Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

TuTu Schedule.

Have a RELAXING 9-day weekend!

Prep Sheet for Test #13:

KBARR: ____/24     SMYK: __/10  Maus/Nazi:___/14    Other Extra Credit:                 

Mental Floss.

• How far can you walk into the woods?
• What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
• Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when they are added? (Alert: math)
• The more you take away the bigger it gets; the more you add, the smaller it becomes. What is it?
• Wacky Wordies:
  

  ZERO PhD BSc. B.A. (a)

  N  E  V  E  S (b)

  ONHOLEE  (c)

Test #13. Doodle Theme Design a grewvy new piece of clothing.

Finish Quickly! We need 25 minutes.

Tomorrow’s Test: S/CD/CX, Vocab, Vladek. Preview after Period 4.

“Warm Up, 11/21.”    The llama was acquitted.   He was free to roam.
Combine the above sentences into…

1. one SIMPLE sentence.
2. one COMPOUND sentence.
3. one COMPLEX sentence. (Do not use because or although!)

“Vocab, 11/21.”  prestige, deprive, disheveled, suave, affectation, non sequitur, acute , prevalent, ideology, zeal

1. True/False. Vladek likes to be disheveled.
2. True/False. Vladek told Artie that he was a suave ladies’ man back in the day.
3. True/False. Mr. Coward’s stick was an example of a non sequitur.
4. The root of this word was Latin for agreeable. _____
5. The root of this word meant needle._____
6. This word comes from the name of the Greek god Zelos. (duh)
7. The root of this word was Latin for not in sequence. _____
8. The root of this word was Old French for hair. _____
9. The root of this word was Latin for form or pattern. _____
10. The roots of this word were Latin for completely away from public life. _____
11. The root of this word was Latin for having greater power _____
12. The root of this word was Latin for influence. _____
13. The root of this word was Latin for trickery or illusion. _______

Vocab Relay.

Writing your intro. You need about 200 words.

1. Start with a little hook:
   • Imagine yourself…
   • Throughout history mankind has…
   • It was a dark and stormy night…
   • What do you call a… (joke)
   • Once upon a time…
   • Have you ever wondered…
   • What if…
   • Jimmy was a boy who…
   • Scary, gripping, and difficult to put down…
   • Etc.
2. Give us the required info:
   • Title
   • Author
   • Genre (Not just fiction/non; we want something like romance, sci fi, horror, mystery, fantasy, comedy, historical fiction, etc.)
3. Time for the 5 W’s for the BOOK:
   • This is the story of…
   • This book is about…
   • Set in the future…
   • Not too much detail; you have less than a minute.
4. Now to set up the PASSAGE:
   • This is the part of the book where…
   • This is the scene when…
   • _____ is about to _____

Vladek aloud. Into Chapter 5: Mouse Holes.  (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)

“Warm Up, 11/20.” Rewrite each sentence as instructed. DO NOT USE THE WORDS BECAUSE or ALTHOUGH!

1. We must repair the fence, or the llamas will rush through. (CD –> CX)
2. The skinheads went bowling, but the llama stayed home. (CD –> CX)
3. Since the llama studied, he passed.  (CX –> CD)
4. The llama went bowling, and he went skiing.  (CD -> SIMPLE)

“Vocab, 11/20.”
    
prestige, deprive, disheveled, suave, affectation, non sequitur, acute, prevalent, ideology, zeal

1. Give the antonym for this guy’s look. ______
2. (3) Figure #2 shows the _____ effects of sleep _____(ation) which is very ____ in today’s society.
3. _____ (Not non sequitur.)
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. During the Nazi occupation of Poland there was a(n) ______ shortage of food and other necessities in the Jewish community. (Not prevalent.)
8. In The Outsiders, the Socs had both wealth and social _______.
9. First period seems to like to interrupt class with various ______(s) and random questions.
10. The con man _____(ly) convinced the old lady that he was in love with her in order to steal her money.
11. The transfer of the 1936 Olympics to another country would have damaged Germany’s _____…
12. …so they enforced their racist laws a little less _____(ously) during that time to avoid bad publicity.

“Nazi Quiz, 11/20”

1-4. The questions are on the last page of the article.

DO NOT WRITE ON THE SHEET! Write the answers in your notebook.  LETTER OK.

“Maus Quiz, 11/20.”  COPY 1-7!

1. p77, panel 1, the one saying “Ah, Grandmother…”
2. p77, panel 2, the one explaining.
3. p77, panel 1, the one losing his book.
4. p77, panel 3, the one talking.
5. p83, the one with a pipe.
6. The Gemeinde.  a) One of the Nazi death camps.  b) A Jewish ghetto.  c) The Jewish community organization.  d) Wolfe’s family name.  e) NOTA
7. Stara Sosnowiec.  a) Vladek’s birth village.  b) One of the Nazi death camps.  c) A POW camp.  d) The Jewish ghetto.  e) Where Vladek’s factory was.  f) NOTA
8. How does Anja’s father help Vladek after his first close call on the street?
9. Who “survived him his life” the second time?
10. What does Vladek suggest that Anja aggressively refuses?

Vladek aloud to the end of chapter 4.  (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)

“Warm Up, 11/19.”

1. Please give the POV of this sentence. (POV)
2. “I could hear the crowd cheering. I was going to win!” (POV)
3. Rewrite #2 in 3rd Person Limited.  (POV)
4. _____ going to the store for llama cheese. (they)
5. _____ going with them?  (who)
6.  _____ not going to believe this! (you)

“Vocab, 11/19.” prestige, deprive, disheveled, suave, affectation, non sequitur, acute , prevalent, ideology, zeal

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. The Nazi _____ included racial purity.
6. A heart attack is a(n) ____ sign of an ongoing disease.
7. His accent was a(n) ____; he wasn’t really from France. He just thought it made himself  sound cool.
8. He considered himself very ____ with the ladies, but he was actually kind of awkward.
9. “I like turtles” is funny because the line is such a(n) _____.
10. The Green Bay Packers are known to have some of the most ______(ous)  and crazy fans in the NFL.
11. Smoking was much more ______ in Ponyboy’s day than it is today.
12. The Queen of England has ____ but no real power.
13. During the period between Mardis Gras and Easter, you are supposed to _____ yourself of something you like. It’s supposed to be a difficult thing to do.
    **Bonus: What is this period of time called?
    **Bonus 2: What does Mardis Gras mean?

Begin Holocaust Info, Part 1: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lib-history-holocaust-part-I-26801-article_and_quiz.pdf

Read aloud and discuss.

Do quiz after.

Advisory Schedule. Slides Link.

Copy Homework into Planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
• Vocabulary due Tuesday, Thursday.
  • Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
  • SMYK’s due Thursday.
• 120 Seconds begins Wednesday, 12/4.

Debrief Test #12. Hmmmm.

120 Seconds! We start the Wednesday after Thanksgiving.

“Warm Up, 11/18.”

1. Write a Complex sentence about Vladek.
2. Write a Compound Sentence about Mala and Anja.

Vladek, Chapter 4: The Noose Tightens.  (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)