Tuesday, 4/1/14
Bonus Warm Up: Today's date is a numbers form of a _________.
Checking 2 weeks' worth of 600 Words: 3/18-3/25 and 3/25-4/1.

Warm Up I. AWII. 1-7: Copy the underlined boldfaced parts. { } = do not copy. 8-10: Write the word from yesterday. Collaboration OK.
collateral, contemporary, denote, deficit, induce, implicit, deviate, irrevocable, crucial, fluctuate, manipulate, accumulate

1. Abraham Lincoln was a _____ of Charles Darwin; {they lived at the same time, but they never met}.  HINT: The root of this word means time.
2. {As we approached the intersection, we saw the red flares} that __________(ed) danger ahead.  HINT: Remember the old vocab word that meant "dictionary definition"?
3. {Please do not skip any steps;} they are all _________ to the process, {and it will not work unless you follow all of them}. HINT: Important. Very important.
4. When your income is less than your expenses, you have a __________.  HINT: We've been hearing this word a lot from politicians.
5. The ad is meant to _______ people to eat more fruits {and vegetables.}  HINT: Make happen. You see this word on the side of bottles of stuff you shouldn't swallow, where it tells you what to do--or not do--if you do swallow it.
6. {Even though he didn't say anything, because of his actions} I _____(ly) understood {that he was with me on this.}  HINT: This one is the opposite of a previous AW that most of you associated with cussing. This one means " understood without actually saying it." The literal meaning is "into folding."
7. {When civilians are accidentally killed in war,} they call it ________ damage. HINT: The literal meaning of this word is "together sideways."
   

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   arbitrary, ambiguous, inevitable, succinct, reinforce, displace, exploit
   
8. The poem's language was so _______ that everyone interpreted it differently.
9. In this class, if you do not do your KBARR, you will ______(ly) fail.
10. Our ____ choice for where to stay turned out to be a good one...this time.

Good Research Question or Not? Round One.
Write Yes if it would be a good research question to pursue or No if it would not be suitable for research.

1. What are all the different Disney characters, and how were they invented?
2. Are there benefits to steroid use?
3. How do they make cd's and dvd's?
4. How have computers evolved?
5. Have any UFO sightings been real aliens?
6. What's the best cell phone?
7. What did Hitler do?
8. How realistic are shows like CSI?
9. How was baseball invented?
10. Does doing homework help you learn?

MAUS II Log I. Write the answers in your notebook. (10p)

1. What are the sketches at the top of page 11 all about?
2. What is Artie's final decision? (You had better get THIS one correct at least.)
3. Why did Vladek ask Artie and Francoise to come stay with him?
4. (quote) What was one of the things Artie used to think a lot or fantasize about as a kid? 
   
5. (quote) What does Artie mean when he says he had a "sibling rivalry with a snapshot"?
6. (quote) Why does Artie say it's so hard to tell Vladek's story in comic form?
7.  (2) What do you think of Mala's decision? Explain your reason(s).
8. Give one example from Book II of Vladek's skinflint behavior.
9. What do all the people close to Vladek (current family and friends) have in common?
   

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