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Thursday, 12/1: Vocab + Relay, “A Sound of Thunder”

(Already?!) Tomorrow’s Test: Vocabulary, Husker Du, Alyce, ASOT.

“Warm Up, 12/1.”

  1. Have newer articles been published on your topic?  a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  2. Are alternative points of view offered? a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  3. Can you verify any of the information in another source?  a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  4. (2) The medication seems effective. _____, more research must be done to see if it’s safe. _____, it’s best to avoid it.

“Vocabulary, 12/1.” You will use 11/12 words, each one once.

  1. The rich merchant’s wife “commenced scolding and _____(ing) the little fellow…until her scolding turned to cooing…”
  2. “Too much ale and too few wits” = a _______.
  3. lush : barren :: generous : _____(ing)
  4. He was such a glutton that he ____(ed) everything in sight.
  5. She was ______ to report her friend for cheating. (Not discontented.)
  6. poison : remedy :: smile : _____
  7. willing : reluctant :: poor : _____
  8. She tried to _____ the situation by apologizing to her friend.
  9. After being uncared for for so long, the fruit tree was ______.
  10. He was _____ with his boring job. (No, not reluctant.)
  11. There was a _____ of volunteers to help with party. With so many people, the preparations were finished quickly.

Vocab Relay!!!!

 

“A Sound of Thunder”

You can actually see backwards in time any day or night. You don’t need any sort of contraption either.  Try to guess how.  Any semi-reasonable, complete-sentence answer gets credit. Go.

What the…? The law of a certain land states that all who wish to enter through the city gates are asked to state their business. Those who reply truthfully (the guards can tell) are allowed to enter and depart in peace, but those who reply falsely are hanged. A traveler approaches the gate, and when asked his business, he replies, “I have come to be hanged.” What should happen to this traveler?

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Friday, 11/18: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #13, Vacation!

Third Period Assembly Schedule w/Combined Lunch.

Prep sheet for Test #13:
Vocabulary h/w: ___/20     Vocabulary Warm Ups: 11/17: ___/12   11/16:  ___/12    11/15:___/12
Warm Ups: 11/17:___/6    11/16:___/10  11/15:___/8  11/14:___/8
Other Extra Credit: +3 for Per3 for Vocab Relay. Guillermo = +1. +1 for Moss. +1 for Dedication.

 

Mental Floss8thgradeprez.

  1. Which one of the following does not belong with the others? Why? (Not a trick. Must get the reason correct.)
    binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers
  2. Where can you finish reading several books before you finish even one sentence?
  3. How many sides does a circle have? Explain.
  4. I have three of the same digit. Put together they make twelve. The digit is not 4. What digit is it?
  5. Their are for mestakes in this teaser. Name all the errors.
  6. What year was the above picture taken?

 

Test #13.
Doodle Theme: The Ultimate Vacation!

Tuesday, 11/15: CRAAP, Vocab, TMA

Periods 1,2,3 get the rest of the week off KBARB.
Period six, not so much.

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Please get a Chromie!

The CRAAP Test.
Currency – Relevance – Authority – Accuracy – Purpose

“Warm Up, 11/15.”  (8) Go to the four websites below and try to determine the primary purpose of the site. Is it;
–Advocacy – to sway opinion, to advocate for something?
–Commercial – to promote or sell something?
–Reference/information – to provide useful information or services?
–NOTA?

Please say what you think the purpose is and what makes you think so.

  1. https://www.princetonreview.com/
  2. http://www.bookspot.com/
  3. http://www.thedogisland.com/
  4. http://www.emilyslist.org/

 

Debrief/Correct Test #12.

 

“Vocabulary, 11/15.” You will use words more than once.
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  1. _____   2. _____   3. _____     4. _____   5. _____
    6. After a large dinner and two _____ servings of pie, I was a little overly full.
    7. He was always very _____ about doing his homework just right every time.
    8. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading and writing skills, you will ____ in high school.
    9. Sometimes the ____ of a cure lies in the mind of the person who believes it will work.
    10. wander : meander :: rush : _____
    11. fear : pluck :: mourning : _____
    12*** After doing poorly on the Friday tests, she finally took the _______ and studied for the next one. She got her A.

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Let’s hear those summaries!

Thursday, 11/3: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #11

Have a beauty three-day weekend!

Prep sheet for Test #11:
RBC Weather: ___/15  ___/11    RBC Bus: ___/10
Vocabulary: 10/31:___/13,  11/1:___/15,  11/2:___/13
Other Extra Credit: Period 6 = +3 for vocab relay, +1 for connotation yesterday.

 

Mental Floss.

  1. Shmartiopolis was bragging to his friends that he was such an excellent darts player, he could hit the dartboard in any location at any time. “I’ll bet a hundred dollars that, no matter what position you name on the board, I’ll be able to hit it from 10 feet away.” Maddie, tired of Shmartiopolis’s bragging, shouted out an answer and won the bet. Where on the dartboard did Maddie suggest?
  2. Wacky Wordies:  a)  b) 22Day
  3. What 8-letter word uses the letter “g” four times?
  4. A tennis player is ranked number 200. He moved up 87, went down 28, and went up 117 places. What is he ranked?
  5. A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl with the unusual name of Pibbles. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Pibbles seven apples. Why?
  6. Use the clues below to figure out the missing four words to complete the old expression:
    Baby = Slept peacefully.  Child = Slept well.   Woman = Slept restlessly.   Man = Slept peacefully.
    —>The man ___  ___  ___  ___.

 

Test #11. Doodle Theme: “My new invention!”

Trade and Grade.  (/35)

Monday, 10/31: Copy Homework, SAWs, Debrief Test #10, TMA

Outsiders Projects due TODAY!

Copy homework into assignment book.

No school Friday. Test is Thursday. Vocab will be all reruns from the first five lists.

“Warm Up, 10/31. SAWs +.”
fundamental, alter, conflicted, substitute, compound
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. Your excuse does not ____ the fact that you are guilty.
  4. At Laguna, ______ teachers are called guest teachers.
  5. Ponyboy was ______ about being a greaser.
  6. There used to be PSA commercials on tv that said “Reading is ____,” with the emphasis on the first three letters. Get it? It’s important and basic, and it’s enjoyable.
  7. A ____ sentence is made up of two or more sentences, properly connected.

  8. “I shouldn’t have done that,” he said with a ___ sigh.  a) savvy  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) fathom

  9. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak  b) conform  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
  10. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me. a) wince  b) gallant  c) facade  d) factor  e) elude
  11. Dally spat on the ground ______(ly) when he thought of what the Socs did to Johnny.  a) contemptuous   b) incredulous  c) credible  d) ironic  e) aloof
  12. lazy : dogged :: flattered : _____ a) acquit  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
  13. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge

 

Debrief Test #10.

 

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