…

Finish “The Earth Men.”
Link for those at home: The Martian Chronicles. The story begins on page 22.

How does the poem relate to the story?

Questions on tomorrow’s test:

  1. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?  
  2. “A shot rang out. Mr. Xxx fell.”  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  3. “When the town people found the rocket at sunset, they wondered what it was. (p30) a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  4. “That night it rained all night. The next day was fair and warm.”  (p31)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  5. Emily Dickinson felt that “the Majority” always prevailed on the question of…
  6. Poem #435 says that if a person looked very carefully they would see that…
  7. Poem #435 says that if you disagree with the majority…

 

MOVIE?

Giver Movie Ending.

  • Which scenes from the movie would you use for the trailer? Why?
  • What if we were making a “book trailer”? Would you use the same scenes? What would be different?

“Giver, 3/9.”

  • Book or Movie? 3 Reasons why + Example for each.

Wednesday, 3/6: Agreement, Vocab, Poem, Mars, Giver?

“S/V Agreement, 3/6.”

  1. _____ Jimmy and his mom want to come with us to the llama party?
  2. The news_____ on at 6pm.
  3. Either the llama or the tree ____ added to the pic after it was taken. (past tense)
  4. Ten dollars ____ the price of the movie.
  5. Some rare llamas ____ smaller llamas inside.
  6. One of my llamas ____ going on a trip to France.
  7. Sheila, but not her brother, ____ working tomorrow.
  8. (S/V for each clause.) The Albino Llama ___ many mysteries which ____unsolved to this day

“Vocab, 3/6.” blasphemy, caper, visage, lineage, delusion, propagate, naive, aesthetic, cynical, peevish
     

  1. _____ (Not visage.)
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. This pic came from a page called, “Things that are NOT _____.”
  5. She scraped her knee _____(ing) around on the blacktop.
  6. The root of this word meant “blame.”_____
  7. The original root of this word meant “goat.” _____
  8. The root of this word meant “natural.” _____
  9. The root of this word meant “young shoot.” _____
  10. naive : savvy :: optimistic : ______
  11. During WWII, giant posters with Hitler’s ______ loomed from almost every wall in Germany.
  12. His family’s ______ here in the U.S. was very long, stretching all the way back to the Mayflower.
  13. The root of this word meant “to mock or play with.” _____

“It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.”

What does this mean?

Poem #435  by Emily Dickinson

Much Madness is divinest Sense–
To a discerning Eye–
Much Sense–the starkest Madness–
‘Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail–
Assent–and you are sane–
Demur–you’re straightway dangerous–
And handled with a Chain–

Madness = insanity
divinest
 = most perfect, the best
discerning = looking  very carefully/showing good judgement
starkest = most obvious
All = everything
prevail = decides/wins
assent = agree
demur = disagree

“435, 3/6.”

“Translate” the poem as best you can using the vocab key. This will be your cheat sheet on Friday.


Finish “The Earth Men.”
Link for those at home: The Martian Chronicles. The story begins on page 22.

How does the poem relate to the story?


Finish Giver if time…

Tuesday, 3/5: Agreement, Vocab, Mars, Giver

Advisory” Schedule.


“Agreement, 3/5.” Write the SUBJECT and an appropriate VERB FORM in PRESENT TENSE.

  1. Humberto, along with his llamas, _____ going on a long trip soon.
  2. The girls with the best skills ____ on to the next round.
  3. Those llamas in that boat there ____ in danger of drowning.
  4. The blonde llama, like the ones in the movie, ___ very rare and valuable.
  5. Both Jimmy and The Llama Guy ____ pepperoni pizza.
  6. The killer llama, among the largest predators, ____to be as long as twenty-seven feet.
  7. The average llama ___ more than 30,000 poisonous, sharp quills.
  8. One of the most annoying students ____ getting detention tomorrow.
  9. Shadillac, with his posse following, ____ heading for the ISS for a mission.
  10. Either Krusty or Charlie___ going to the backstage party but not both.

“Vocab, 3/5.”  blasphemy, caper, visage, lineage, delusion, propagate, naive, aesthetic, cynical, peevish
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. In order for a species to survive, it must ______ itself.
  6. Apparently, third period was under the _______ that it was OK to interrupt the teacher.
  7. Dally was very ______ about life; he saw nothing good in it, and looked on the bad side of everything.
  8.  In addition to being very functional and useful, the machine was also ______(ally) pleasing.
  9. excited : disappointed :: savvy : _______
  10. Most people start to get more _____ as they get hungry. (Not cynical.)
  11. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was _______ against the church.
  12. The rumor seemed to _______ itself all over the school; by the afternoon everyone had heard it.
  13. The root of this word meant “to perceive.” _____ {Bonus: What medical word is related to this word? Hint: Add a prefix.}

“The Earth Men.”
Link for those at home: The Martian Chronicles. The story begins on page 22.
(Read to the top of p27: “The other three men stood with their shadows under them. They spat on the  stone street … “)

Things to watch for. (Hint: Quiz tomorrow.)

  1. What does the captain say that finally makes Mr. Aaa stop and listen to him?
  2. What is it the Earth men want from the Martians?
  3. Even though it doesn’t really have anything to do with the story, Ray Bradbury spends time describing a mechanical spider toy that the little girl plays with. What’s the point? (More than one answer.)

The Giver Big Screen Version.