Monday, 11/24/08 - Late Start Schedule
Copy "homework" into asignment book.
Warm Up.
  1. moon : earth :: earth : ______   a) planet  b) sun  c) moon  d) land  e) rotate
  2. move : eyes :: _____ : camera   a) focus  b) pan  c) zoom  d) blink  e) lens
  3. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Who said this? a) President Abraham Lincoln  b) the current President Bush  c) President Franklin Roosevelt  d) Benjamin Franklin  e) President Kennedy
  4. What was he talking about? a) The Vietnam War.  b) The Great Depression.  c) WWII  d) The Civil War  e) racism.
  5. What does it mean?
A Little Vocabulary
  1. A scapegoat is...  a) a certain type of goat.  b) a really dumb person.  c) a bully  d) someone who takes the blame.  e) a type of dish served in Pakistan.
  2. The word prejudice literally means...  a) discrimination  b) racism  c) think less of  d) before judgment  e) before hate
  3. A metamorphosis is...  a) a change in temperature.  b) a really smart person  c) a disease of the brain.  d) a crazy person.  e) a huge change in form.
  4. Insomnia is...  a) the inability to fall asleep.  b) a disease of the brain.  c) sleeping sickness.  d) a little personal habit.  e) a type of nightmare.
  5. An idiosyncrasy is...  a) a really dumb person.  b) an annoying person  c) a little personal habit.  d) a really bad mistake  e) a crazy person.

Preview:
Do you have any "isms" that someone who doesn't know you might consider "weird"?
What if you were judged only by your idiosyncrasies?


What fears might be called "universal"; shared by most almost all humans?
How does fear affect the decisions you make?
 
 
 
 

"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" p247
Divvy up parts.
Read Aloud.