Wednesday, 3/31/04 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. (Copy 1 to 3 into your notebook).
  1. * _________ : tent :: stationary : house
  2. durable : concrete :: * ________ : light bulb
  3. monk : * _________ :: warrior : peaceful
  4. * _________ : laughter :: anguished : tears

    5. The next six "pronoun" questions refer to the scientists Marie and Pierre Curie.
  5. The search for radioactive elements fascinated Marie and (he, him).
  6. Pierre and (her, she) knew that Uranium gave off strange rays.
  7. It seemed possible to Pierre and (her, she) that other elements might do the same thing.
  8. After many experiments, Marie and (he, him) discovered a radioactive element they called radium.
  9. In 1903, Marie and (he, him) won the Nobel Prize in physics.
  10. Unfortunately, Pierre and (her, she) eventually suffered from sicknesses caused by radiation.
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. iconic, daunting, anthropomorphic, saw, pogrom, pragmatic, aspire, skinflint, ambiguous, volatile.
  1. Leonardo, Donatello, Rafael, and Michaelangelo are ____________ cartoon turtles.
  2. Doing your homework, before playing video games, is a __________ strategy for success.
  3. If you are tight-fisted with your money, people might call you a __________.
  4. It is ironic and __________ to call a missile "The Peace Keeper".
  5. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are ________ figures in American history.
  6. Historically, Russian Jews were victims of periodic _______ (s).
  7. Howard Dean's caffeine-induced "howl" showcased his _________ nature.
  8. Eating fifty hard-boiled eggs in one sitting is a very _________ task.
  9. The maxim, "killing two stones with one bird", twists around a traditional ________.
  10. An ambitious politician might ________ to one day become president.
  11. The directions were so ____________ that we got lost right away.
RFI: Pages 378-383
  1. On page 379, how did they find the "Gold Fever!" Web Site?
  2. If you set the clock on the microwave to "seventy-two o'clock", what will happen?
  3. When looking at a warranty, what does the term "acts of God" mean?
  4. (4) Looking at the schedule, list the trains which you can catch at the North Springs station.
  5. Bonus Question for one extra point:

    6. What is an easy tech. way to keep a list of Web addresses, URL's, when you do Internet research?
Read Maus out loud.
When a person pretends to belong to a different race or nationality, we could say they are trying to "pass".
How do Vladek and Anja "pass" as typical Polish people?
Why is this important?
How does the author/artist indicate that a character is trying to "pass"?
Who is better at "passing"? (Vladek or Anja?)