Tuesday, 4/6/04 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. Revise and Edit II.
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Which word in sentence 4 is an adjective? a) are
b) museum c) in d) oldest
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Which word in sentence 5 is misspelled? a) museum b)
nots c) embroidery d) threads
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What change should be made to sentence 5? a) change contain
to
contains
b)
change silk to silky c) change
years to year
d) change threads to thread
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Which word in sentence 6 is misspelled? a) Europeans
b) wear c) garments d) precious
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What change should be made to sentence 6? a) change
it
to
them
b) change obtain to obtaining c) change traveled
to
traveling
d) change transport
to
transported
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What word in sentence 7 should be capitalized? a) china
b) route c) trade d) commerce
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What change should be made to sentence 7? a) change trade
to traders b) change stretched to stretching
c) change call to called d) change route to
routes
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Where should an apostrophe be placed in sentence 8?
a) before the s in traders b) before the s in ones
c) after the s in traders d) after the s in ones
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Which word in sentence 8 is an adverb? a) usually
b) part c) meant d) life
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Which word from sentence 8 is not a noun? a) part
b) end c) life d) covered
RFI
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On page 403, how is Mr. Storms supposed to answer Dory Gray? a) by email.
b) by telephone. c) by snail mail. d) any of the above.
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On page 405, who is the speaker of the poem talking to in lines 1 through
16? a) the bull. b) us c) to a specific person.
d) none of the above.
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On page 405, who is the speaker of the poem talking to in lines 17 and
18? a) the bull. b) us c) to a specific person.
d) none of the above.
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On page 405, what conclusions can you draw about the speaker? a)
he likes his bull. b) he is proud of his bull. c) he has way
too much time on his hands d) all of the above.
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On page 407, what are we told about the clay figures? a) they are all the
same. b) they represent all members of the Chinese society. c) they
are soldiers meant to protect the tomb of The First Emperor.
d) all of the above.
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On page 408, we find out that the Chinese, not the Europeans, were the
first to develop this technology: a) using wooden weapons. b) plating
swords with chrome. c) embalming the dead. d) all of
the above.
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On page 410 and 411, what are we reading: a) a conversation.
b) a play. c) a poem. d) all of the above.
Maus
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In the "Parshas Truma" episode on pages 57 to 59, we see an example of
Vladek's sense of faith and fate.
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later in the story, we will see and hear a similar story about Vladek's
"number".
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[starting on page 64, we begin to see mice wearing masks. As
Mr. Coward would say: "What up wit dat"?]
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When a person pretends to belong to a different race or nationality, we
could say they are trying to "pass".
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We will see many more examples of Vladek and Anja "passing", as the story
continues.
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On page 65, we hear about Vladek's father being humiliated by German soldiers.
Why did the Germans act that way?
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On pages 68-69, what happens to Artie's coat? What motivates Vladek?
Why is Artie upset?
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In Chapter 4, on page 77, we see Vladek dealing in the "black market".
How does he make money this way?
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On page 79, why is Anja's father "so unhappy!" He has already been
cheated out of his factories. Why would a bit of furniture upset
him so much?
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On page 82, we hear the term "ghetto". What does that word mean to
you? What did it mean to the Jews in Poland?
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On page 83, why are the men (mice) hanging? Who are those men (mice)?
What was their crime?
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On pages 84 and 85, we see more examples of Vladek being "pragmatic".
After seeing his business associates hanging, why does Vladek continue
with his "black market" dealings? Does he consider his dealings to
be immoral or just illegal.