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Slides link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vfn0JBgDp3uObyVLOcfYE6mB5SU5Y1P3pUw9O_9ieGE/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into Planner.

Finish interview questions tonight. Responding is back.

• • Interview someone who is at least 50 years older than you are.
    

1. Ask five+ questions that require more than a sentence to answer. Try to draw information out of that person. Each question should be “followed up” with another question based on the previous answer.
2. Write down answers to questions. (direct quotes, summaries, notes on attitude, etc.)
3. (If Live) Note the setting of the interview. (place, time, surroundings, what you’re doing…)
4. Describe the interviewee. (physical, voice, relationship to you, attitude, background, hobbies…)
5. Zoom/Facetime (or similar) is OK.
6. If the person allows it, a picture or two would be great. (Bonus.)

#2,3,4 are due next Tuesday. ROUGH DRAFT!

Debrief Test #12. Hrmm.

Vladek.

Before we start: New Project between now and Christmas.

Interview Project

• Interview someone who is at least 50 years older than you are.
• Ask five+ questions that require more than a sentence to answer. Try to draw information out of that person.
• Each question should be “followed up” with another question based on the previous answer.
• We will write the questions next week; you just need to pick a person in the next couple of days or so.

Prep Sheet for Test #12:
KBARR: ___/8 Vocab Homework: ___/15   Vocab Practices: ___/11 ___/13 ___/12

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordies. The colors are not part of the clues.
   a)    b) 
   c)  d) 
2. Figure out what the three things in each set have in common. Each answer is a six-letter word ending in -s.
   • a) trombone, playground, microscope
   • b) railroad, muddy shoes, music cd
3. What living creature has fur, four legs, and a tail, eats cat food, meows, and sees equally well from both ends of its body?
4. Name an English word (there are actually two) of more than two letters that both begins and ends with the letters -he in that order. “Hehe” is not an acceptable answer.

Test #12 – Final

Doodle Theme: Alien Christmas Parade

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, Vladek, Husker Du. Test 12 Preview.

“Vocab, 12/2.”  Two words used twice! Taking all comers!
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. ____
4. Figure #4 shows the effects of sleep _____(ation).
5. Man is not the most ______ species on the planet. There are more rats and chickens in the world.
6. The root of this word was Latin for influence. _____
7. The root of this word was Latin for not in sequence. _____
8. The root of this word was Old French for hair. _____
9. The root of this word was Latin for form or pattern. _____
10. The roots of this word were Latin for completely away from public life. _____
11. The root of this word was Latin for having greater power _____
12. The root of this word was Latin for trickery or illusion. _______

VOCAB RELAY RETURNETH!

120 Seconds. Next Performances are Tuesday, 12/7.

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek.

Checking SMYK’s.

“Vocab, 12/1.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. During the Nazi occupation of Poland there was a(n) ______ shortage of food and other necessities in the Jewish community. (Not prevalent.)
5. The Nuremberg laws _____(ed) the Jews of the right to vote and be citizens.
6. In The Outsiders, the Socs had both wealth and social _______.
7. Fifth period seems to like to interrupt the class with various ______(s) and random questions.
8. The con man _____(ly) convinced the old lady that he was in love with her in order to steal her money.
9. (2) The transfer of the 1936 Olympics to another country would have damaged Germany’s _____, so they enforced their racist laws less _____(ly) during that time.
10. The root of this word was Latin for jealous. _____
11. The root of this word was Latin for agreeable. ______
12. The root of this word was Latin for needle. _____

120 Seconds (of Terror)!!

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek. Mouse Holes and Prisoner on the Hel Planet.

“120 Sec, 11/30.” Copy and fill in the blanks with your book. Also: How do you write book titles?

“I will be reading from the book __________ by ___________.
I would say it’s from the _________ genre.  It takes place   (when)   (where)  , and it’s a story about _________.
One thing that makes this book good is ____________.”

Demo Intro.

Checking Definitions.

“Vocab, 11/30.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. The Nazi _____ included racial purity.
5. A heart attack is a(n) ____ sign of an ongoing disease.
6. His accent was a(n) ____; he wasn’t really from France…
7. …He just thought it made him sound _______.
8. “I like turtles” is funny because the line is such a(n) _____.
9. The Green Bay Packers are known to have some of the most ______ fans in the NFL.
10. Smoking was much more ______ in Ponyboy’s day than it is today.
11. The Queen of England has ____ but no real power.
12. During the period between Mardis Gras and Easter, you are supposed to _____ yourself of something you like. It’s supposed to be a difficult thing to do.  (Bonus: What is this period of time called? Bonus 2: What does Mardis Gras mean?)
13. **BONUS 3: The root of this word was French for hair. _______

“Maus Quiz, 11/30.” Collaborative. Clickers.

1. Artie very often shows Vladek telling his story as he pedals his exercise bike. What does this probably symbolize?  a) How important exercise is to Vladek.  b) Vladek always running from the Nazis, but never escaping.  c) How he is running from Mala.  d) How much he misses Anja.  e) How he has too much energy.  f) NOTA
2. Vladek thinks Mala cares only about… a) comfort  b) money  c) her family  d) Artie  e) food  f) the past  g) NOTA
3. Why were the Jews hung in the middle of the town?  a) For hiding old Jews.  b) For resisting the Germans.  c) For trying to cross the border.  d) For dealing in the black market.  e) NOTA
4. Why did that especially frighten Vladek?  a) He was related to one of them.  b) He had done business with some of them.  c) He thought he might have said something that got them caught.  d) NOTA
5. ID: p81, last panel, not the Nazi.  a) Vladek’s friend Orbach.  b) Anja’s brother Wolfe.  c) Vladek’s friend Ilzecki.  d) Anja’s father.  e) a friend of Vladek’s family.  f) Vladek’s father  g) NOTA
6. ID: p84, panel 2, the one holding the notice.  a) Vladek’s friend Orbach.  b) Anja’s brother Wolfe.  c) Vladek’s friend Ilzecki.  d) Anja’s father.  e) a friend of Vladek’s family.  f) Vladek’s father  g) NOTA
7. ID: p85, panel 2, the one in the polka dots.  a) Anja   b) Anja’s sister Tosha  c) Anja’s mom   d) Anja’s niece Lonia   e) NOTA
8. ID: Stara Sosnowiec.  a) Vladek’s birth village.  b) One of the Nazi death camps.  c) A POW camp.  d) The Jewish ghetto Vladek’s family was moved to.  e) Where Vladek’s factory was.  f) NOTA
9. ID: The Gemeinde.  a) One of the Nazi death camps.  b) A Jewish ghetto.  c) The Jewish community organization dealing with the Nazis.  d) Wolfe’s family name.  e) NOTA
10. A bunker is another name for a…  a) gun  b) secret stash of food  c) bed  d) hiding place  e) ghetto  f) NOTA