Thursday, 12/2/10 - Extended Homies Schedule.
HOMIES.
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SEVENTH GRADE.
Tomorrow's Test:
Spelling (5x each for the ones you missed), Vocabulary (study the homework and the pretest), Possessives (THE CHART!), Roots (study the warm ups) RCA p364-365, MWA (open book).
Warm Up 12/2/10. Copy and choose the correct answer.

  1. *"farewell say person" = ___  a) contradict  b) predicament  c) indictment  d) valedictorian  e) prediction
  2. *"under earth"  = ___  a) substitute  b) institute  c) subterranean  d) constitution  e) statue
  3. *"with stand thing" = ___  a) statue  b) institute  c) substitute  d) obstacle  e) constitution
  4. *"from hang" = ___  a) compensate  b) obstacle  c) depend  d) predicament  e) adjective
  5. **Johnny : diffident :: Pony : _________  (At least Darry thought so.)  a) diligent  b) abundant  c) compelling  d) heedless e) dire
  6. **aloof : cordial  ::  boring :  ________  a) heedless  b) diligent  c) compelling  d) dire  e) diffident


Possessive Nouns Pretest. (To be exempt: 18/20 total or 10/10 today.)
Write the correct answers in your notebook.

  1. three _______ tee shirts   a) children's  b) childrens'  c) childrens's
  2. the four ______  husbands  a) wive's  b) wives'  c) wives's
  3. ________ supreme pizza  a) Lukas'  b) Lukas's
  4. that ______ branches  a) trees'  b) tree's  c) trees's
  5. the ______ department  a) childrens'  b) children's  c) childrens's
  6. ______ Head Soup (made from one goat)  a) Goat's  b) Goats'  c) Goats's
  7. ...many ____  ideas were good...  a) people's  b) peoples'  c) peoples  d) peoples's
  8. ______ Night is Thursday...   a) Parent's  b) Parents's  c) Parents'
  9. all my _______ parents   a) friends'  b) friend's  c) friends's
  10. ______  lame excuse...   a) Jimmies'   b) Jimmy's  c) Jimmys'


RCA p362-363.Write each answer in your notebook.

  1. Taste buds are examples of receptors. a) True  b) False
  2. A neuron is a type of...  a) cell  b) organ  c) receptor  d) cytoplasm  e)NOTA
  3. The nerves that connect the arms and legs with the spinal cord are part of the _______ nervous system.  a) peripheral   b) branch  c) lower  d) central  e) NOTA
  4. The science article on p363 compares the nervous system to a ______. a) car  b) brain  c) television  d) computer  e) NOTA
  5. Which of these is NOT something this lesson will teach?  a) What an impulse is.  b) The difference between the central and peripheral nervous systems.  c) How the brain works.  d) How neurons do their job.  e) All of these will be taught.
  6. This is a diagram of a neuron. Identify #1.  a) cytoplasm  b) dendrites  c) peripheral cells  d) receptors  e) NOTA
  7. Your skin could be considered one giant sense organ.  a) True.  b) False.
  8. When you remember what a verb is, you are using your peripheral nervous system.  a) True.  b) False.
  9. At the end of this lesson, there will be a lab.  a) True.  b) False.
  10. The "signal words" in an article like this will probably show order or categories.  a) True  b) False

 

MWA

EIGHTH GRADE.
Tomorrow's Test:
Spelling (5x each for the ones you missed), Vocabulary (study the homework and the pretest), HotEL (notes), Roots (study the warm ups) IRP p378-379, MAUS (open book).
Warm Up 12/2/10. Copy and choose the correct answer.

  1. *guard : sentry :: imitation : _______
  2. *"good making" = ______
  3. *"with together fold person" = _____
  4. *"hand work"  = ______
  5. **Opportunity and _________ would be antonyms.
  6. **congregate : segregate :: ignore : _______
  7. **ambivalent : unsure :: sure : ________

Correct IRP, 352-353. "Miners, Ranchers, and Cowhands" (10p)
Quiz. (9p) Write each ANSWER (not letter--answer) in your notebook.

  1. The Great Plains was the area... a) from the Mississippi River to what is now California.  b) from Tennessee to Kansas.  c) from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains.  d) west of the Mississippi.  e) NOTA
  2. Nat Love... a) was a rodeo star.  b) was a former slave.  c) claims to have been shot 14 times.  d) was a cowhand. e) all of the above.  f) none of the above.
  3. True or False. The frontier of the mid-1800s was not populated at all.
  4. True or False. Nat Love's story was typical of cowboys who settled in the West.
  5. Name one of the "jumping-off places" for settlers going west.
  6. True or False. Many settlers were attracted by the wide open spaces of the Great Plains.
  7. (In) the area west of the Rockies...a) settlers followed miners streaming into California after the 1849 gold rush.  b) settlers filled the empty coastline.  c) was the scene of the frontier.  d) was full of cowboys.  e) NOTA
  8. Miners, ranchers, and cowhands settled in the West because they were looking for... a) freedom from.  b) economic opportunity.  c) land.  d) lack of laws.  e) NOTA
  9. What do they say is the point of learning this stuff?


MAUS.
Chapter 3 Study Questions for tomorrow.

  1. Why doesn't Vladek's father want Vladek to join the army?
  2. As a soldier, Vladek fights in one battle. What happens?
  3. On page 51, how does the German officer know that Vladek is not used to physical labor?
  4. What kind of work does Vladek do for the Germans?
  5. ( T / F ) Vladek is lazy: he works as little as he possibly can.
  6. How is the work camp better than the prisoner-of-war camp?
  7. List 3 important events in Vladek's life, which happened during a "Parshas Truma" week.
  8. Is Vladek superstitious? Explain.
  9. Why does the Orbach family help Vladek?
  10. What is ironic about Vladek's "disguise" on the train? (p64)
  11. What is up with Vladek and Artie's coat?